2023 Labour Force Survey
12th Edition
Zambia, 2023
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What is the main reason why (NAME) did not try to find a paid job or start a business in the last 30 days? (G3)
Data file: ZM_Annual_LFS_2023_Data_Anonymised
Overview
Valid:
24762
Invalid:
24045
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAITING FOR RESULTS OF A PREVIOUS SEARCH | 143 |
0.6%
|
| 2 | AWAITING RECALL FROM A PREVIOUS JOB | 66 |
0.3%
|
| 3 | WAITING FOR THE SEASON TO START | 448 |
1.8%
|
| 4 | TIRED OF LOOKING FOR JOBS, NO JOBS IN AREA | 1931 |
7.8%
|
| 5 | NO JOBS MATCHING SKILLS, LACKS EXPERIENCE | 307 |
1.2%
|
| 6 | CONSIDERED TOO YOUNG/OLD BY EMPLOYERS | 905 |
3.7%
|
| 7 | IN SCHOOL,STUDIES, TRAINING | 9000 |
36.3%
|
| 8 | FAMILY / HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES | 3302 |
13.3%
|
| 9 | IN AGRICULTURE / FISHING FOR FAMILY USE | 5199 |
21%
|
| 10 | DISABILITY, INJURY, ILLNESS | 572 |
2.3%
|
| 11 | OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME | 114 |
0.5%
|
| 12 | TOO YOUNG TO WORK | 2206 |
8.9%
|
| 13 | Lock down due to Covid 19 | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | Quarantine due to Covid 19 | 0 |
0%
|
| 15 | Insecurity due to Covid 19 | 0 |
0%
|
| 16 | OTHER SPECIFY | 569 |
2.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 24045 |
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.