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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4a. Why do you think you are the same or worse off? (S10Q4A)
Data file: Self Assesd Poverty and Household Strategies
Overview
Valid:
2931
Invalid:
15731
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
88
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 88
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cannot afford/lack of agricultural inputs | 338 |
11.5%
|
| 2 | Agricultural inputs are not available | 49 |
1.7%
|
| 3 | Lack of agricultural inputs due to other reasons | 98 |
3.3%
|
| 4 | Low agricultural production | 107 |
3.7%
|
| 5 | Because of the drought | 59 |
2%
|
| 6 | Because of floods | 37 |
1.3%
|
| 7 | Lack of adequate land | 60 |
2%
|
| 8 | Low prices for the produce | 45 |
1.5%
|
| 9 | Lack of market | 37 |
1.3%
|
| 10 | Lack of cattle/oxen | 87 |
3%
|
| 11 | Death cattle due to diseases | 55 |
1.9%
|
| 12 | Lack of capital to start | 121 |
4.1%
|
| 13 | Lack of capital to diversify | 43 |
1.5%
|
| 14 | Lack of credit facilities | 48 |
1.6%
|
| 15 | Lack of capital to start own business | 183 |
6.2%
|
| 16 | Lack of credit facilities to start business | 55 |
1.9%
|
| 17 | Lack of employment opportunities | 252 |
8.6%
|
| 18 | Salary/wage too little | 236 |
8.1%
|
| 19 | Pension payment too little | 17 |
0.6%
|
| 20 | Retrechment/redundancy | 20 |
0.7%
|
| 21 | Prices of commodities too high | 161 |
5.5%
|
| 22 | Hard economic times | 215 |
7.3%
|
| 23 | Business not doing well | 134 |
4.6%
|
| 24 | Too much competition | 33 |
1.1%
|
| 25 | Due to disability | 29 |
1%
|
| 26 | Death of bread winner | 242 |
8.3%
|
| 27 | Debts | 25 |
0.9%
|
| 28 | Other | 140 |
4.8%
|
| 88 | NA | 5 |
0.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 15731 |
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.