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2015 LIVING CONDITIONS MONITORING SURVEY
Seventh Edition

Zambia, 2015
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ZMB-ZSA-LCMS-2015-V1.0
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Data file: HH File_ANONYMIZE

This data file contains information on Housing Characteristics, Household amenities and access to facilities

Cases: 12251
Variables: 242

Variables

ParentId1
paren0
Cluster
Cluster
Prov
Province
Dist
Districts
Region
Region
STRATUM
Stratum
HHN
Household number
SAMPLING_SERIAL_NUMBER
Sampling serial number
Q_No
Questionnaire Number
ClusterId
Originator
Date
Time
selection_status
Selection status
SEC8Q1A
What kind of dwelling does your household live in?
SEC8Q1A_SPECIFICATION
What kind of dwelling does your household live in?
sec8qp
What kind of dwelling does your household live in?
sec8qq
What kind of dwelling does your household live in?
SEC8Q1B
How many rooms are occupied by this household excluding bathrooms and toilets?
SEC8Q2
On what basis does your household occupy the dwelling you live in?
SEC8Q2_SPECIFICATION
On what basis does your household occupy the dwelling you live in?
sec8qm
On what basis does your household occupy the dwelling you live in?
sec8qn
On what basis does your household occupy the dwelling you live in?
sec8qo
On what basis does your household occupy the dwelling you live in?
SEC8Q3
How is the rent paid?
SEC8Q3_SPECIFICATION
How is the rent paid?
sec8qk
How is the rent paid?
sec8ql
How is the rent paid?
SEC8Q4A
In what installments or period do you pay your rent?
SEC8Q4A_SPECIFICATION
In what installments or period do you pay your rent?
sec8qj
In what installments or period do you pay your rent?
SEC8Q4B
How much rent do you pay per month?
SEC8Q4C
Does this rent include charges for electricity?
SEC8Q4D
Does this rent include charges for water?
SEC8Q4E
If you were to rent out this house, how much would it fetch per month?
SEC8Q5A
How much do you pay for ground rates per year?
SEC8Q5B
How much do you pay for property rates per six months?
SEC8Q5C
Do you pay mortgage for your dwelling?
SEC8Q5D
How much do you pay for mortgage per month?
SEC8Q6A
What kind of building materials is/are the ROOF of this dwelling made of ?
SEC8Q6A_SPECIFICATION
What kind of building materials is/are the ROOF of this dwelling made of ?
sec8qi
What kind of building materials is/are the ROOF of this dwelling made of ?
SEC8Q6B
What kind of building materials is/are the WALLS ?
SEC8Q6B_SPECIFICATION
What kind of building materials is/are the WALLS ?
sec8qh
What kind of building materials is/are the WALLS ?
SEC8Q6C
What kind of building materials is/are the FLOOR?
SEC8Q6C_SPECIFICATION
What kind of building materials is/are the FLOOR?
sec8qg
What kind of building materials is/are the FLOOR?
SEC8Q7
What is the main source of water SUPPLY for this household?
SEC8Q7_SPECIFICATION
What is the main source of water SUPPLY for this household?
SEC8Q8
How far is this source of water from this house?
SEC8Q9
What is the main source of drinking water for this household?
SEC8Q9_SPECIFICATION
What is the main source of drinking water for this household?
sec8qf
What is the main source of drinking water for this household?
SEC8Q10
Do you treat your drinking water?
SEC8Q11
How do you treat your drinking water?
SEC8Q11_SPECIFICATION
How do you treat your drinking water?
sec8qe
How do you treat your drinking water?
SEC8Q12
How much on average are you charged for water per month ?
SEC8Q13
What is the main type of energy that your household uses for Lighting?
SEC8Q13_SPECIFICATION
What is the main type of energy that your household uses for Lighting?
sec8qc
What is the main type of energy that your household uses for Lighting?
sec8qd
What is the main type of energy that your household uses for Lighting?
SEC8Q14
What is the main type of energy used for cooking in your household?
SEC8Q14_SECIFICATION
What is the main type of energy used for cooking in your household?
sec8qa
What is the main type of energy used for cooking in your household?
sec8qb
What is the main type of energy used for cooking in your household?
SEC8Q15
What is the main type of cooking device used by your household?
SEC8Q15_SPECIFICATION
What is the main type of cooking device used by your household?
SEC8Q16A
Is your house connected to electricity?
SEC8Q16B
How much on average are you charged for electricity per month?
SEC8Q17A
What is the main type of toilet facility for this household?
SEC8Q17A_SPECIFICATION
What is the main type of toilet facility for this household?
sec8q4
What is the main type of toilet facility for this household?
sec8q5
What is the main type of toilet facility for this household?
sec8q6
What is the main type of toilet facility for this household?
SEC8Q17B
If flush/ pour flush: Where is the sewerage piped into?
SEC8Q17B_SPECIFICATION
If flush/ pour flush: Where is the sewerage piped into?
SEC8Q18
What is the main method of garbage disposal that this household uses?
SEC8Q18_SPECIFICATION
What is the main method of garbage disposal that this household uses?
sec8q0
What is the main method of garbage disposal that this household uses?
sec8q1
What is the main method of garbage disposal that this household uses?
SEC9Q1_0
:Food Market
SEC9Q1_1
:Post Office/postal agency
SEC9Q1_2
:Community School
SEC9Q1_3
:Lower Basic school (1-4)
SEC9Q1_4
:Middle Basic School (1-7)
SEC9Q1_5
:Upper Basic School (1-9)
SEC9Q1_6
:High School
SEC9Q1_7
:Secondary School
SEC9Q1_8
:Health facility (Health post/ center/ clinic/ hospital)
SEC9Q1_9
:Hammer mill
SEC9Q1_10
:Input market (for seeds, fertilizer, agricultural implements)
SEC9Q1_11
:Police station/post
SEC9Q1_12
:Bank
SEC9Q1_13
:Public transport (road, or rail, or water transport)
SEC9Q1_14
:Public phone
SEC9Q1_15
:Internet cafe
Pwgt
Factor
Fwgt
entrynum
PROVIDED_0
:Agricultural marketing facilities.
PROVIDED_1
:Agricultural inputs.
PROVIDED_2
:Free agricultural inputs.
PROVIDED_3
:Buyers or market for farm produce.
PROVIDED_S
Specify other social economic facility to be provided
provi0
Specify other social economic facility to be provided
provi1
Specify other social economic facility to be provided
provi2
Specify other social economic facility to be provided
V551_0
v551_e
v551_f
v551_g
V551_1
v551_b
v551_c
v551_d
V551_2
v551_8
v551_9
v551_a
V551_3
v551_5
v551_6
v551_7
V551_4
IMPROVED_0
:Agricultural marketing facilities.
IMPROVED_1
:Agricultural inputs.
IMPROVED_2
:Free agricultural inputs.
IMPROVED_3
:Buyers or market for farm produce.
IMPROVED_S
Specify other social economic facility to be improved
impro0
Specify other social economic facility to be improved
impro1
Specify other social economic facility to be improved
impro2
Specify other social economic facility to be improved
V556_0
v556_4
v556_5
v556_6
V556_1
v556_2
v556_3
PROJECT_CHANGE_0
:Building of new school
PROJECT_CHANGE_1
:Extension of existing school
PROJECT_CHANGE_2
:Rehabilitation of existing school
PROJECT_CHANGE_3
:Building of new health facility (Hospital, Clinic, Health centre or post, etc.)
PROJECT_CHANGE_4
:Extention of existing health facility
PROJECT_CHANGE_5
:Rehabilitation of existing health facility
PROJECT_CHANGE_6
:Building of new tarred road
PROJECT_CHANGE_7
:Extension of existing tarred road
PROJECT_CHANGE_8
:Rehabilitation or resurfacing of existing tarred road
PROJECT_CHANGE_9
:Building of new gravel road
PROJECT_CHANGE_10
:Rehabilition or grading or resurfacing or extention of existing gravel road
PROJECT_CHANGE_11
:Building of a shopping mall or shopping centre or shops nearby
PROJECT_CHANGE_12
:Some other construction development nearby (e.g. a housing estate, new hotel etc)
PROJECT_CHANGE_13
:Digging of well
PROJECT_CHANGE_14
:Sinking of borehole
PROJECT_CHANGE_15
:Piping of water
PROJECT_CHANGE_16
:Water supply rehabilited or improved
PROJECT_CHANGE_17
:Provision of harmermill/s
PROJECT_CHANGE_18
:Transport services provided or improved
PROJECT_CHANGE_19
:Sanitation provided or improved
PROJECT_CHANGE_20
:Agricultural inputs provided on credit
PROJECT_CHANGE_21
:Agricultural inputs provided on a subsidized basis
PROJECT_CHANGE_22
:Buyers of agricultural produce available or improved
PROJECT_CHANGE_23
:Credit facility now being provided
PROJECT_CHANGE_24
:More employment opportunities available
PROJECT_CHANGE_25
:Police services now available or improved
PROJECT_CHANGE_26
:Agricultural extension service available or improved
PROJECT_CHANGE_27
:Veterinary services now provided or improved
PROJECT_CHANGE_28
:Agricultural inputs now more readily available
PROJECT_CHANGE_29
:Radio reception provided
PROJECT_CHANGE_30
:Radio Reception improved
PROJECT_CHANGE_31
:Provision of mobile phone network
PROJECT_CHANGE_32
:Television reception provided
PROJECT_CHANGE_33
:Television reception improved
PROJECT_CHANGE_34
:None
SEC15_1
Do you consider your household to be non poor, moderately poor or extremely poor
SEC15_2_0
:Cannot afford/lack of agricultural inputs
SEC15_2_1
:Agricultural inputs are not available for buying in this area
SEC15_2_2
:Lack of agricultural inputs due to other reasons
SEC15_2S
Specify what do you think has led your household to be in poverty.
sec155
Specify what do you think has led your household to be in poverty.
sec156
Specify what do you think has led your household to be in poverty.
sec157
Specify what do you think has led your household to be in poverty.
sec158
Specify what do you think has led your household to be in poverty.
SEC15_3
Compared to 12 months ago is your household better off the same or worse off now
SEC15_4_0
:Cannot afford/lack of agricultural inputs
SEC15_4_1
:Agricultural inputs are not available for buying in this area
SEC15_4_2
:Lack of agricultural inputs due to other reasons
SEC15_4S
Specify why you think your household is worse off.
sec150
Specify why you think your household is worse off.
sec151
Specify why you think your household is worse off.
sec152
Specify why you think your household is worse off.
sec153
Specify why you think your household is worse off.
sec154
Specify why you think your household is worse off.
SEC15_5
How much money do you think is needed by your household in a month?
SEC15_6
How many meals excluding snacks do you normally have in a day?
SEC15_7
How many times in the last month did your household eat fish, poultry or animal?
SEC15_8
How many times in the past one week did your household eat vegetables?
EVENTID_0
:Drought
EVENTID_1
:Flood
EVENTID_2
:Storm
EVENTID_3
:Crop disease/crop pests
EVENTID_4
:Damage to crop while in storage
EVENTID_5
:Livestock disease
EVENTID_6
:Better pay/ work
EVENTID_7
:Job Loss / no salary
EVENTID_8
:Rise of profit from business
EVENTID_9
:Collapse of business
EVENTID_10
:Inability to pay back loan
EVENTID_11
:Change in money received from family/friends
EVENTID_12
:Change in sale prices of agriculture products
EVENTID_13
:Change in agricultural input prices (e.g seeds)
EVENTID_14
:Change in food prices
EVENTID_15
:Victim of crime/business scam/ cheating
EVENTID_16
:Law suit / imprisonment
EVENTID_17
:Communal / political crisis / conflict (religious)
EVENTID_18
:Person joined household
EVENTID_19
:Family conflicts
EVENTID_20
:Marital differences / divorce
EVENTID_21
:Illness
EVENTID_22
:Serious injury / accident
EVENTID_23
:Death of bread earner
EVENTID_24
:Death of other household member
EVENTID_25
:Destruction of housing (eg from fire / storm)
EVENTID_26
:Lack of food / adequate food
EVENTID_27
:Lack of financial resources/adequate resources
EVENTID_28
:Evicted from house
EVENTID_29
:None
SEC14_DEATHS
Have there been any deaths in the household (usual members)in the last 12 months
SEC14_1
How many people died in the last 12 months
Id
hh_members
hh_me0
SEC1Q3A
Age Code
SEC1Q3B
What is ...'s Age?
SEC1Q4
What is ...'s relationship to the head of the household?
SEC1Q5
Is ... male or female?
SEC1Q6
Is ... an albino?
Weight
Total: 242
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