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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Aug 16, 2025
Last modified
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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
How did you deal with the [Event]?-2nd (Sec14_q13_2)
Data file: sect14a_Self_Assessed_Poverty_ANONYMIZED
Overview
Valid:
2198
Invalid:
244882
Minimum:
10
Maximum:
46
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
10 - 88
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 10. Did nothing | 16 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | 11. Spent savings | 62 |
2.8%
|
| 12 | 12. Used insurance | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 13 | 13. Sold animals | 49 |
2.2%
|
| 14 | 14. Grew / sold additional / other crops | 27 |
1.2%
|
| 15 | 15. Sold assets (tools | 54 |
2.5%
|
| 16 | 16. Sold farm land | 14 |
0.6%
|
| 17 | 17. Worked more hours | 123 |
5.6%
|
| 18 | 18. Started business | 49 |
2.2%
|
| 19 | 19. Sent children to relatives or friends | 35 |
1.6%
|
| 20 | 20. Went elsewhere /migrated to work | 13 |
0.6%
|
| 21 | 21. Travelled/ migrated to seek health care | 7 |
0.3%
|
| 22 | 22. Sent children to work/sell | 21 |
1%
|
| 23 | 23. Received/ asked for gifts/ assistance from relatives/ fr | 63 |
2.9%
|
| 24 | 24. Borrowed money from relatives/ friends/other persons | 157 |
7.1%
|
| 25 | 25. Borrowed from money lender | 68 |
3.1%
|
| 26 | 26. Borrowed from bank/ other financial institution/employer | 8 |
0.4%
|
| 27 | 27. Got help from religious organization | 23 |
1%
|
| 28 | 28. Sought spiritual help | 26 |
1.2%
|
| 29 | 29. Sought/got help from government | 21 |
1%
|
| 30 | 30. Sought/obtained help from ngo/ international organizatio | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | 31. Govt cash transfer | 24 |
1.1%
|
| 32 | 32. Remittances from other households/ persons | 44 |
2%
|
| 33 | 33. Bought cheaper food | 297 |
13.5%
|
| 34 | 34. Bought less food | 433 |
19.7%
|
| 35 | 35. Reduced non-food expenses | 118 |
5.4%
|
| 36 | 36. Piece work on farms belonging to other households | 80 |
3.6%
|
| 37 | 37. Other piece work | 154 |
7%
|
| 38 | 38. Working on ' food-for-work or work-for-assets' program | 19 |
0.9%
|
| 39 | 39. Eating wild foods only | 8 |
0.4%
|
| 40 | 40. Substituting ordinary meals with mangoes | 1 |
0%
|
| 41 | 41. Reducing number of meals or food-in-take | 107 |
4.9%
|
| 42 | 42. Pulling children out of school | 9 |
0.4%
|
| 43 | 43. Petty vending | 24 |
1.1%
|
| 44 | 44. Begging from the streets | 1 |
0%
|
| 45 | 45. Sought refuge with neighbours | 15 |
0.7%
|
| 46 | 46. Other | 23 |
1%
|
| 88 | 88. No response | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 244882 |
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.