2020 FinScope Survey
Fourth Edition
Zambia, 2020
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ZMB-ZSA-FINSCOPE-2020-V1.0
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Zambia Statistics Agency
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2020 Finscope
data 7 July
2022_anonymised
E.1. At this point in your life, which one of the following is MOST IMPORTANT to (E1)
Data file: 2020 Finscope data 7 July 2022_anonymised
Overview
Valid:
12722
Invalid:
59
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Putting food on the table | 5450 |
42.8%
|
| 2 | Educating yourself or your family | 3111 |
24.5%
|
| 3 | Improving your business/farm | 1796 |
14.1%
|
| 4 | Developing your career | 447 |
3.5%
|
| 5 | Buying household goods e.g. TV, refrigerator | 148 |
1.2%
|
| 6 | Buying land/building or improving your house | 665 |
5.2%
|
| 7 | Your health or that of your family | 479 |
3.8%
|
| 8 | Other (SPECIFY) | 265 |
2.1%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 302 |
2.4%
|
| 10 | Refused to Answer | 59 |
0.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 59 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.