2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Sixth Edition
Zambia
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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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person who usually decides on household purchases for daily needs (v743c)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
29892
Invalid:
8554
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 6
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | respondent alone | 16219 |
54.3%
|
| 2 | respondent and husband/partner | 9244 |
30.9%
|
| 3 | respondent and other person | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | husband/partner alone | 4375 |
14.6%
|
| 5 | someone else | 49 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | other | 5 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 8554 |
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.