2022 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Finance Survey
First Edition
Zambia, 2022 - 2026
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Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-MSME-2022-V1.0
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Zambia Statistics Agency, Bank of Zambia
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SI07 What do you mainly do with the profit you make in your business? (SI07_MAINLY_DO)
Data file: Business-Business_Level_21B_Anonymised
Overview
Valid:
3982
Invalid:
81
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pay for household expenses, bills, school fees, etc | 2574 |
64.6%
|
| 2 | Buy stock | 230 |
5.8%
|
| 3 | Reinvest in business equipment technology, agricultural inpu | 314 |
7.9%
|
| 4 | Buy buildings or land | 41 |
1%
|
| 5 | Invest in other businesses/start new businesses | 99 |
2.5%
|
| 6 | Invest in Treasury Bills / Government Bonds. | 1 |
0%
|
| 7 | Buy livestock eg. Cattle | 56 |
1.4%
|
| 8 | Save the profit/money | 302 |
7.6%
|
| 9 | Expanding the business | 293 |
7.4%
|
| 10 | Other, specify | 72 |
1.8%
|
| Sysmiss | 81 |
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.