2020 FinScope Survey
Fourth Edition
Zambia, 2020
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Reference ID
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.17 When you see you are going to run out of money ? how do you MOSTLY cover yo (E17)
Data file: 2020 Finscope data 7 July 2022_anonymised
Overview
Valid:
12714
Invalid:
67
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savings | 1804 |
14.2%
|
| 2 | Borrow | 1171 |
9.2%
|
| 3 | Ask family/friends for help | 3067 |
24.1%
|
| 4 | Cut down on meals | 1068 |
8.4%
|
| 5 | Take children out of school | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | Go and visit/stay with relatives | 52 |
0.4%
|
| 7 | Skip debt repayment | 18 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Work more/do extra work | 3840 |
30.2%
|
| 9 | Don?t know | 819 |
6.4%
|
| 10 | Other specify | 863 |
6.8%
|
| Sysmiss | 67 |
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.