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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S09 OTHER SPECIFY (S09_OTHER_SPECIFY)
Data file: Business-Business_Level_21B_Anonymised
Overview
Valid:
62
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
255
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSINESS NEW | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Because its Hand to mouth | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Business is small | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Business still small | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Business too small | 2 |
3.2%
|
|
| Doesn't know how to write | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| HAND TO MOUTH | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| HE DOES NOT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| I DONT HAVE THE INTEREST | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| IMMATURISM | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Just started this business | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Just starting | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Money comes and pumped back in | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Money is used immediately | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| NO PROPER RECORD KEEPING | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Not enough money to write | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| SEE MESSGES IN SIM | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Stopped recording | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| THE MONEY IS USED IMMEDIATELY | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| We only Work by order | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| YET START RECORD | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| accountant does it | 2 |
3.2%
|
|
| all my records were bent in fi | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| because of sicknesses | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| business considered too smal | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| business too small | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| business has gone down | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| business is still small | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| business small | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| business still small | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| business too small | 3 |
4.8%
|
|
| busy person | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| do not see the need | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| does not just want | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| does not pay attention | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| financial challenges | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| i dont just record | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| i dont know how to write | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| i dont think its important | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| just keep receipts | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| just learnt of it and will sta | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| just never thought about it | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| left someone else in charge | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| money is used instantly | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| no need | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| no reason | 2 |
3.2%
|
|
| no time | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| none | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| she stopped recording | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| small business | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| still growing the busniess | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| still working on it | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| the business is too small | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| the business is small | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| the business is too small | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| the income is very minimal | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| used to record but not anymore | 1 |
1.6%
|
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.