2022 Annual Labour Force Survey Report
Eleventh Edith
Zambia, 2022
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ZMB-ZSA-LFS-2022-V1.0
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Zambia Statistics Agency
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What is/was the main reason ... never attended school? (B8)
Data file: 2022_Annual_LFS_Data
Overview
Valid:
4642
Invalid:
42427
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under age | 1900 |
40.9%
|
| 2 | Differently abled (Disabled) | 66 |
1.4%
|
| 3 | Illness | 88 |
1.9%
|
| 4 | School was too far | 489 |
10.5%
|
| 5 | Cannot afford school cost | 990 |
21.3%
|
| 6 | Family does not allow schooling | 130 |
2.8%
|
| 7 | Not interested in school | 406 |
8.7%
|
| 8 | School not considered valuable | 287 |
6.2%
|
| 9 | School environment not condusive | 22 |
0.5%
|
| 10 | Family responsibilities | 164 |
3.5%
|
| 11 | To work for pay or family business | 7 |
0.2%
|
| 12 | Other | 93 |
2%
|
| Sysmiss | 42427 |
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.