2015 LIVING CONDITIONS MONITORING SURVEY
Seventh Edition
Zambia, 2015
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Anthro 26_9_15
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Household
size_ANONYMIZE -
Child Health
and Nutrition
2015_ANONYMIZE - crop_costs_expenses_17Aug_ANONYMIZE
- CropPoultryLivestock_10_12_15_ANONYMIZE
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- Expenditure_ANONYMIZE_1
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HH Expenditure
Agregated
File_ANONYMIZE -
HH
File_ANONYMIZE - HouseholdAssets_Clean
- livestock_costs_expenses_06Sept_ANONYMIZE
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Person
Record_ANONYMIZE -
Poverty
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Self Assesed
Poverty Part
2_ANONYMIZED
Why did … move from his/her previous residence? Specify (SEC1Q12SIPECIFY)
Data file: Person Record_ANONYMIZE
Overview
Valid:
390
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
255
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becaus it was far from work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Because of witchcraft | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Because of witchcraft | 8 |
2.1%
|
|
| Built own house | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Came with the father | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Came with daddy | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Came with father | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Came with the father | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Came with the husband who came to start work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Came to stay with brother | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Couldn't manage to pay rent | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Death of Husband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Death of the head of House hold | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Decided to stay with her | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Decided by head to stay with him | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Decided to move into his own house which is still under construction. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Departmental Transfer | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Didn't, have money to pay for rent | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Differences with husband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Divorced | 6 |
1.5%
|
|
| Due to floods | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Due to marrital differences | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Due to school isues | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Expensive housing unit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| FOLLOWED THE AUNCLE | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Floods | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Followed | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| Followed Hasband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Followed Mother | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Followed cousin spouse who got married | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Followed elder sister | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Followed her husband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Followed her mother | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Followed his mother | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| Followed mother | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Followed parents | 8 |
2.1%
|
|
| Followed the Parents | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Followed the aunt | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Followed the father | 10 |
2.6%
|
|
| Followed the grand parents | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Followed the hasband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Followed the head | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Followed the husband | 4 |
1%
|
|
| Followed the mother | 4 |
1%
|
|
| Followed the parents | 12 |
3.1%
|
|
| Followed the the husband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Found a new place to live in | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Got Sick | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Got by the aunt | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Got divorced | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD MOVED | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| House was Sold | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| House was sold | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Housing Unit expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Husband found a new business in Livingstone | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Illnes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Ilness | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| In search of greener pastures in terms of job opportunities | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Joined the sister since she is not feeling too well | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Just went to visit her children in lusaka, now come back to look after grand children | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Keep brother company | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Marriage dispute | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Medication | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Mother got divorced | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Mother and father deserted the household | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Mother divorced | 5 |
1.3%
|
|
| Mother got divorced | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Mother relocated to seek work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Move by parents | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| Moved because of head of house | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Moved because of the Head | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Parents Shifted | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Parents decided to resettle | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Parents found a new job and house | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Place far from the Hospital | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Rental increased | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Rentals Increase | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Separetion | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| She had to be staying home with the children | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| She just went to visit in kabimba to the sister | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Shifted after being robbed in the house | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| Sickness | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| TO JOIN HER PARENTS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| TO COME TO LIVE WITH THE HOUSEHOLD | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| TO LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The father found a new business in Livingstone | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The father moved because he found a business so the children had to come along | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The head of the household wanted just to be staying with her | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The household moved to a new location so the household joined the head | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The husband got a job | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Thought of getting back to the village to do farming | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| To be taken care because of old age | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| To help in his brother's business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| To join the family | 4 |
1%
|
|
| To unit with the family | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| To visit her sister who had a funeral. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Transfer | 4 |
1%
|
|
| Transfer of Spouse | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Transfer of mother | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Transfer of spouse | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Transfered | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Trouble with the Landlord | 6 |
1.5%
|
|
| Uncle Called him to come and stay at a farm | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Visiting | 7 |
1.8%
|
|
| WAS NEEDED FOR FAMILY HELP | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Wanted a bigger house | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Was divorced | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Was keep't by the sister | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Was separated with the husband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| accodation was conjested | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| came to help out grandparents | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| came to live with the daugther | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| child to John and Margaret hence moved with parents | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| company moved to kitwe | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| completed school | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| cultivation of farm | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| cultivation of farm produce | 6 |
1.5%
|
|
| death | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| death of spouse | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| death of the husband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| decided to rejoin family | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| divorce | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| divorced | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| due to floods | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| father started working | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| followed parent | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| followed his mother who was devorced | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| followed husband | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| followed mother | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| followed the head of h/h | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| followed the father | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| followed the h/ h | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| followed the head of h/h | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| followed the head of the house | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| followed the head of the household | 8 |
2.1%
|
|
| followed the husband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| followed the mother | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| followed the mother after being divorced | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| followed the mother after her divorce | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| folowed the head of h/h | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| found a new business in Livingstone | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| got divolced | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| got divorced | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| got sick | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| he just decided to come back to the village and marry | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| he just went for a visit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| he was moving with the mother | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| he was not getting paid where he was working so he decided to stop and come settle in his village | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| high rents | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| his uncle called him to stay together. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| house too small | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| husband passed away | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| husband started working | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| illness | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| joined head | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| joined head | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| joined head to own house | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| joined the head in own house | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| joined the head in own house. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| joined the head into their own house | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| joined the head of household | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| marital disputes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| mother shifted | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| moved together with Lastone Saini | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| moved because of head of house | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| moved because of parents | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| moved into own house | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| moved to be a church leader | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| moved together with Lastone saini | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| moved together with the family | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| moved with mother | 7 |
1.8%
|
|
| moved with the mother | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| parents found a new job and house | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| parents moved | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| parents relocated | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| parents separated | 4 |
1%
|
|
| parents shifted | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| parents very sick | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| plans on joining house hold | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| pregnancy | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| previous housing unit too small | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| resettled together with parents. | 5 |
1.3%
|
|
| resettled with the husband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| resettled with the mother | 18 |
4.6%
|
|
| resettled with the parents | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| resettled with the sister | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retired | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| returned frokm visit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| returned from visit | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| same family | 7 |
1.8%
|
|
| same reason | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| she followed the head of the household | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| she followed the spouse | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| she had problems with paying rent | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| she was moving with the mother | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| she was very sick | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| shifted with parents | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| sickness | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| started Cohabiting with Mr bright chulu | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| stopped working | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| the house he rented was sold out by the owner | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| the husband lost employment so she went back to the parents | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| the parent of the head died | 7 |
1.8%
|
|
| the wife got sick | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to visit a relative | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| transfer | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| transfer of the husband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| visiting with mother | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| visiting, but has stayed for more than six months | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| was devorced by the husband | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| was just invited | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| was sick | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| went back to her fathers house | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| went to attend fiuniral | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| went to see the man who pregnanted her | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| went with mother | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| went with the mother to her fathers place | 1 |
0.3%
|
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.