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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native language of respondent (mv045c)
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 | 157 |
2.8%
|
| 2 | bemba | 2250 |
40.5%
|
| 3 | kaonde | 155 |
2.8%
|
| 4 | lozi | 354 |
6.4%
|
| 5 | lunda | 158 |
2.8%
|
| 6 | luvale | 135 |
2.4%
|
| 7 | nyanja | 1086 |
19.5%
|
| 8 | tonga | 850 |
15.3%
|
| 96 | other | 415 |
7.5%
|
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.