2023 Labour Force Survey
12th Edition
Zambia, 2023
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Data file: ZM_Annual_LFS_2023_Data_Anonymised
Overview
Valid:
139
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
50
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HE IS AT DRIVING SCHOOL | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| HE IS DOING MALE NURCING | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| HELPS AT THE FARM | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| He is pastorin a church | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Just completed School | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| MENTALLY CHALLENGED | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| MENTALLY DISTURBED | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| NO JOBS IN THE AREA | 5 |
3.6%
|
|
| No jobs available | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| No money | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| No response | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Not interested in work | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| OLD | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| OLD AGE | 2 |
1.4%
|
|
| PERSONAL REASONS | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| PREGNANCY | 2 |
1.4%
|
|
| Pastoring a church. | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Pregnancy | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| RETIRED | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Retired and still looking for business to do. | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| TAKING CARE OF THE SICK | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| THE BABY IS STILL VEVY YOUNG | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| TOO OLD TO WORK | 12 |
8.6%
|
|
| TOO OLD TO WORK (RETIRED) | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| WAITING FOR RESULTS | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| WAITING TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| WAITING TO GO TO COLLEGE NEXT YEAR | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| WAITING TO GO TO UNIVERSITY | 2 |
1.4%
|
|
| WANTS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| WANTS TO GO back to school | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Waiting to go to college | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Want to to go to college | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| about to start BUSINESS | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| busy with church as a preacher | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| couus | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| currently working | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| does gardening of vegetables | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| does not need a job shes a stay home mum | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| doing nothing just drinking | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| getting back to school | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| going back to school | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| has a baby who is just 2 months | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| has an operation | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| he doesn't have resources to start a Business | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| he is a bishop | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| in FARMING | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| in FARMING for both consuption and sale | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| intends to enrol in college to further her studies | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| intends to go tho u iniversity | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| is pregnant | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| jo skills yet | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| just ARRIVED | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| just completed school | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| just completed school | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| just graduated from school of nursing | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| just want to be home | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| left the village for Lusaka in 2019 | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| literacy levels are low | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| looking for jobs | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| lost his driving licence | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| mentally disturbed | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| no job in area | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| no job in the AREA | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| no qualification | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| no reason | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| none | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| not available | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| not experienced | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| not looking for work | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| not member of hh | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| old | 2 |
1.4%
|
|
| old age | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| on leave | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| other source of income | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| others engagements | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| others sources | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| over age | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| plans to travel | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| pregnancy | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| pregnant | 3 |
2.2%
|
|
| recruited and waiting for deployment as a NURSE | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| retired | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| she didnt not find any job | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| she has to go back to where she come from | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| she is currently not at home at the moment | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| she is in job search | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| she is not around at home | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| starting school next year | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| still planning on what to do | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| still wanting to go back to school | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| taking care of the baby | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| the babies are still young | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| tired looking for job | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| too old | 5 |
3.6%
|
|
| too old ro work | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| too old to WORK | 2 |
1.4%
|
|
| too old to work | 7 |
5%
|
|
| too young to work | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| waiting to get back to school | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| waiting to go back to school | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| waiting to stop breast feeding | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| want to do business | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| wants to do own BUSINESS | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| wants to go back to school | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| will be going in school | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| will be going to university | 1 |
0.7%
|
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.