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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IE03 What is the hieghest monthly cost to your business? (IE03_HIEGHEST_MONTHLY)
Data file: Business-Business_Level_21B_Anonymised
Overview
Valid:
3980
Invalid:
83
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utility bills e.g. electricity/power, water charges | 418 |
10.5%
|
| 2 | Rent | 216 |
5.4%
|
| 3 | Labour | 587 |
14.7%
|
| 4 | Transportation | 1609 |
40.4%
|
| 5 | Taxes | 16 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | Levies | 87 |
2.2%
|
| 7 | Fuel | 106 |
2.7%
|
| 8 | Equipment hire | 48 |
1.2%
|
| 9 | Other, specify | 147 |
3.7%
|
| 10 | Raw materials/inputs | 290 |
7.3%
|
| 11 | Finished Goods | 100 |
2.5%
|
| 12 | Repair and maintenance | 16 |
0.4%
|
| 13 | Storage | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | Packaging | 26 |
0.7%
|
| 15 | Tools/equipment | 10 |
0.3%
|
| 16 | None | 300 |
7.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 83 |
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.