Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2018
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
Jan 16, 2026
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main wall material (v128)
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 | natural | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | no walls | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | cane/palm/trunks | 71 |
1.3%
|
| 13 | mud | 724 |
13%
|
| 20 | rudimentary | 0 |
0%
|
| 21 | mudbrick | 1830 |
32.9%
|
| 22 | bamboo with mud | 245 |
4.4%
|
| 23 | stone with mud | 6 |
0.1%
|
| 24 | uncovered adobe | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 25 | plywood | 0 |
0%
|
| 26 | cardboard | 0 |
0%
|
| 27 | reused wood | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 30 | finished | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | cement | 1275 |
22.9%
|
| 32 | stone with lime/cement | 21 |
0.4%
|
| 33 | bricks | 1180 |
21.2%
|
| 34 | cement blocks | 123 |
2.2%
|
| 35 | covered adobe | 1 |
0%
|
| 36 | wood planks/shingles | 9 |
0.2%
|
| 96 | other | 44 |
0.8%
|
| 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.