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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What is/was the main reason ... never attended school? (B8)
Data file: ZM_Annual_LFS_2024_Data_Anonymised_04122025
Overview
Valid:
4250
Invalid:
44773
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under age | 1593 |
37.5%
|
| 2 | Differently abled (Disabled) | 81 |
1.9%
|
| 3 | Illness | 135 |
3.2%
|
| 4 | School was too far | 483 |
11.4%
|
| 5 | Cannot afford school cost | 667 |
15.7%
|
| 6 | Family does not allow schooling | 71 |
1.7%
|
| 7 | Not interested in school | 469 |
11%
|
| 8 | School not considered valuable | 335 |
7.9%
|
| 9 | School environment not condusive | 17 |
0.4%
|
| 10 | Family responsibilities | 204 |
4.8%
|
| 11 | To work for pay or family business | 30 |
0.7%
|
| 12 | Other | 165 |
3.9%
|
| Sysmiss | 44773 |
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.