2006 LIVING CONDITIONS AND MONITORING SURVEY
5TH EDITION
Zambia, 2006 - 2007
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Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-LCMS-2006-V1.0
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CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICE
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Why did ... move from his/her previous residence (S1Q11)
Data file: Household Roster and migration and poverty
Overview
Valid:
3544
Invalid:
94206
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 15
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For school | 149 |
4.2%
|
| 2 | Back from school/studies | 33 |
0.9%
|
| 3 | To seek work/business | 185 |
5.2%
|
| 4 | To start work/business | 196 |
5.5%
|
| 5 | Transfer of head of household | 1037 |
29.3%
|
| 6 | Previous household could not afford to keep him/her | 122 |
3.4%
|
| 7 | Death of Parent/Guardian | 166 |
4.7%
|
| 8 | Got married | 116 |
3.3%
|
| 9 | New household | 94 |
2.7%
|
| 10 | Retirement | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Retrenchment | 25 |
0.7%
|
| 12 | Decide to resettle | 500 |
14.1%
|
| 13 | Acquired own/different accomodation | 223 |
6.3%
|
| 14 | Found new agricultural land | 119 |
3.4%
|
| 15 | Other | 571 |
16.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 94206 |
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.