2024 Labour Force Survey
Thirteenth Edition
Zambia, 2024
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Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-LFS-2024-V1.0
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Zambia Statistics Agency
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- ZM_Annual_LFS_2024_Data_Anonymised_04122025
What was the main reason why (name) decided to leave the household? (J5_C)
Data file: ZM_Annual_LFS_2024_Data_Anonymised_04122025
Overview
Valid:
383
Invalid:
48640
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 15
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To work | 50 |
13.1%
|
| 2 | Other income reasons | 73 |
19.1%
|
| 3 | Drought, flood or other weather conditions | 3 |
0.8%
|
| 4 | Eviction | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | Land related problems | 5 |
1.3%
|
| 6 | Follow family | 193 |
50.4%
|
| 7 | Marriage | 8 |
2.1%
|
| 8 | School/training | 35 |
9.1%
|
| 9 | Illness, injury | 8 |
2.1%
|
| 10 | Divorce/separation | 7 |
1.8%
|
| 11 | To escape insecurity | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | To return home from displacement | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | Abduction | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | To be refugee | 0 |
0%
|
| 15 | To be an Asylum seeker | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 48640 |
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.