2021 Socio Economic Impact Assessment of COVID-19 on Households in Zambia
1st Edition
Zambia, 2021
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ZMB-ZSA-SEIA-2021-V1.0
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Zambia Statistics Agency,
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What was the main reason you were not in paid employment/self-employment/helping without pay in the family business from January to March 2020? (QI603_MAIN_REASON)
Data file: Individual level data
Overview
Valid:
14467
Invalid:
15248
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 96
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RETRENCHED /LAID OFF | 118 |
0.8%
|
| 2 | RETIRED | 345 |
2.4%
|
| 3 | CLOSE OF BUSINESS DUE TO COVID-19 | 385 |
2.7%
|
| 4 | POOR HEALTH (CHRONIC ILLNESS) | 277 |
1.9%
|
| 5 | STUDENT (SCHOOL) | 5898 |
40.8%
|
| 6 | UNEMPLOYED & LOOKING OR AVAILABLE FOR WORK | 3178 |
22%
|
| 7 | TO CARE FOR THE AGED OR SICK FAMILY MEMBER | 118 |
0.8%
|
| 8 | TEMPORAL LAY OFF DUE TO COVID-19 | 78 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | CLOSE OF BUSINESS BY EMPLOYER DUE TO COVID-19 | 50 |
0.3%
|
| 10 | PERMANENT LAYOFF DUE TO COVID 19 | 23 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | UNEMPLOYED AND NOT LOOKING FOR WORK | 703 |
4.9%
|
| 12 | UNEMPLOYED & NOT LOOKING OR NOT AVAILABLE FOR WORK | 2606 |
18%
|
| 96 | OTHER | 688 |
4.8%
|
| Sysmiss | 15248 |
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.