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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relationship to household head (v150)
Data file: ZMCR71FL
Overview
Valid:
5560
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | head | 68 |
1.2%
|
| 2 | wife | 5275 |
94.9%
|
| 3 | daughter | 43 |
0.8%
|
| 4 | daughter-in-law | 110 |
2%
|
| 5 | granddaughter | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | mother | 1 |
0%
|
| 7 | mother-in-law | 1 |
0%
|
| 8 | sister | 7 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | co-spouse | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | other relative | 44 |
0.8%
|
| 11 | adopted/foster child | 2 |
0%
|
| 12 | not related | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 98 | don't know | 0 |
0%
|
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.