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
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Aug 18, 2025
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type of cooking fuel (v161)
Data file: ZMCR71FL
Overview
Valid:
5560
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 97
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | electricity | 362 |
6.5%
|
| 2 | lpg | 7 |
0.1%
|
| 3 | natural gas | 2 |
0%
|
| 4 | biogas | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | kerosene | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | coal, lignite | 1 |
0%
|
| 7 | charcoal | 1896 |
34.1%
|
| 8 | wood | 3251 |
58.5%
|
| 9 | straw/shrubs/grass | 7 |
0.1%
|
| 10 | agricultural crop | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | animal dung | 1 |
0%
|
| 12 | solar power | 13 |
0.2%
|
| 95 | no food cooked in house | 0 |
0%
|
| 96 | other | 0 |
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.