Labour Force Survey 2012

Zambia, 2012

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ZMB-CSO-LFS-2012-v1.0

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office

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Data file: ZM_2008LFS_Data_ANONYMIZE

The File contains data on the following:

Demographic Characteristics of the Population
Economically Active and Inactive Population
Employed Population
Under Employed Population
Formal and Informal Sector Employment
Unemployment
Income for Paid Employees
Skills Training

Cases:	130045
Variables:	106

Variables

PROV

DIST

REGION

SBN

HUN

HHN

CATEGORY

PN

S1Q2

2. How old was ........ at last birthday

S1Q3

3 What was ........... relationship to head of the household

S1Q4

4. Is .... male or female?

S1Q5

5. What is ..... current marital status?

S1Q6

6. Is .... biological mother alive?

S1Q7

7. Does....... biological mother live with this household?

S1Q8

8. Is .... biological father alive?

S1Q9

9. Does....... biological father live with this household?

S1Q10

10. Does ..... has any disability/ disabilities?

S1Q11A

11. Does...... have any of the following disabilities?

S1Q11B

11. Does...... have any of the following disabilities?

S1Q11C

11. Does...... have any of the following disabilities?

PrimaryFirst

Indicator of each first matching case as Primary

wgt

ZAMBIA

OAGE_GP

Age grops for all persons

AGE12_GP

Age group for persons 12 and above

S2Q1

1. Can ... read and write in any language?

S2Q2

2. has .... ever attended school?

S2Q3

3. What was the highest grade/ level completed?

S2Q4

4. Is.... currently attending school?"

S2Q5

5. What was the highest grade/ level ..... currently attendi

S2Q6

6. What was/ is main reason why.... is not attending or neve

S3Q1

1. What was ... doing most of the time.....

S3Q2

2. Did ... do any work for at least 1 hour per day......

S3Q3

3. Did .... do any work in a household business.......

S3Q4

4. Did .... do any agriculture activity such as........

S3Q5

5. Did .... do herd livestock, take it for dipping.....

S3Q6

6. Did .... engage in any fishing activities for household..

S3Q7

7. Did .... go to the wild to gather fruits, mushroom, .....

S3Q8

8. What kind of work did ....... do in his/her main.....last

S3Q9

9. What kind of business/ Service is mainly carried out by y

S3Q10

10. It......... 's Work?

S3Q11

11. Is the business/ Enterprise where ..... works........?

S3Q12

12. What is .....'s employment status?

S3Q13

13. Does ....... 's employer contribute to any social securi

S3Q14

14. Is .... entitled to paid leave in his/ her main job.

S3Q15

15. Are there 5 more persons working at ...... 's work place

S3Q16

16. Where .....'s place of work located?

S3Q17

17. How many hours did ..... work on average?

S3Q18

18. Did ...... want to more hours per day during the last se

S3Q19

19. how many hours on average would ...... have prefered to

weight

REC_TYPE

DEO

REC_TYPE0

S5Q1

1. What is the frequency of ......'s income/ earnings?

S5Q2

2. What were ........'s total monthly income/ earnings from

agrp

formal

prov_A

employed

employed/not employed

lab

isco

occup

industry

Economic activity

unemployed

lyouth

childlab

inc

childwork

Indust

Youth_Age_Grp

S4Q1

1. What was ... doing most of the time in the last 12 months

S4Q2

2. Did .... do any work for atleast 1 hour per day in the la

S4Q3

3. Did ....... do any work in a household business or any ki

S4Q4

4. Did ..... do any agriculture activities such as cultivati

S4Q5

5.Did ....... herd livestock, take it for dipping or milk it

S4Q6

6. Did ...... engage in any fishing activities for household

S4Q7

7. Did ...... go to wild to gather fruits, mushroom, carterp

S4Q8

8. What kind of work did ....do in his/ her main job/ busine

S4Q9

9. What kind of business/ service is mainly carried out by y

S4Q10

10. Is .... 's work....?

S4Q11

11. Is the business or enterprise where...... works?

S4Q12

12. What is ....... 's employment status?

S4Q13

13. Does .....'s employer contribute to any social security

S4Q14

14. Is .... entitled to paid leave in his/ her main job?

S4Q15

15. Are there 5 or persons working at ....'s place of work?

S4Q16

16. Where is .....'s place of work located?

S4Q17

17. How many huors did .... work on average per day?

S4Q18

18. Did .....want to work more hours per day during the last

S4Q19

19. How many hours on average would ..... preffered to work

ECONACT

Economically Active

EC_RURAL

EC_URBAN

EMPLOY

Employment Status

TOT_M_EM

Total male employed

TOT_F_EM

Total female employed

Underemp_Rate

CW

Child_Lab

Child_Age

WPR_Poverty

Work_48hrs

Paid_Worker_48hrs

Agric_Non_agric

IF (employed=1 & (Agric_Non_agric ~= 1 | SYSMIS(Agric_Non_agric))) Agric_Non_agric=2

Ed_Level

parttime

Total: 106

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