Table 22. Dropouts, Reason and Qualification by District, Samoa: 2006
		Tua-		Aiga I		Vaa O	Gagaem-	Faasa-	Gagae-	Gagai-	Vaisi-	Satu-
	Total	masga	A'ana	Le Tai	Atua	Fonoti	auga No I	leleaga	mauga	fomauga	gauo	paitea	Palauli
EVER DROPPED OUT
Total	55,883	25,776	6,326	1,415	6,832	452	1,017	4,385	1,391	1,559	2,003	1,750	2,977
Dropped out	168	96	16	1	14	7	1	12	2	5	8	3	3
Did not drop out	55,715	25,680	6,310	1,414	6,818	445	1,016	4,373	1,389	1,554	1,995	1,747	2,974
Males	28,487	13,043	3,274	716	3,580	247	502	2,227	730	786	1,026	879	1,477
Dropped out	84	48	8	0	6	4	1	7	1	3	4	1	1
Did not drop out	28,403	12,995	3,266	716	3,574	243	501	2,220	729	783	1,022	878	1,476
Females	27,396	12,733	3,052	699	3,252	205	515	2,158	661	773	977	871	1,500
Dropped out	84	48	8	1	8	3	0	5	1	2	4	2	2
Did not drop out	27,312	12,685	3,044	698	3,244	202	515	2,153	660	771	973	869	1,498
QUALIFICATIONS
Total	129,784	61,504	14,886	3,442	15,494	1,150	2,423	9,645	2,924	3,438	4,599	3,773	6,506
None	120,280	55,140	14,251	3,310	14,707	1,109	2,355	9,092	2,816	3,305	4,387	3,606	6,202
Non-formal	651	298	59	6	55	6	3	70	5	14	58	12	65
Certificate	3,245	2,027	261	67	309	17	28	198	48	48	59	73	110
Diploma	3,331	2,103	234	48	318	13	19	231	44	62	77	69	113
First Degree	1,808	1,527	71	9	80	5	16	47	8	9	15	11	10
Post-Grad/Master's	401	355	7	2	19	0	2	6	3	0	2	2	3
PhD/Professor	68	54	3	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Males	67,008	31,450	7,724	1,805	8,190	616	1,270	4,982	1,549	1,755	2,394	1,946	3,327
None	62,087	28,124	7,383	1,732	7,773	594	1,236	4,719	1,496	1,694	2,288	1,872	3,176
Non-formal	320	157	30	2	25	2	3	31	1	7	28	5	29
Certificate	1,653	1,043	141	35	160	9	11	86	29	22	29	27	61
Diploma	1,653	1,052	119	29	162	8	8	116	16	25	37	34	47
First Degree	983	807	45	6	51	3	10	27	4	7	9	6	8
Post-Grad/Master's	259	228	3	1	13	0	2	2	3	0	2	2	3
PhD/Professor	53	39	3	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Femalse	62,776	30,054	7,162	1,637	7,304	534	1,153	4,663	1,375	1,683	2,205	1,827	3,179
None	58,193	27,016	6,868	1,578	6,934	515	1,119	4,373	1,320	1,611	2,099	1,734	3,026
Non-formal	331	141	29	4	30	4	0	39	4	7	30	7	36
Certificate	1,592	984	120	32	149	8	17	112	19	26	30	46	49
Diploma	1,678	1,051	115	19	156	5	11	115	28	37	40	35	66
First Degree	825	720	26	3	29	2	6	20	4	2	6	5	2
Post-Grad/Master's	142	127	4	1	6	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
PhD/Professor	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sex
Total
reasons
Total	19,100	8,949	2,435	579	2,368	192	435	1,316	359	449	645	497	876
Special Needs Problems	465	177	59	17	58	6	5	45	8	11	17	29	33
Financial Difficulties	2,230	947	289	106	266	29	44	171	43	51	151	53	80
Learning Difficulties	2,491	877	405	99	327	46	56	248	37	45	93	89	169
Looking for paid job	1,330	762	152	46	138	6	43	62	15	27	14	29	36
Assisted in family business venture	141	69	11	1	3	1	3	36	2	2	2	4	7
Assisted in economic activities	3,132	1,145	333	107	535	28	60	219	90	122	110	152	231
Employed in a paid job	3,063	2,090	322	48	275	23	65	102	26	26	27	23	36
To assist in domestic duties	2,333	927	386	38	376	30	91	120	44	58	85	47	131
Not yet reached school age	1,356	638	124	44	127	9	23	147	23	47	73	33	68
Completed Schooling	895	553	98	25	45	1	4	61	21	24	26	11	26
Intend to travel overseas	76	37	8	0	9	2	1	6	5	2	0	3	3
Got married	616	280	97	16	75	8	18	44	16	7	20	10	25
Ban from School/Tuli mai le aoga	101	51	23	3	10	1	3	3	0	1	5	0	1
No Birth Certificate	172	49	43	4	43	0	1	9	1	3	6	0	13
Hard to live in other families and attend school	11	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Not living with own family	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Parents don't settle in any location	32	26	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Sauni e faamisiona	45	17	5	2	2	0	0	8	0	2	4	2	3
Mai fatu	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mai maliu	12	4	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	1
Family Problems	102	70	8	0	12	0	5	2	2	0	1	1	1
Prenancy Problems	100	48	12	2	16	2	0	2	0	4	4	3	7
Lei faaaogaina e matua	269	123	26	16	32	0	12	22	20	11	3	2	2
Voluntary Jobs	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0
Tetea matua	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Vavao ma le aoga	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mai sela	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mai (unknown)	35	19	3	3	4	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0
Sola ese ma matua	19	2	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fefe i le faiaoga	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
Sasa e le faiaoga	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ulaula Inu pia	10	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Visit overseas (short term)	14	8	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lavea i taaloga/taavale	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faatea ma le nuu	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ausage le aiga	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Male
reasons
Total	10,816	4,969	1,366	356	1,377	100	229	752	195	261	392	303	516
Special Needs Problems	255	104	30	10	32	2	3	24	2	7	9	15	17
Financial Difficulties	1,328	564	158	66	161	13	28	100	24	34	96	31	53
Learning Difficulties	1,753	607	268	74	236	31	39	177	26	28	74	72	121
Looking for paid job	718	424	81	25	72	5	23	30	9	15	9	10	15
Assisted in family business venture	75	45	7	0	1	0	2	13	0	0	0	2	5
Assisted in economic activities	2,392	814	290	90	430	25	59	153	59	97	83	112	180
Employed in a paid job	1,722	1,180	174	31	152	15	31	60	16	14	18	12	19
To assist in domestic duties	721	299	130	4	123	0	15	46	19	10	24	16	35
Not yet reached school age	762	357	72	27	67	5	11	76	13	28	44	20	42
Completed Schooling	433	266	56	9	18	1	1	32	7	13	15	5	10
Intend to travel overseas	32	16	3	0	5	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	1
Got married	87	41	13	1	13	1	2	6	1	0	5	1	3
Ban from School/Tuli mai le aoga	74	36	16	3	5	1	3	3	0	1	5	0	1
No Birth Certificate	106	29	28	4	25	0	1	7	1	1	2	0	8
Hard to live in other families and attend school	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Not living with own family	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Parents don't settle in any location	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sauni e faamisiona	30	10	1	1	2	0	0	5	0	2	4	2	3
Mai fatu	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mai maliu	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Family Problems	67	51	4	0	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	1
Prenancy Problems	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lei faaaogaina e matua	163	79	14	8	18	0	8	13	12	7	2	1	1
Voluntary Jobs	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tetea matua	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Vavao ma le aoga	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mai sela	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mai (unknown)	14	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Sola ese ma matua	13	0	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fefe i le faiaoga	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sasa e le faiaoga	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ulaula Inu pia	7	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Visit overseas (short term)	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lavea i taaloga/taavale	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faatea ma le nuu	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ausage le aiga	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Female
reasons
Total	8,284	3,980	1,069	223	991	92	206	564	164	188	253	194	360
Special Needs Problems	210	73	29	7	26	4	2	21	6	4	8	14	16
Financial Difficulties	902	383	131	40	105	16	16	71	19	17	55	22	27
Learning Difficulties	738	270	137	25	91	15	17	71	11	17	19	17	48
Looking for paid job	612	338	71	21	66	1	20	32	6	12	5	19	21
Assisted in family business venture	66	24	4	1	2	1	1	23	2	2	2	2	2
Assisted in economic activities	740	331	43	17	105	3	1	66	31	25	27	40	51
Employed in a paid job	1,341	910	148	17	123	8	34	42	10	12	9	11	17
To assist in domestic duties	1,612	628	256	34	253	30	76	74	25	48	61	31	96
Not yet reached school age	594	281	52	17	60	4	12	71	10	19	29	13	26
Completed Schooling	462	287	42	16	27	0	3	29	14	11	11	6	16
Intend to travel overseas	44	21	5	0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	3	2
Got married	529	239	84	15	62	7	16	38	15	7	15	9	22
Ban from School/Tuli mai le aoga	27	15	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
No Birth Certificate	66	20	15	0	18	0	0	2	0	2	4	0	5
Hard to live in other families and attend school	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Not living with own family	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parents don't settle in any location	15	9	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Sauni e faamisiona	15	7	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mai fatu	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mai maliu	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
Family Problems	35	19	4	0	7	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
Prenancy Problems	100	48	12	2	16	2	0	2	0	4	4	3	7
Lei faaaogaina e matua	106	44	12	8	14	0	4	9	8	4	1	1	1
Voluntary Jobs	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Tetea matua	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Vavao ma le aoga	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mai sela	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mai (unknown)	21	12	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0
Sola ese ma matua	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fefe i le faiaoga	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Sasa e le faiaoga	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ulaula Inu pia	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Visit overseas (short term)	8	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lavea i taaloga/taavale	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faatea ma le nuu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ausage le aiga	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0