2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Sixth Edition
Zambia
Get Microdata
Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2018-V1.0
Producer(s)
Zambia Statistics Agency
Metadata
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Aug 18, 2025
Last modified
Feb 26, 2026
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stratification used in sample design (v023)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
38446
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 20
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | central - urban | 913 |
2.4%
|
| 2 | central - rural | 2942 |
7.7%
|
| 3 | copperbel - urban | 2223 |
5.8%
|
| 4 | copperbel - rural | 1569 |
4.1%
|
| 5 | eastern - urban | 862 |
2.2%
|
| 6 | eastern - rural | 3734 |
9.7%
|
| 7 | luapula - urban | 1138 |
3%
|
| 8 | luapula - rural | 3364 |
8.7%
|
| 9 | lusaka - urban | 2590 |
6.7%
|
| 10 | lusaka - rural | 1434 |
3.7%
|
| 11 | muchinga - urban | 779 |
2%
|
| 12 | muchinga - rural | 3055 |
7.9%
|
| 13 | north western - urban | 716 |
1.9%
|
| 14 | north western - rural | 2285 |
5.9%
|
| 15 | northern - urban | 1012 |
2.6%
|
| 16 | northern - rural | 2859 |
7.4%
|
| 17 | southern - urban | 957 |
2.5%
|
| 18 | southern - rural | 2908 |
7.6%
|
| 19 | western - urban | 616 |
1.6%
|
| 20 | western - rural | 2490 |
6.5%
|
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.