2022 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Finance Survey
First Edition
Zambia, 2022 - 2026
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ZMB-ZSA-MSME-2022-V1.0
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Zambia Statistics Agency, Bank of Zambia
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BD03S. Specify the reason the business not registered with ZRA (BD03A_NOT_REGISTERED_SPECIFY)
Data file: Business-Business_Level_21B_Anonymised
Overview
Valid:
88
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
255
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSINESS NOT ALLOWED | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| BUSINESS TOO SMALL TO BE REGISTERED | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| DONT WANT THEM TO KNOW MY BUSINESS | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| HAD A DRAWBACK THIEVES STOLE | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| ILLEGAL BUSINESS | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| It is considered illegal by authorities | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| JUST STARTED DOING THE BUSINESS | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| JUST STARTED THE BUSINESS | 2 |
2.3%
|
|
| Just don't want | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Just started | 2 |
2.3%
|
|
| Just started the business | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Just started the business | 2 |
2.3%
|
|
| NO PROPER DOCUMENTATION yet | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| NOT AWARE THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO REGISTER THE BUSINESS | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| NOT SURE IF I WILL LAST LONGER IN THIS BUSINESS | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| No offices for Zra and local authorities | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Respondent is still recovering from an illness | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| TOO SMALL TO BE REGISTERED | 2 |
2.3%
|
|
| The business just stated | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| There are no such facilities | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Too small to be registered | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| about to start the process | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| because charcoal burning is illegal | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| because its a mobile business | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| because the business is seasonal | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| business too small | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| business is mobile business | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| business is not yet mature | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| does not know where to register | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| don't | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| he is the process of registration | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| he was waiting to register with pacra first | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| in registration process | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| in the process | 5 |
5.7%
|
|
| in the process of registration | 3 |
3.4%
|
|
| its a vilage So they dont want attention From authorities | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| its not full time business | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| its to new | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| just started | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| just started operations | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| just started the business | 2 |
2.3%
|
|
| lack of Awareness | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| lack of capital | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| long distance to the registration institutions | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| my busiess is done online done | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| never heard about zra | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| never thought p | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| new business | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| no aware of it | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| no interest | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| no need | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| no one told me | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| no reason | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| not a zambian | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| not aware | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| not awareof the need to register | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| not given a chance | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| not willing | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| pay levy fees to the local authority | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| pays levies | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| recently started | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| scared because of the nature of the business | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| scared of registering the business | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| small farmer | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| small scale business | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| starting the process | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| still trying to figure out how she can manage the business | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| the business is too small to be registered | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| the company is to be registered in august 2022 | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| this business has no specific selling place | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| was sick | 2 |
2.3%
|
|
| we do not register gardens | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| we have never seen them here | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| white book has not been changed | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| will have it registered this year | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| will register after Pacra registration | 1 |
1.1%
|
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.