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
Created on
Aug 18, 2025
Last modified
Feb 26, 2026
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language of interview (mv045b)
Data file: ZMCR71FL
Overview
Valid:
5560
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 96
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | english | 721 |
13%
|
| 2 | bemba | 2407 |
43.3%
|
| 3 | kaonde | 147 |
2.6%
|
| 4 | lozi | 341 |
6.1%
|
| 5 | lunda | 107 |
1.9%
|
| 6 | luvale | 66 |
1.2%
|
| 7 | nyanja | 1229 |
22.1%
|
| 8 | tonga | 539 |
9.7%
|
| 96 | other | 3 |
0.1%
|
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.