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
Last modified
Feb 26, 2026
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husband/partner's occupation (v704)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
29892
Invalid:
8554
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
12
Range:
0 - 99998
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | not working and didn't work in last 12 months | 3172 |
10.6%
|
| 1 | commissioned armed forces officers | 27 |
0.1%
|
| 2 | non-commissioned armed forces officers | 120 |
0.4%
|
| 3 | armed forces occupations, other ranks | 52 |
0.2%
|
| 10 | manager | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | chief executives, senior officials and legislators | 17 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | administrative and commercial managers | 40 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | production and specialized services managers | 103 |
0.3%
|
| 14 | hospitality, retail and other services managers | 12 |
0%
|
| 20 | professionals | 0 |
0%
|
| 21 | science and engineering professionals | 103 |
0.3%
|
| 22 | health professionals | 65 |
0.2%
|
| 23 | teaching professionals | 595 |
2%
|
| 24 | business and administration professionals | 157 |
0.5%
|
| 25 | information and communications technology professionals | 22 |
0.1%
|
| 26 | legal, social and cultural professionals | 100 |
0.3%
|
| 30 | technicians and associate professionals | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | science and engineering associate professionals | 160 |
0.5%
|
| 32 | health associate professionals | 235 |
0.8%
|
| 33 | business and administration associate professionals | 121 |
0.4%
|
| 34 | legal, social and cultural and related associate professionals | 148 |
0.5%
|
| 35 | information and communications technicians | 13 |
0%
|
| 40 | clerical support workers | 0 |
0%
|
| 41 | general and keyboard clerks | 33 |
0.1%
|
| 42 | customer services clerks | 46 |
0.2%
|
| 43 | numerical and material recording clerks | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 44 | other clerical support workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 50 | services and sales worker | 0 |
0%
|
| 51 | personal services workers | 283 |
0.9%
|
| 52 | sales workers | 2433 |
8.1%
|
| 53 | personal care workers | 5 |
0%
|
| 54 | protective services workers | 856 |
2.9%
|
| 60 | skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | 0 |
0%
|
| 61 | market-oriented skilled agricultural workers | 735 |
2.5%
|
| 62 | market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers | 33 |
0.1%
|
| 63 | subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers | 11218 |
37.5%
|
| 70 | craft and related trades workers | 0 |
0%
|
| 71 | building and related trades workers (excluding electricians) | 1911 |
6.4%
|
| 72 | metal, machinery and related trades workers | 605 |
2%
|
| 73 | handicraft and printing workers | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 74 | electrical and electronic trades workers | 25 |
0.1%
|
| 75 | food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades worker | 860 |
2.9%
|
| 80 | plant and machine operators and assemblers | 0 |
0%
|
| 81 | stationary plant and machine operators | 472 |
1.6%
|
| 82 | assemblers | 4 |
0%
|
| 83 | drivers and mobile plant operators | 1192 |
4%
|
| 90 | elementary occupations | 0 |
0%
|
| 91 | cleaners and helpers | 806 |
2.7%
|
| 92 | agrocultural, forestry and fishery laboures | 692 |
2.3%
|
| 93 | laboures in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport | 398 |
1.3%
|
| 94 | food preparation assistants | 36 |
0.1%
|
| 95 | street and related sales and services workers | 748 |
2.5%
|
| 96 | refuse workers and other elementary workers | 1054 |
3.5%
|
| 99 | missing | 16 |
0.1%
|
| 99998 | don't know | 128 |
0.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 8554 |
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.