2023 Labour Force Survey
12th Edition
Zambia, 2023
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Data file: ZM_Annual_LFS_2023_Data_Anonymised
Overview
Valid:
220
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
50
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANT WORK AT THE MOMENT HOS AN ALCOHOLIC (JUNKY) | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| COMMUNITY WORKER WITHOUT PAY(VOLUNTEER) | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| CONSIDERED AS AN OLD PERSON | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| DISTANCE | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| HE IS AT DRIVING SCHOOL | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| HE IS DOING MALE NURCING | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| He recently retired from his work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Help the father at the market | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| JUST COMPLETED GRADE 12 IN DECEMBER | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Just completed grade twelve | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Just completed School | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| MENTALLY CHALLENGED | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| MENTALLY DISTURBED | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| NO MONEY TO START A BUSINESS | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| No money to start a business | 8 |
3.6%
|
|
| Not interested in work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| OLD | 2 |
0.9%
|
|
| OLD AGE | 2 |
0.9%
|
|
| PREGNANCY | 2 |
0.9%
|
|
| PREGNANT WOMEN | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Planning to go to tetiary education | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| RETIRED | 2 |
0.9%
|
|
| SHE HAS NO MONEY TO START A BUSINESS | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| She is on maternity | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Still breasfeed her baby | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| TAKING CARE OF THE SICK | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| THE BABY IS VERY YOUNG | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| TOO OLD | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| TOO OLD TO WORK | 19 |
8.6%
|
|
| TOO OLD TO WORK (RETIRED) | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Too old | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| VERY OLD CANNOT WORK | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WAITING TO BE EMPLOYED AS A CLINICAL OFFICER | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WAITING FOR G12 exams | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WAITING FOR TERM TO FINISH SO THAT HE STARTS SCHOO | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WAITING TO BE EMPLOYED AS A FIRE FIGHTER | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WAITING TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WAITING TO GO TO COLLEGE NEXT YEAR | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WAITING TO GO TO UNIVERSITY | 2 |
0.9%
|
|
| WAITING to go to college | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| WANTS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| Want to go to college | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| about to start skills training | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| busy with church as a preach | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| complted school | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| currently breast | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| currently breast feeding | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| does not need a job | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| does seasonal farming | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| doesn't want | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| don't have knowledge about LOOKING for work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| don't want to work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| dont have source of income to start a Business | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| got married | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| he has just joined the family from monze | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| he has no money to start a business | 3 |
1.4%
|
|
| he is a beer drunker | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| he is doing nothing | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| he is just still new in the household | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| her contract just ended | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| in maize farming for selling and consuption | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| is no longer a member of the home hold. left | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| is not currently looking for a job | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| is pregnant | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| just ARRIVED | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| just completed GRADE 12 | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| just completed grade 12 | 3 |
1.4%
|
|
| just completed school | 3 |
1.4%
|
|
| just dont want | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| just graduated from school or of nursing | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| lack of capital | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| lack of finances to start business | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| lack of money to start a business | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| lost his driving license | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| marital problem | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| mentally disturbed | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| no capital | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| no capital to start a business | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| no funds to start business | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| no jobs | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| no jobs available | 4 |
1.8%
|
|
| no jobs found | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| no money to start a business | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| no plans | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| no work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| nor not available at the moment | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| not member of hh | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| nothing | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| old | 2 |
0.9%
|
|
| old age | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| over age | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| pastoring a church | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| pregnancy | 2 |
0.9%
|
|
| pregnant | 2 |
0.9%
|
|
| pushing for a licence | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| recruited and waiting for deployment as a nurse | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| relaxing waiting for agriculture season to start | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| retaired | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| retired | 2 |
0.9%
|
|
| she has a child who is too young for her to work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| she has no money to start a business | 15 |
6.8%
|
|
| she has small baby | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| she is a retired teacher and bli d due to diabetes | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| she is away from her home, she went to visit | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| she is nursing a daughter who is sick | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| she just gave birth | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| she was waiting for her G12 results | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| starting farming this year for cosumption ,sale | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| still planning on what to do | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| stop due to cholera | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| taking care of a child | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| too OLD TO WORK | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| too OLD to work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| too old | 8 |
3.6%
|
|
| too old TO work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| too old to work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| too old to WORK | 3 |
1.4%
|
|
| too old to look for work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| too old to work | 18 |
8.2%
|
|
| too old to work but would want a business | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| too young to work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| waiting to get to college | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| waiting to go back to school | 2 |
0.9%
|
|
| wants to do business | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| wants to do own business | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| wants to espand and better her work | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| wants to gain experience as a tailor | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| wants to go back to school | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| wants to go to university | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| wants to rewrite grade 12 | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| was being prepared for marriage | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| went on a visit | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| will be going in school for studies | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| working at the currenr firm | 1 |
0.5%
|
|
| working at thenpresent work | 1 |
0.5%
|
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.