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
How did you deal with the [Event]?-Other Specify (Sec14_q13other)
Data file: sect14a_Self_Assessed_Poverty_ANONYMIZED
Overview
Valid:
208
Type:
Discrete
Width:
255
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All chickens died | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| BOUGHT PESTICIDES | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Bought Personal things | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Cried | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Didn't grow as much crop as expected. | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Fishing and do some butter system | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| GOT OUT OF THE BUSINESS | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Goes in the bush to gather some fruits and roots | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Government came to vaccinate the animals before the lampskin disease became severe | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| HAD TO COME TO THE VILLAGE | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| I LOOKED FOR THE BRICKS TO MEND THE HOUSE | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| I paid the veterinary surgeon to treat the animals | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| I went to stay with my friends | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Increased rental on property | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Killed livestock | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Killing the pest by hand | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| MADE A BARRIER | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Making a garden | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Moved farming activities to different area | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| REDUCED ON MEALS | 2 |
1%
|
|
| Report to Police | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Reported to Police | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| SHARED MONEY WITH RELATIVES | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| SPRAYED MEDICINE ON THE CROPS | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| STICKING TO THE BUDGET | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Searching for work to do... | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| She became a stone crusher | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Slaughter infected animals | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Sold 2 Chickens and bag of Beans | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Sprayed the crop with insecticide | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Started building | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Started farming | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Started vending businesses | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| TOOK CHILD TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| TREATED THE PIGS | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Talked about the differences | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WANT TO START FARMING | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WENT TO THE HEALTH FACILITY | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WENT TO THE HOSPITAL | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Worked hard | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| a drainage was made to easy the floods | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| adapted | 2 |
1%
|
|
| adjusted | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| all chickens died | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| applied insectside | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| ate once a day | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| borrowed money from work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| borrwed money to replace the dead animals | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought pesticides | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought insectcide to treat them | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought insecticides | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought manu | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought medication | 2 |
1%
|
|
| bought medicine | 3 |
1.4%
|
|
| bought medicine and sprayed | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought medicine to clear them | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought medicine to treat the disease s | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought medicine for the animals | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought medicine for the crops | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought medicine from Agro shops | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought meds for the animals | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought mosquito nets | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| bought pesticides | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| business did well | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| can't have enough food. the spouse gone to Lusaka to seek help from relatives | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| charcoal burning | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| cheaper drugs | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| contributed food | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| controlled themeselves and came back together | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| depended on family help | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| did peace works to find money | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| did pieceworks like cultivating for other subsistence farmers for pay to make some money to buy essential resources. | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| discussions | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| divorced | 2 |
1%
|
|
| do some fishing and sell or exchange | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| donations from my children | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| eat cassava | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| eat porridge for salt | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| expanded business | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| follow the health guidelines | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| gardening | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| go fishing | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| got a divorce | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| got a loan | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| got credits | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| got help from Govt | 2 |
1%
|
|
| got the cattle vaccinated | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| grew less | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| grew less crop | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| grew less crops | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| had no shelter got to improvise by making a makeshift house using tents and plastics. all agriculture products harvested inbetween the 2020/2021 farming season got burnt.i had to start over with the help of the community and extended family members | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| had to spend more | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| had to surrender car to the bank | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| hatred | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| haven't recovered | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| helped by neighbours | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| immunised other livestock against disease | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| it affected the harvest and so we lacked food and depended on family help | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| it changed the way of living, negatively | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| it made us to farm small | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| it was an increament in the money received | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| it was very difficult. we could not eat sometimes if children didn't go picking what remains in people's fields | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| just stayed hungry | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| let go of differences | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| looked for job | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| lost all livestock they had | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| luckly got paid from a previous job | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| made adjustments | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| made mounds to prevent loss of crops | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| migrated to a temporal location | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| move to another area for fresh air | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| moved out from the house | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| nothing we just took the matter to police and zesco ... no help was received | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| peace work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| piece work | 2 |
1%
|
|
| planted more tomatoes | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| prayed to God for hearing | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| prostitution | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| put crop medicine | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| received niece into home | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| reconciled | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| reduced in investment | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| reduced the number of meals in a day | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| reducing the number of having meals | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| relied on friends but still couldn't work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| relocated to a different location | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| relocated to a temporal home | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| replanted | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| replanted the crops | 2 |
1%
|
|
| reported crime | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| reported crime to the police | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| reported the matter to police | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| reported to police | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| reported to the police | 4 |
1.9%
|
|
| resolved | 2 |
1%
|
|
| resolved differences | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| sat down and also sought for spiritual guide and solution | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| saved the money | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| seek help from wicth doctors | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| seeked advice from veterinary professionals | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| separated | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| seperated | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| set up traps for predators | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| shiffted from one area to the other. | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| skipped breakfast | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| sold 2 chickens | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| sought aid from the relative | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| sought for mental health care | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| spent more | 3 |
1.4%
|
|
| spent more than usual | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| spraed insecticide | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| started doing piece works | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| started going to the clinic | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| started looking for work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| starved | 3 |
1.4%
|
|
| stop working | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| stopped buying things | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| stopped farming | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| talking as a family | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| they go fishing and sell the catch or exchange | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| unable to work | 3 |
1.4%
|
|
| use according to what's available | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| used more money | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| used stored food | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| used traditional medications | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| used traditional methods | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| used up the food that was stored | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| veterinary came to vaccinate the the livestock | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| visited the clinic for medicle assistance | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| visited the health facilities | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| visited the hostipal to seek treament | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| way of living changed | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| went fishing and sell the catch or exchange with maize | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| went to a healthy facilitie | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| went to hospital | 2 |
1%
|
|
| went to the clinic | 6 |
2.9%
|
|
| went to the hospital | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| went to traditional healers | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| when to the clinic | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| word of mouth | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| worked for food on peoples fields | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| worked for the person they owed money | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| worked to clear off debt | 1 |
0.5%
|
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.