2022 Living Conditions Monitoring Survey
Eighth Edition
Zambia
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Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-LCMS-2022-V1.0
Producer(s)
Zambia Statistics Agency
Metadata
Created on
Aug 16, 2025
Last modified
Feb 26, 2026
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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 is the main source of electricity used by your household? (Sec8_q16b)
Data file: Sect8_Housing_Characteristics_ANONYMIZED
Overview
Valid:
3720
Invalid:
4800
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. National grid (ZESCO) | 2534 |
68.1%
|
| 2 | 2. Solar home system | 629 |
16.9%
|
| 3 | 3. Solar lantern and lighting | 361 |
9.7%
|
| 4 | 4. Rechargeable battery | 104 |
2.8%
|
| 5 | 5. Diesel/ Petrol genset | 10 |
0.3%
|
| 6 | 6. Pico hydro | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 7 | 7. Local mini grid | 10 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | 8. Vitalite solar | 21 |
0.6%
|
| 9 | 9. Other | 48 |
1.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 4800 |
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.