2021 Socio Economic Impact Assessment of COVID-19 on Households in Zambia
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Zambia, 2021
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| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADJUSTING TO THE NEW NORMAL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| AFACTED MY STUDIES | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| AFFECTED THE SCHOOL CALENDER & CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| AFFECTED THE SCHOOL CALENDER YEAR | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| AWAY FROM SCHOOL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Affected my education by reducing learning hours. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Affected school hours | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Almost lost interest in school programmes | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BEING AWAY FROM SCHOOL | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| BEING AWAY FROM SCHOOL FOR SOMETIME. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BEING HOME INSTEAD OF SCHOOL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BUSINESS HAS GONE DOWN | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BUSINESS IS DOWN DUE TO LACK OF TRAVEL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BUSINESS NOT DOING WELL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Became pregnant | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Being away from school | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| Bored at home and almost got raped by step dad. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Business & Transport | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| CANNOT DO BUSINESS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| CANT AFFORD SOME GOODS & SERVICES DUE TO P. HIKES | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| CANT FIND WORK | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| CHALENGERS WITH SELLING FARM PRODUCE | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Cant find a job after beeing laid off | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| DIFFICULTIES IN STUDIES | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| DISTURBED MY STUDYINH | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Daily requirement have become expensive | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Delayed me from going to school | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| Desturnces of school learning | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Difficult to find money for school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Difficulties in getting a job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Disturbed his education | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Disturbed the school lessons and group study | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| EDUCATION AFFECTED | 12 |
2.6%
|
|
| EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| EXPENSIVE COST OF FOOD | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| EXPOSURE TO CONTRACTING COVID FROM WORK PLACE | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Education Affected | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| Education affected | 7 |
1.5%
|
|
| Education affected. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Education was affected | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Education was disturbed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Failure to find employment | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Finacial challenges | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Financial constraints | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| GOT PRIGNANT | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| HIGH COST OF LIVING | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| I can't find a job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| I lost my job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| INCOME REDUCED | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| IT HAS DESTROYED THE RURAL ECONOMY | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| IT HAS DISTURBED HIS SCHOOL MOMENTUM. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Increase in food prices | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| It disturbed her education | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| JOB LOSS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| LACK OF JOBS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| LEARNING IN SCHOOL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| LUCK OF EMPLOYMENT | 3 |
0.7%
|
|
| Life got diffucult | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Life in general became difficult | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Loss of employment | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| MISSED LESSONS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| MISSED OUT ON A JOB OPPORTUNITY | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| MOST OF THE COMMODITIES BECAME EXPENSIVE | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Movement restrictions (Face mask is suffocating) | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| My school work was affected | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| My school work was affected. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| NO EMPLOYMENT | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| NO EMPLOYMENT OR PIECE WORKS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| NO MONEY TO GO TO SCHOOL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| NO MONEY TO STAR MY OWN BUSINESS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| NOT ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE SCHOOL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| No Jobs | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| No funds to be in school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| No money | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| No school due to financial challenges | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Not able to cover all important topics in school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Not getting employed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Not going to school | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| Not going to school. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| POVERTY | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| PREGNANCY | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| PRICE HIKES OF GOODS & SERVICES | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Parents no longer give money like before | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Poor living conditions at home | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Prices of home needs have gone up & expensive | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| REDUCED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| REDUCED INCOME | 4 |
0.9%
|
|
| REDUCED INCOME FROM MY BUSSINES | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| REDUCED LEARNING PERIOD | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Reduced income | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| SCHOOL AFFECTED | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| SELLING FARM PRODUCE AT LOWER PRICES | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| STOPPED SCHOOL IN G12 DUE TO COVID 19 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| STOPPING GOING TO SCHOOL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| STUDYING FOR EXAMS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| School disruption | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Slow business | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| THE SCHOOL LIFE HAS BEEN AFFECTED | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Things are too expensive and loss of business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Things have become expesive | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| UNEMPLOYMENT | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Very much behind on school work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| WE DIDNT LEAN MUCH | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| We dont have enough time to be in school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| academically | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| affected my anuty where to get money | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| affected my education | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| affected my school | 3 |
0.7%
|
|
| affected my school work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| affected my social life | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| affected the family business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| basic items are expensive | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| because of the closure of schools jus being home | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| being disturbed with school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| being sick | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buisiness became slow | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| business effected | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| business gone down | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| business had come down. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| business is down | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| business is runing at a slow pace | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| business went down | 4 |
0.9%
|
|
| bussiness has gone down | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| bussiness went down | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| can't find a job | 3 |
0.7%
|
|
| cant find a job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| cant get a new job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| cant go to school due to finances | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| cant interact freely with friends | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| causing death and making people orphans | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| closing of schoo and no learning | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| closing of school | 3 |
0.7%
|
|
| closing of schools | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| closing of schools and killing people | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| closure of schools | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| complete loss of income from the first business. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| delayed me in going to school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| delaying school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| depresed due to it | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| did not finish last years school sylabus | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| did not finish school sylabus | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| did not finish the sylabuss | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| didnt adquately prepare for exams hence I failed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| difficult to go to the hospital | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| difficulty in exam preparations | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| difficulty to find a job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| dificult in finding income | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| do not learn the way i used to | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| education | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| effected the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| expensive food items | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| expensive of goods and services | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| failed exams | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| failed to a job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| failed to go back to school , no school fees | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| failed to start my own bussiness | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| failer to pay school fees | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| failing exams. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| falled to find onather house maid job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| fear of how this desease kills people | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| fear of losing job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| fearing going to church i can get covid-19 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| feeling lonely worriwd for peoples mental health | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| fell pregnant | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| few hrs to learn and high costbof food. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| finacialy problems | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| finances have reduced | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| financial challenges hence stoping school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| financial difficulties | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| financially | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| financially challenged | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| financialy disturbed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| food has become expensive. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| food prices have incresed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| from school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| got pregnant. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| guardian lost income and cant access education | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| hard to find jobs | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| hard to find money for buying food at home | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| have not managed to go back to school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| having alot of work at home | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| having low income | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| having nothing to do | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| house hold farm works | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| how he communicates with people | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| how to get money | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i became pregnant | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i can't afford paying for school fees | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i can't afford to buy things I want | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i can't afford to pay for school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i can't find employment | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i cant find a job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i did not get many marks at the exam | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i didnt managebto clear my exams | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i don't know it | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i failed my exams | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i got pregnate during this period | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i got pregnut | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i have failed to find school fees to go to school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i have failed to go back to school | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| i have not managed to find a job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i have stoped my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i have stopped going to school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i haved failed to find a job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i lost my job | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| i lost my savings | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i miss playing with friends | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i missed learning | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i stop school and got married | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i stoped school after we closed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i stopped school because incomeless | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i thought school will end for ever | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| if get effected what should i do | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| in such that i stop schooling | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| income affected | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| income has dropped drastically | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| income reduced | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| increase in price commodities | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| increased priceses of things at the market | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| it has affected me academically | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| it kills people | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| it made me not to get many marks at school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| jobs hard to come by | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| lack if money | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| lack of employment | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| learning condition | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| learning hours have reduced | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| learning is different from before the pandemic | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| less learning hours at school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| life has become difficult because of covid 19 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| life has never been the same. my wife died | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| life is not as it was before | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| limited piece work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| limiting my movements | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| list my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| little to no income | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| looking after the animals | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| loosing my job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| loss of a job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| loss of income from my bussiness | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| loss or reduced income | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| lost capital for my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| lost empoyment | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| lost job | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| lost my Job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| lost my job | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| lost my job for sometime | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| lost the buisiness | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| lost the capital . | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| lost the job( peace work). | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| luck of money | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| mandatory wearing of face masks | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| miss my friends from school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| missed a lot on learning | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| missed going to school | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| missed learning | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| missed on learning at school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| missed on school lessons when the schools closed. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| missed out alot of school lessons | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| missed playing with friends at school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| missed school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| missed some topics only at school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| missing school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| money has become difficulty to find and no moving | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| most people only say ill get a job after covid | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| mother couldn't pay for school fees due to covid | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| movement restriction | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| mums business went down | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my business collapsed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my business was closed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my father buying bread every day. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my father does buy more food. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my father income has reduced. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my fathet no longer buying food as he was buying. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my husband no stablebwork so lacking capital for b | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my income has reduced | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my life is not tge same | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my mother business come down | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my performance in school has become bad | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my school is affected becauseof my bussiness | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my school is affected my parents cant pay tuition | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my school performance because we are behind | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my school was affected | 3 |
0.7%
|
|
| my school work was affected | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my school work was disturbed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| my way of life | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no effective learning | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no employment | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| no job opotunities | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no job opportunities | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| no job. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no jobs | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no jobs around | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no jobs for me. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no longer interacting freely with friends | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no longer plays with friends | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no meeting with people | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no one to teach me at home when closed school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no resources to go to school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| no traditional ceremony | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| nolonger interacting witth friends | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not able to find work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not able to get a job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not able to go church | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not able to participate | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not able to participate in school fully | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not able to pay to school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not able to socialise with friends | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not at school at the moment ,bundles are expenseve | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not being in school for a while | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not free and this time it seemd strange | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not going to shcool | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not learning in full time and days | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not learning well in school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not lent much school work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| not participating in crass | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| nothing | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| numbers of death of people worrying me | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| only people dying | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| opportunities difficult | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| parents are nolonger doing the business they used | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| people dying | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| piece works difficult to find | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| prayers | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| pressure of studying | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| priced increased | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| prices hsve increased | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| puting on face musk every day at school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| reduced days of work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| reduced finances | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| reduced food quantity | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| reduced income | 9 |
2%
|
|
| reduced number of hours learning | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| reduced performace at school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| reducing school time | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| reduction in salary | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| remaining behunde with school work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| salary reduced | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| school affected | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| school learning method | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| school lessons | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| school time reduced | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| school was affected | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| school work | 2 |
0.4%
|
|
| schools closed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| schools were disturbed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| socially | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| spending more time at home | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| spending of my in the farm than in school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stayed at home for a longer time than learning | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| still behind with school work because of covid-19 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stop going to church | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stop working | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stoped going to school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stoped school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stopped going to school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stopped learning last year for a long period | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stopped schooling due to covid 19 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stopped working | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stress | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stressed about the virus | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| struggling to raise income | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| sylabus not completed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| the sch9l has been disturbed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| there are no jobs | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| things changed alot | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| things have become expensive | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| things have become expensive because of covid | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| unable to access treatment | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| unable to buy things for her baby | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| unable to continue school because of money. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| unable to find a job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| unable to raise money to rewrite GCE | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| unable to report to school due to lack of money | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| unintended pregnancy | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| very difficult to find money | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| was disturbed in school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| was not able to concentrate at school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| was unable to attend classes | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| way of life compared to before | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| way of living has changed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| we closed school | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| we no longer go to church | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| wearing masks anyhow its uncomfortable | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| wearing of face mask and lack of jobs for the yout | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| wearing of masks is discomforting | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| when playing no physical games with my friends | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| woried that coran can reach home | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| working restrictions | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| worried what write on examination | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| woul want to work but there are no jobs | 1 |
0.2%
|
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.