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2023 National Energy Access Survey
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Zambia, 2023
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Specify main reason your household is not connected to electricity?? (S4_Q79S)

Data file: NEAS_FINAL_MAIN

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Valid: 367
Type: Discrete
Start: 6031
End: 6196
Width: 166
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
A TENANT OCCUPAYING THE HOUSE REASONS KNOWN TO THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE 1
0.3%
ALREADY CONNECTED TO THE NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY 1
0.3%
ALREADY PAID FOR CONNECTION 1
0.3%
ALREADY USED TO SOLAR HOME SYSTEM 1
0.3%
AREA IS NOT CONNECTED TO NATIONAL GRID 1
0.3%
AREA STILL DEVELOPING 1
0.3%
AREA WAS NOT COMFIRMED 1
0.3%
Am just a worker 1
0.3%
BAD ROAD NETWORK 1
0.3%
BECAUSE HIS A TENANT 1
0.3%
BECAUSE IT'S A GOVERNMENT PROPERTY 1
0.3%
BECAUSE OF EXPENSIVE CONNECTION FEES. 1
0.3%
BECAUSE THE HOUSEHOLD IS JUST RENTING THE HOUSE 1
0.3%
BECAUSE THEY ARE NEAR THE BAR,THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN CONNECT ELECTRICITY IS THROUGH THE BAR,AND THE BAR USE TO MUCH POWER SO THEY DEEDED NOT TO CONNECT. 1
0.3%
BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION 1
0.3%
BY THEN WE DID NOT OWN A HOUSE BUT NOW WE OWN ONE 1
0.3%
Because I'm renting the house 1
0.3%
CANT AFFORD TO PAY 1
0.3%
CARE TAKER 1
0.3%
CARETAKER'S HOUSING UNIT IS NOT A PRIORITY RIGHT NOW 1
0.3%
CONNECTION FEE IS TOO COSTLY 1
0.3%
CONNECTION FEE TOO HIGH 1
0.3%
CONNECTION FEE WAS PAID PEOPLE ARE NOT CONNECTED FOR 3 YEARS 1
0.3%
Can't afford to pay and electricity is not available in our area 1
0.3%
Cant afford services charges. 1
0.3%
Caretakers in unfinished house 1
0.3%
Company not interested 1
0.3%
DELAYMENT BY ZESCO 1
0.3%
DELAYMENT BY ZESCO TO CONNECT THE HOUSEHOLD TO ELECTRICITY 1
0.3%
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS 1
0.3%
Delay from Zesco 1
0.3%
Delayment in Zesco to connect my household 1
0.3%
Did not have a proper house fit for electricity connection 1
0.3%
Don't have money 1
0.3%
Don't have money to pay 1
0.3%
Don't know 1
0.3%
ELECTRICITY HAS NEVER BEEN OFFERED TO THEM 1
0.3%
ELECTRICITY HASN'T BEEN CONNECTED YET BUT THE POLES HAVE BEEN CONNECTED IN THE AREA 1
0.3%
ELECTRICITY IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN FTC AND NOT OUR AREA. 1
0.3%
ELECTRICITY POLES VERY FAR 1
0.3%
EXPECTING TO BE CONNECTED SOON 1
0.3%
Electric pole to far 1
0.3%
Electricity poles are far from the household 1
0.3%
FAR FROM ELECTRIC POLE 1
0.3%
For we where not prepared to be connected 1
0.3%
GOVERNMENT'S FAULT COZ POLES ARE IN THE AREA AND POWER IS NOT CONNECTED 1
0.3%
Government not paying attention to their needs 1
0.3%
HAVE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES 1
0.3%
HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR POWER CONNECTION 1
0.3%
HOUSE NEEDS TO BE RENOVATED 1
0.3%
HOUSE NOT YET COMPLETED 1
0.3%
HOUSE UNFINISHED 1
0.3%
HOUSEHOLD IS FAR FROM POLE LINES 1
0.3%
Have had a challenge with the connection cables 1
0.3%
Haven't heard of any neibours connected yet for it to be cheaper for us 1
0.3%
House is rented by the household the landlord hasn't made intentions known to have the house connected to electricity 1
0.3%
House is still under construction 1
0.3%
House is too small and no access to a transformer 1
0.3%
House is too small, Need a bigger house 1
0.3%
House was burnt and ever since,has never had. 1
0.3%
I am willing to be connected to the electricity 1
0.3%
I want to be connected 1
0.3%
I want to put wiring first 1
0.3%
I'm renting the house 1
0.3%
IAM NEGLECTED 1
0.3%
IN THE PROCESS OF GETTIBG CONNECTED 1
0.3%
INCOMPLETE BUILDING STAYING IN GRASS HOUSE 1
0.3%
INCOMPLETE HOUSE 1
0.3%
INCOMPLETE HOUSING UNIT 1
0.3%
IS NOT THE OWNER OF THE PLOT AND HOUSE 1
0.3%
IT IS NOT MY HOUSE 1
0.3%
IT IS YET TO BE CONNECTED 1
0.3%
IT'S A NEW HOUSE 1
0.3%
IT'S A RENTED HOUSE 3
0.8%
IT'S A RENTING HOUSE 1
0.3%
IT'S FAR FROM THE ELECTRICITY POLES 1
0.3%
IT'S NOT MY HOUSE 1
0.3%
ITS NOT OUR PLOT 1
0.3%
ITS NOT THERE HOUSE 2
0.5%
ITS NOT THERE PLOT 1
0.3%
ITS NOT THEY HOUSE 1
0.3%
It's not my building 1
0.3%
Its just a matter of time 1
0.3%
JUST BUILTY THE HOUSE 1
0.3%
JUST RENTING SO THEY DON'T FULL AUTHORITY OVER THE HOUSE 1
0.3%
Just bought the house two months ago 1
0.3%
Just built the current house she is staying in 1
0.3%
Just delayment from the National Grid after payment for connection 1
0.3%
LAND NOT TITLED 1
0.3%
LANDLORD HASNT CONNECTED 1
0.3%
Leave in a rented house 1
0.3%
Main building not yet completed 1
0.3%
N/A 1
0.3%
NEGLECTED 1
0.3%
NO ACCESS TO GET CONNECTED 1
0.3%
NO ONE HAD TOLD US THE PROCEDURE ON HOW TO GO ABOUT IT, FOR US TO HAVE POWER. 1
0.3%
NO ONE HAS GIVEN US THE PROCEDURE ON HOW I SHOULD GO ABOUT IT. 1
0.3%
NO ONE TO CONNECT US 1
0.3%
NO TRANFORMER WITHIN THE AREA WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET CONNECTED TO THE MAIN GRID 1
0.3%
NO ZESCO CONNECTION LINE 1
0.3%
NOT AWARE OF HOW TO GO ABOUT THE PROCESS OF GETTING CONNECTED 1
0.3%
NOT AWARE OF REQUIREMENTS 1
0.3%
NOT ENOUGH MONEY 1
0.3%
NOT HER HOUSE 1
0.3%
NOT MY PROPERTY 1
0.3%
NOT THEIR PERMANENT PLACE 1
0.3%
NOT THERE PLOT 1
0.3%
NOT YET COMPLETED BUILDING 1
0.3%
NOT YET DONE WITH BUILDING OF THE HOUSE 1
0.3%
NOT YET FINANCIALLY PREPARED. 1
0.3%
No powerline near our home 1
0.3%
No powerline nearby 1
0.3%
Not THEIR HOUSE 1
0.3%
Not THEIRS 1
0.3%
Not been informed to request for a connection 1
0.3%
Not sure of the procedure of connection 1
0.3%
OUR HOUSE IS NOT YET COMPLETED AND THE CONNECTION FEE IS JUST TOO HIGH. 1
0.3%
Our application has not been successful 1
0.3%
Pole line far from home 1
0.3%
Pole lines far from their home 1
0.3%
Pole too far 1
0.3%
RENTED HOUSE 3
0.8%
RENTEND HOUSE 1
0.3%
RENTING 1
0.3%
RENTING DON'T HAVE POWERS OVER THE HOUSE 1
0.3%
RSSPONDENT IS NOT AWARE OF ANY PROCEDURES OF BEING CONNECTED TO ELECTRICITY 1
0.3%
Refused access to the nearest transformer 1
0.3%
Rent is cheaper in a house without electricity 1
0.3%
Rented house not ours 1
0.3%
Response, because the house is not theirs 1
0.3%
SAVING UP TO CONNECT 1
0.3%
SAYS HIS TO BE A CARETAKER SO HIS JUST LOOKING AFTER THE LAND 1
0.3%
SHE IS A TENANT SO SHE CANT CONNNECT ELECTRICITY TO THE HOUSE SHE IS LIVING 1
0.3%
STILL FUNDRAISING THE CONNECTION FEE (16000) 1
0.3%
STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION 1
0.3%
STILL WAITING FOR CONNECTION 1
0.3%
STILL WARING THE HOUSE 1
0.3%
Saving up for electrification 1
0.3%
She is just a tenant maybe the landlord is in the better position to state why the house is not electrified. 1
0.3%
THE AREA BELONGS TO FORESTRY COMPANY THAT HAS LATER HANDLED OVER TO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL,SO WE ARE YET TO KNOW IF WE CAN BE LEGAL OWNERS OF THE LAND. 1
0.3%
THE AREA IS CONSIDERED AS ALREADY HAVING BEEN CONNECTED TO ELECTRICITY DO TO ITS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A BARRACK 1
0.3%
THE ELECTRICITY POLES ARE ONLY AROUND THE ROAD SIDE AREA (THAT IS, THEY ARE FAR FROM THE HOUSE). 1
0.3%
THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T RESPOND 1
0.3%
THE HOUSE WAS NOT IN OUR NAME . 1
0.3%
THE HOUSE IS MADE OUT OF MUD AND THE ROOF IS THATCHED AND THAT IS WHEN THEY ARE PUT POLES IN THE VILLAGE 1
0.3%
THE HOUSE IS NOT COMPLETE 1
0.3%
THE HOUSE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO HAVE ELECTRICITY 1
0.3%
THE HOUSE IS RENTED 1
0.3%
THE HOUSE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WAITING TO BE CONNECTED TO THE GRID 1
0.3%
THE HOUSEHOLD HAD NO ACCESS TO POWER 1
0.3%
THE HOUSEHOLD HAS PAID FOR THE CONNECTION FEE BUT THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED YET FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS 1
0.3%
THE HOUSEHOLD IS CONNECTED TO ELECTRICITY 1
0.3%
THE HOUSEHOLD IS JUST RENTING 1
0.3%
THE HOUSEHOLD IS JUST RENTING THE BUILDING 1
0.3%
THE HOUSEHOLD IS MADE UP OF GRASSES 1
0.3%
THE LANDLORD SAID IT IS ILLEGAL CONNECTING POWER TO THE SERVANTS QUARTER 1
0.3%
THE POLES HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONNECTED IN OUR AREA AND WIRING HAS BEEN DONE SO JUST WAITING FOR ZESCO TO COME AND CONNECT ABD IT HAS BEEN A YEAR NOW 1
0.3%
THE PREVIOUS OWNER DID NOT WANT ELECTRICITY 1
0.3%
THE RESPONDENT IS NOT PREPARED YET TO PAY FOR CONNECTION FEE 1
0.3%
THE RESPONDENT WOULD WANT TO PLAN BEFORE PAYING FOR CONNECTION 1
0.3%
THE RESPONDENTS ARE BUILDING THEIR HOUSE AND WOULD WANT ELECTRICITY AT THEIR OWN HOUSE 1
0.3%
THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY WITHIN THE VILLAGE, ONLY SINDA 1
0.3%
THERE WAS NO CAPACITY TO ACCESS POWER 1
0.3%
THEY ARE JUST RENTING. 1
0.3%
THEY ARE NEW HERE 1
0.3%
THEY DIDN'T KNOW BUT ZESCO POLE LINE IS JUST WITHIN THE AREA 1
0.3%
THEY HAVE ALREADY CONNECTED TO THE NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY 2
0.5%
THEY HAVE ELECTRICITY 1
0.3%
THEY IS NO PROPER CONNECTION 1
0.3%
TO FIRST COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE 1
0.3%
Tenant 2
0.5%
The HOUSE is been built 1
0.3%
The Household has being planning & making budgets to be connected to the national grid 1
0.3%
The Local transformer can't supply the whole area 1
0.3%
The house is not mine 1
0.3%
The owner of the farm delays to enange ZESCO for the connection 1
0.3%
The service is not Available 1
0.3%
The transformer cant supply the entire community 1
0.3%
There is no transformer 1
0.3%
They are just caretakers 1
0.3%
They didn't have money 1
0.3%
They don't know why they have been left out 1
0.3%
They don't own the house 1
0.3%
Things have been hard lately so it was difficult to arrange for power connections 1
0.3%
To buy electrical appliances 1
0.3%
Too far from the main grid 1
0.3%
Too much distance from the electricity supply line about 6.2 KM 1
0.3%
VANDALISM 1
0.3%
WAITING FOR A TRANSFORMER 2
0.5%
WAITING FOR CONNECTION 1
0.3%
WAITING FOR ZESCO 1
0.3%
WAITING FOR ZESCO TO CONNECT 1
0.3%
WAITING FROM ZESCO 1
0.3%
WAITING TO BE CONNECTED TO ELECTRICITY 1
0.3%
WANT TO FINISHE WIRING THE HOUSE IN FULL 1
0.3%
WE ARE RFUGES SO WE ARE JUST PASSING HERE. 1
0.3%
WE HAVE A SOLAR SYSTEM SO WE DON'T SEE ANY USE OF HAVING ANOTHERONE 1
0.3%
WE HAVE COME IN THIS AREA A YEAR AGO 1
0.3%
WE NEVER HAD MONEY 1
0.3%
Was not offered 1
0.3%
We are Tenants 1
0.3%
We are just renting 1
0.3%
We are preparing to make payments for connection fees 1
0.3%
We are still fundraising money to pay for the electricity connection. 1
0.3%
We feared the coast was too high 1
0.3%
We were not informed to apply 1
0.3%
ZESCO DO NOT HAVE THE MATERIALS 1
0.3%
ZESCO HAS BEEN DELAYING TO DO THE CONNECTION REGARDLESS OF OUR EFFORTS. 1
0.3%
ZESCO HAS DELAYED IN CONNECTING REGARDLESS OF PAYING 1
0.3%
ZESCO HAS NO EQUIPMENT TO POWER US 1
0.3%
ZESCO LACKING MATERIALS TO CONNECT US TO THE POWER GRID. 1
0.3%
Zesco Did not Come to supply electricity but the power lines are available in the area 1
0.3%
Zesco hasn't been to our household 1
0.3%
already connected 1
0.3%
am willing to be connected 1
0.3%
applied and waiting for Zesco to connect 1
0.3%
because power wasn't offered to them 1
0.3%
business 1
0.3%
can't afford and electricity not available in the area 1
0.3%
can't afford the cost of electricity 1
0.3%
can't afford to pay 1
0.3%
can't afford to pay the connection fee 1
0.3%
cant afford connection fees and other expenses which follow after 1
0.3%
care taker electricity is not yet tapped by the owner of the ward 1
0.3%
couldn't afford the fee back then but willing to pay now 1
0.3%
delayed response from zesco 1
0.3%
depending on the owner 1
0.3%
did not have enough money for wiring 1
0.3%
do not have a detached house yet 1
0.3%
don't know 2
0.5%
don't know just a tenant 1
0.3%
electric poles where just recently installed near the house hold 1
0.3%
electric poll is not yet near our yard/plot 1
0.3%
electricity is not yet at our yard 1
0.3%
electricity not available 1
0.3%
electricity poles are far from the household 1
0.3%
electricity poles are far from the household 1
0.3%
electricity poles r too far from the household 1
0.3%
electricity poles still far 1
0.3%
electricity poles very far 1
0.3%
electricity poles were just installed in the area 1
0.3%
electricity was not available in our area 1
0.3%
finances and long distance to zesco connections 1
0.3%
for better livelihood and income generation 1
0.3%
found it difficult to say but blamed the administrators because the Tesco line is there 1
0.3%
haven't built a proper house yet 1
0.3%
he is willing to be connected 1
0.3%
his just a caretaker of the farm 1
0.3%
house is rented 1
0.3%
housing unit is grass thatched 1
0.3%
it is a rented house 1
0.3%
it is not her's 1
0.3%
it is not their permanent place 1
0.3%
it takes time to get connected 1
0.3%
it's a company house we can't connect 1
0.3%
it's a developing community 1
0.3%
it's not her house she is just a care taker 1
0.3%
it's not in the power to decide, because they just workers at nsobe game camp 1
0.3%
it's too costly 1
0.3%
its not my house I'm renting 1
0.3%
just a tenant 1
0.3%
just a tenant, not owning a house 1
0.3%
just completed building this house we are staying in. 1
0.3%
just finished building and not yet settled to connect electricity 1
0.3%
lack of sensentation from the head man 1
0.3%
luck of money ( they don't have money) 1
0.3%
new plots still in process 1
0.3%
newly built housing unit 1
0.3%
no nearby connection point 1
0.3%
no pole lines in the area 1
0.3%
no power lines near by 1
0.3%
no transformer nearby 1
0.3%
not able to afford the connection fee 1
0.3%
not applicable 1
0.3%
not available and can't afford 1
0.3%
not connected to the mini grid 1
0.3%
not getting proper feedback for electricity connections 1
0.3%
not personal property 7
1.9%
polls for electricity too far 1
0.3%
poor road system 1
0.3%
poverty 4
1.1%
power is there 1
0.3%
recently dwellers 1
0.3%
rented house 3
0.8%
respondent is not the landlord 1
0.3%
she is just a tenant 1
0.3%
source of electricity is far 1
0.3%
still renting 1
0.3%
still waiting for the electricity supplier to connect the household 1
0.3%
the costs of everything are too expensive for us 1
0.3%
the house is not yet completed 1
0.3%
the house there are living in is not for him he just rents 1
0.3%
the house was not properly built 1
0.3%
the household has already been connected 1
0.3%
the plots are new 1
0.3%
the pole lines are far from home and connection ould be expensive 1
0.3%
the power lines are too far from our house 1
0.3%
the time she wanted to pay for the connection they told her that theres covid that she should come after a week or so. she ended up using the money for something else 1
0.3%
the time they were putting the pole lines for electricity, they was no households around. 1
0.3%
the transformer is not available in the area 1
0.3%
the zesco poles are too far it would be too expensive for us 1
0.3%
there are willing 3
0.8%
there are willing to be connected 4
1.1%
there is no big transformer in the area 1
0.3%
there no grid here 1
0.3%
there want to be connected 1
0.3%
they are just care takers of the house and they are waiting for the owner to connect it but for the wiring it is done already 1
0.3%
they had cut the connection on our house hold 1
0.3%
they only connect the shops and don't know why they don't connect housing units 1
0.3%
they want to be connected 1
0.3%
this is not my house 1
0.3%
to expensive 1
0.3%
too expensive 2
0.5%
tried to apply with Zesco but no response 1
0.3%
unless the landlord connects the house 1
0.3%
very far from the electric poles 1
0.3%
waiting to finish wiring 1
0.3%
waiting for Zesco power lines to be near the house 1
0.3%
waiting for Zesco to access the wiring 1
0.3%
waiting for connection from Zesco 1
0.3%
waiting to be connected 1
0.3%
was once connected but thieves stole the service cable 1
0.3%
we are shifting to the other village 1
0.3%
we are already connected to electricity 1
0.3%
we are connected to national grid already 1
0.3%
we are not connected to electricity 1
0.3%
we are not yet settled 1
0.3%
we are poor 1
0.3%
we are waiting for the ZESCO to connect us we already paid 1
0.3%
we building another house so we wanted to be connected when its complete 1
0.3%
we did not have money to pay but now we can try to gather money for us to pay. 1
0.3%
we do not know how to go about the process 1
0.3%
we don't have much knowledge about electricity 1
0.3%
we don't know how to be connected to electricity 1
0.3%
we don't know where to acquire the services 1
0.3%
we paid the connection fee but we're just not yet to be connection 1
0.3%
we waited for REA to bring Poles and cables in our Compound too 1
0.3%
we're just tenants 1
0.3%
where electricity found is too far 1
0.3%
zesco hasn't supplied electricity to our home but poles run through the area 1
0.3%
zesco wants this area to have it's own transformer 1
0.3%
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.
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