2023 Labour Force Survey
12th Edition
Zambia, 2023
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- ZM_Annual_LFS_2023_Data_Anonymised
(Reason4Unemployment)
Data file: ZM_Annual_LFS_2023_Data_Anonymised
Overview
Valid:
24098
Invalid:
24709
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
2
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 6
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Discouraged job seekers | 1985 |
8.2%
|
| 2 | Waiting for season to start | 476 |
2%
|
| 3 | In school/training | 8725 |
36.2%
|
| 4 | Familiy responsibilities | 3209 |
13.3%
|
| 5 | Disability/Illness/Injury | 570 |
2.4%
|
| 6 | Other | 9133 |
37.9%
|
| Sysmiss | 24709 |
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.