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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Jan 17, 2026
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BD03A. Why is the business not registered (BD03A_NOT_REGISTERED)
Data file: Business-Business_Level_21B_Anonymised
Overview
Valid:
3704
Invalid:
359
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 13
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Complicated / difficult procedure | 196 |
5.3%
|
| 2 | Cost is too high | 105 |
2.8%
|
| 3 | Lack of registration fees | 94 |
2.5%
|
| 4 | Tried but unsuccessful | 12 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | I see no benefit | 367 |
9.9%
|
| 6 | No time to register | 94 |
2.5%
|
| 8 | No action will be taken against me | 17 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | Business too small | 1438 |
38.8%
|
| 10 | I don’t know about these regulations | 1163 |
31.4%
|
| 11 | I don’t want them to know how my business is performing | 68 |
1.8%
|
| 12 | Other (specify) | 85 |
2.3%
|
| 13 | Refused to answer | 65 |
1.8%
|
| Sysmiss | 359 |
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.