2022 Living Conditions Monitoring Survey
Eighth Edition
Zambia
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Reference ID
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
Why do you think your household is worse off?, Other Specify (Sec14_q4other)
Data file: sect14a_Self_Assessed_Poverty_ANONYMIZED
Overview
Valid:
138
Type:
Discrete
Width:
255
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AM A DIVORCEE | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Because of paying for the GCE Exams | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Crop diseases | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| DEATH OF HOUSEHOLD MEMBER | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| DEATH OF SPOUSE | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| DUE TO ILLNESS AS THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE HOLD | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| DUE TO INJURY | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Damage of agricultural products | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Death of other family members | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Elephants destroy each time crops are planted. Hence the poverty levels being high | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Elephants eating our maize fields | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Fertilizer not available at the required | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| HUMAN/ANIMAL CONFLICT | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Human animal Conflict...Wild animals ravage farm produce | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Human/animal conflicts | 4 |
2.9%
|
|
| I am not managing to feed and keep money for business | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| I cannot afford to support my family | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Increament of fuel | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| JUST RETIRED AND HAVE NOTHING TO KEEP HIM BUSY | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| LACK OF FERTILIZER | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| LACK OF FINANCES | 2 |
1.4%
|
|
| LACK OF FINANCIAL HELP | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Lack of women empowerment activities in the area | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Loss of employment | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Lots of responsibilities | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| MONEY HAS BECOME SCARCE TO FIND | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| No longer able to access social cash transfer | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| No longer energetic | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Not able to access social cash transfer | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Not able to buy the essentials( assets)in the home that my friends have | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Not eating well | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Ownership of land | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Poverty has become worse | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Previously employment with permanent, currently it is not permanent, part-time | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| TOO OLD | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Too old to work | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| accommodation too expensive | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| aging | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| alcohol problem | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| animals to cultivate | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| because of her old age she cant do any work to bring in an income | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| because of the wild animals destroying the fields | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| big family and lack of capital | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| bread winner has stroke | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| business was disturbed for some months | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| can not manage to sustain themselves well and still struggling to stabilise life | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| can't even afford living essentials | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| can't farm because the spouse has been on and off health wise | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| cant do anything am old aged. | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| change of government | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| children are divorced and come back to live with me . I must provide most things | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| confiscation of equipment by law enforcement agencies. | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| death of a partner | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| death of household head | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| delay in delivery of fertilizer | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| destruction of crops by elephants | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| devorce | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| difficulty in walking | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| disability due to prolonged sickness | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| divorce | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| doesn't have a man | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| doesnt have a man | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| drought | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| due to being on separation with the wife | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| due to divorce with the husband which happened | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| economy is bad and prices of commodities are very high | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| elephant destroying fields | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| elephants eating our maize | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| family has expanded | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| farming not doing well | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| fertiliser came late and it contributed to low agricultural production | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| getting older and cannot do anything | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| getting to old cant do anything | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| goats stolen | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| got heavily robbed | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| has been sick | 2 |
1.4%
|
|
| he was being kept the past years | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| high prices of commodities | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| higher cost of milling | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| household head cannot engage in any economic activity due to the partial paralysis | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| household members increased | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| human /animal conflict | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| husband not responsible | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| i dont have where to start from | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| illness | 8 |
5.8%
|
|
| illness of Bread winner | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| illness of spouse | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| inadequate farming imputs | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| lack of finances | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| lack of funds | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| lack of market for groceries | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| lack of solar pump | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| lack of transport | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| less power to work due to aging | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| livestock stolen | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| loss of both parents | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| lost all our properties with fire | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| marital dispute | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| money was used to sponsor school going siblings. | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| needs empowerment to create business firm and employ more people | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| no employment opportunities | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| no food | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| no food not blankets | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| no other source of income to buy fertilizer and pay for children at school and feed the family | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| no power to do other activities | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| old age | 3 |
2.2%
|
|
| old age, all her children died and no support from the relative | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| poor government | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| poor harvest | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| poor planning | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| rains delayed to come | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| respondent was sick and bed ridden for a long time and did not manage to look after her crops hence a poor harvest. | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| retired | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| retirement | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| so many responsibilities | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| the family has grown | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| the husband failure to take care of the household due to over drinking | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| the husband has taken another wife so most of the produce he gives it to the second wife | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| too old | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| transport costs are too high | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| transport difficulties | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| unable to do other jobs that would give him enough money | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| was in hospital for a long time | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| water | 1 |
0.7%
|
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.