and Learning Study: Qualitative Coding Framework

Religious/ cultural concerns

Explanation- What does the code entail?

This includes:

- The respondent's attitude towards girls' education (positive or negative);

- The respondent's perception of the relevance of schools and education in general for both boys and girls; and

- The community's perception of the relevance of schooling.

Whether the respondent expresses religious concerns regarding education, or whether s/he perceives the community has any of the concerns regarding education.

Research questions

Attitudes towards minorities/ Social exclusion

Whether the respondent expresses that s/he thinks there is positive/ negative attitude towards/ treatment of minority person/ people/ groups/ girls/ children within the community.

6. Factors affecting education: Personal/ Family factors

Early

Language of instruction When a girl has a different language of instruction in school to that of the language used at home.

Overage girl Girls attending school older than the average age for that grade.

Disability Any mention of a disability or learning difficulty.

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Girl/s health/disability challenges/ S&R Health/ Mental health

Orphan status /family bereavement

Migration history/ mobility/ displacement

Natural / environmental disruptions

Household educational background

Explanation- What does the code entail?

Any expression of hardship or challenge of girl(s) due to health or disability, sexual and reproductive health.

Research questions

Household poverty

Mention of orphan status.

Including pastoral lifestyles; including if the girl has migrated and moved to another town for work or study.

Including weather disruptions, but not general talk about weather conditions. This also includes lack of water or unsanitary water sources.

General family education background, whether educated or not; this is a generational issue, to capture whether there is a change in the perception of education or access to education between the previous generation and the current one.

Capture lack of access to pads and to electricity, lack of food, as well as general poverty of the family.

Housework commitments

References to work inside of the household that is not related to school work. This includes but is not limited to: cooking, cleaning, looking after siblings, looking after a relative, working on the family land (note this is different to paid employment), collecting firewood/ water.

Work outside the home

References to work outside of the home, generally for paid employment. References to prostitution or other sex-work should also be coded as gender-based violence.

7. Factors affecting education: Female aspirations

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Girls' self-esteem and aspiration