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LSMS Household Business Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa 2014-2024
Harmonized Dataset

Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria...and 2 more, 2014 - 2025
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Reference ID
AFR_2014-2024_LSMS-HBI_v01_M
Producer(s)
Jiapei Zhang, Ivette Contreras, Amparo Palacios-Lopez
Collection(s)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Sep 28, 2026
Last modified
Sep 28, 2026
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Data file: LSMS_HBI_BUSINESS

Harmonized household business activity and employment data

Cases: 20656
Variables: 43

Variables

country
Country
wave
Survey wave / round
hhid
Household ID
hhbusiness_id
HH Business ID
hhweight
Household sampling weight
region
Region
urban
Urban/Rural
sector
Sector
firm_size
Firm size category
formal
Formally registered household business (0/1)
owner_female
Female primary owner (0/1)
total_workers
Total workers incl. owner
hhbusiness_age
HH Business age (years)
owner_educ
Owner years of education
owner_age
Owner age (years)
owner_agecat
Owner age category
size_1worker
HH Business with only 1 worker (0/1)
size_2to4
HH Business with 2-4 workers (0/1)
size_5plus
HH Business with 5+ workers (0/1)
revenue_worker_ppp
Revenue per worker (PPP USD)
cost_ppp
Total costs (PPP USD)
profit_margin
Profit margin (%)
elec_hhbusiness
Has electricity (0/1)
water_hhbusiness
Has water access (0/1)
gen_hhbusiness
Has generator (0/1)
sep_premises
Separate business premises (0/1)
tax_id
Has tax ID (0/1)
sell_firms_state
Sells to other firms or state (0/1)
formal_credit_start
Formal credit at start-up (0/1)
own_funds_start
Own savings at start-up (0/1)
bank_loan_start
Bank/MFI loan at start-up (0/1)
coop_start
Cooperative loan at start-up (0/1)
other_start
Other source at start-up (0/1)
ngo_start
NGO/govt support at start-up (0/1)
nonhh_workers
Number of non-household employees
con_demand
Difficulty: lack of clientele (0/1)
con_finance
Difficulty: accessing credit (0/1)
con_electricity
Difficulty: electricity access (0/1)
con_power_outage
Difficulty: power outages (0/1)
con_infra_wt
Difficulty: water/telephone infrastructure (0/1)
con_internet
Difficulty: internet access (0/1)
con_crime
Difficulty: insecurity (0/1)
con_reg_tax
Difficulty: regulations / taxes (0/1)
Total: 43
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