2006 LIVING CONDITIONS AND MONITORING SURVEY
5TH EDITION
Zambia, 2006 - 2007
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ZMB-ZSA-LCMS-2006-V1.0
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CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICE
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2c. What do you think has led your household to be in povert (S10Q2C)
Data file: Self Assesd Poverty and Household Strategies
Overview
Valid:
16281
Invalid:
2381
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
88
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 88
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 1 | Cannot afford/lack of agricultural inputs | 349 |
2.1%
|
| 2 | Agricultural inputs are not available | 124 |
0.8%
|
| 3 | Lack of agricultural inputs due to other reasons | 180 |
1.1%
|
| 4 | Low agricultural production | 259 |
1.6%
|
| 5 | Because of the drought | 91 |
0.6%
|
| 6 | Because of floods | 75 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | Lack of adequate land | 265 |
1.6%
|
| 8 | Low prices for the produce | 269 |
1.7%
|
| 9 | Lack of market | 183 |
1.1%
|
| 10 | Lack of cattle/oxen | 322 |
2%
|
| 11 | Death cattle due to diseases | 145 |
0.9%
|
| 12 | Lack of capital to start | 609 |
3.7%
|
| 13 | Lack of capital to diversify | 205 |
1.3%
|
| 14 | Lack of credit facilities | 536 |
3.3%
|
| 15 | Lack of capital to start own business | 879 |
5.4%
|
| 16 | Lack of credit facilities to start business | 545 |
3.3%
|
| 17 | Lack of employment opportunities | 959 |
5.9%
|
| 18 | Salary/wage too little | 506 |
3.1%
|
| 19 | Pension payment too little | 78 |
0.5%
|
| 20 | Retrechment/redundancy | 69 |
0.4%
|
| 21 | Prices of commodities too high | 1679 |
10.3%
|
| 22 | Hard economic times | 2181 |
13.4%
|
| 23 | Business not doing well | 513 |
3.2%
|
| 24 | Too much competition | 303 |
1.9%
|
| 25 | Due to disability | 58 |
0.4%
|
| 26 | Death of bread winner | 329 |
2%
|
| 27 | Debts | 86 |
0.5%
|
| 28 | Other | 351 |
2.2%
|
| 32 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 88 | NA | 4131 |
25.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 2381 |
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.