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
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Aug 18, 2025
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type of toilet facility (v116)
Data file: ZMCR71FL
Overview
Valid:
5560
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
10 - 97
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | flush toilet | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | flush to piped sewer system | 254 |
4.6%
|
| 12 | flush to septic tank | 295 |
5.3%
|
| 13 | flush to pit latrine | 59 |
1.1%
|
| 14 | flush to somewhere else | 9 |
0.2%
|
| 15 | flush, don't know where | 10 |
0.2%
|
| 20 | pit toilet latrine | 0 |
0%
|
| 21 | ventilated improved pit latrine (vip) | 46 |
0.8%
|
| 22 | pit latrine with slab | 2041 |
36.7%
|
| 23 | pit latrine without slab/open pit | 2244 |
40.4%
|
| 30 | no facility | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | no facility/bush/field | 579 |
10.4%
|
| 41 | composting toilet | 2 |
0%
|
| 42 | bucket toilet | 0 |
0%
|
| 43 | hanging toilet/latrine | 0 |
0%
|
| 96 | other | 1 |
0%
|
| 97 | not a dejure resident | 20 |
0.4%
|
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.