2022 Living Conditions Monitoring Survey
Eighth Edition
Zambia
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ZMB-ZSA-LCMS-2022-V1.0
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Zambia Statistics Agency
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- Data files
- Demographics2_ANONYMIZED
- IncomeTabulation_ANONYMIZED
- KG_ANONYMIZED
- sect1_sec3_2_Health_ANONYMIZED
- sect1_sect4_4_Education_ANONYMIZED
- sect7_3_Assets_ANONYMIZED
- Sect8_Housing_Characteristics_ANONYMIZED
- Sect9_1_Access_to_Facilities1_ANONYMIZED
- Sect9_2_Access_to_Facilities2_ANONYMIZED
- Sect12_2_Development_Issues_ANONYMIZED
- sect13_3_12_Child_Health_ANONYMIZED
- sect14a_Self_Assessed_Poverty_ANONYMIZED
- sect14b_Coping_Strategies_ANONYMIZED
- Sect15_2_Deaths_ANONYMIZED
What was main reason for [Name] leaving school at the time?, Other Specify (Sec4_q9other)
Data file: sect1_sect4_4_Education_ANONYMIZED
Overview
Valid:
169
Type:
Discrete
Width:
255
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Because of animal conflict | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Changing of schools | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| DID NOT KNOW THE VALUE OF EDUCATION | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| DOESNT KNOW | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| DULL | 2 |
1.2%
|
|
| Did not want to go to boarding school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Drinking too much Alcohol | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Due to alot of tranfers by the father | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| FARM | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Farming | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Give others space and pay for them | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| HE HAS A CERTIFICATE FOR WELDING | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| HE IS RAISING FINANCIES TO GO TO COLLEGE | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| HOUSE GOT GUTTED | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Had moved out | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| He will be attending university next year | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| He will be going to school next year | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| His was omitted on the examination list | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| LOVED MONEY | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| MARITAL PROBLEMS | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| MOVEMENT OF THE MOTHER | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Moved to a new place | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Moved to town without transfer letter | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Never been to school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| No reason | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Not applicable | 2 |
1.2%
|
|
| PARENTS NEVER CARED ABOUT SCHOOL | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| PEER PRESSURE | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Parents feared cold weather | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Parents got Divorced | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Parents refused to give support to a girl child | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Peer pressure | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Personal Choice | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Quarrelled with sister over uniform | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| REFUSED TO CONTINUE GOING TO SCHOOL | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| REPORTING FOR SCHOOL IN JANUARY | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| RESPONDENT DOES NOT KNOW | 2 |
1.2%
|
|
| Relocated to the Copperbelt, from there her educational progress declined | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| SHE IS GOING TO COLLEGE NEXT MONTH | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| SHE WANTED TO GO FOR A SKILLS CENTRE | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| STARTED LIVING WITH THE AUNTIE | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| She was carried away by her aunt & did not enrol her to School | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Shifted | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Still waiting to go to college | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Stopped school just after shifting | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| THE RESPONDENT ATTENDED COLLEGE | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| THEY ARE STUDENTS | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| The only volunteer teacher left the place | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| There was a war in her area hence she couldn't proceed with school I.e independence struggle | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| There was no place for him to settle and concentrate on schooling | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| To continue in future | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| To continue later | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Unable to | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Unnecessary movements | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| WAITING TO GO TO COLLEGE | 2 |
1.2%
|
|
| WAS UNDER AGE TO BE ACCEPTED IN GRADE 1 | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Waiting for money to go college | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Waiting to go to School | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Waiting to go to college | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| age became too old | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| argued with sponsor | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| became confused with drugs | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| became playful | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| bewitched | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| circumstances | 4 |
2.4%
|
|
| currently waiting to go to school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| don't know | 2 |
1.2%
|
|
| dont knon | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| dont know the main reason | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| enrolling into school next year | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| family conflicts | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| fear of punishment | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| fear of war in tha t country | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| feels ashamed among friends | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| fine with the attained education so far | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| followed hid brother | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| forced to stop school when mistakenly accused to be pregnant | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| giving space to children | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| got discouraged | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| grade twelve results were burnt | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| he couldn't see at the board it was too dark | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| he is attending tertiary education | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| job loss | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| just didnt want to go to school | 2 |
1.2%
|
|
| just didnt want to go to school any more | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| just stopped | 2 |
1.2%
|
|
| just wanted to stop school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| lack of kownleage | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| lack of parental guidance | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| language barrier because she initially lived in Congo with her dad,thus when she came to zambia she had challenges. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| move to another place | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| moved to Mozambique | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| moved to a different dwelling | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| moved to a place with no school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| moved to another place to stay | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| moving from one place to another | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| neglection from parents | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| no reason | 2 |
1.2%
|
|
| no reasons | 2 |
1.2%
|
|
| not applicable | 2 |
1.2%
|
|
| old days | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| parents separation | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| patents travelled out of Zambia couldn't continue after that | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| refused | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| refused for no reason | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| refused to continue | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| refused to go back to school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| respondent doesn't know reason | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| respondent don't know | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| results got lost | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| retired | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| retired in national interest | 2 |
1.2%
|
|
| retirement | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| retrenchment | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| scared of the teacher cause of beatings | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| she couldn't continue school due to change of places. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| she enjoyes school games and dancing than school work and learning | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| she wasn't intelligent | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| staying with other relatives become difficult | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| still at school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| still looking for a place | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| still rewriting | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| still a child | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| still at university | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| still in school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| still pursuing a degree | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| still waiting for enrolliment | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| stopped for no reason | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| the respondent didn't know the level attained by the mother | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| the school where she was going had closed | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| there was a curse in the family | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| there was no care by the forster parents | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| there was no seriousness at school with teachers | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| there's no work | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| to continue later | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| too prayerful | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| took football as career | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| uncle made her stop school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| unknown reasons just stopped school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| unspecified complications | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| waiting finances | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| want to be a driver | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| was a student in a foreign then a war broke out,hence he couldn't carry on | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| was not intelligent | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| was not intelligent enough | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| was not interested in school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| was not just intelligent | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| was taken to tailoring school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| was unable to learn properly | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| will proceed next year | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| will be going next year | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| will continue next year | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| will continue school | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| will resume studies next year | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| yet to continue | 1 |
0.6%
|
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.