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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S01 OTHER SPECIFY (S01_OTHER_SPECIFY)
Data file: Business-Business_Level_21B_Anonymised
Overview
Valid:
84
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
255
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business didn't require any | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| FROM farming | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Farming | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Fishing | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| From farming | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| From own farm | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| GIVEN BY HUSBAND | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Given by the parent | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| He for a target | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| I didn't use any capital | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| INHERITED THE HOUSE | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Just started burning charcoal | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| MONEY FROM DECEASED HUSBAND | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| NO CAPITAL NEEDED | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| NO NEED FOR STARTUP CAPITAL | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| NONE | 3 |
3.6%
|
|
| NOT YET | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Never had capital just started | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| No money was involved | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| No statt up capital | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Non | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| None | 9 |
10.7%
|
|
| Nothing | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Nothing gets sand from river | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| OWNER OF THE VEHICLE | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Own produce | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Pension and bank loan | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| RAW CASSAVA FROM HER FIELD | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| SOLD MILLET MEANT FOR HOME CON | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| THEY JUST PICK STONES WITHOUT | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| TPL. TOBACCO PROCESSING LTD | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| TREES | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Through farming | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Tobacco processing limited | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| Tools used to buy when working | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| barter system,clothes and gras | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| benefits from napsa | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| bethel church | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| customers through plaiting | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| did a piece work | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| did piece works | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| did some peace work | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| did use any money to start it | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| didn't use any capital | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| employed as a house help | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| farming of agricultural produc | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| from farming | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| from a customer | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| from husbands benefits | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| from selling farm products | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| got materials from her garden | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| he had no capital as he only | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| it was not in monetary form | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| man power | 2 |
2.4%
|
|
| no capital | 3 |
3.6%
|
|
| no capital involved | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| no capital, got own farm produ | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| no capital,sells own produce | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| none | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| nothing | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| own produce | 2 |
2.4%
|
|
| own production | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| private tobaco companies | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| profit from rice sales | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| salary from previous employmen | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| selling of own agricultural p | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| she started by plaiting hair, | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| silk | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| through farming | 1 |
1.2%
|
|
| zafico funds | 1 |
1.2%
|
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.