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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husband/partner's occupation (grouped) (v705)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
29876
Invalid:
8570
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
0 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | did not work | 3172 |
10.6%
|
| 1 | professional/technical/managerial | 1891 |
6.3%
|
| 2 | clerical | 99 |
0.3%
|
| 3 | sales | 2433 |
8.1%
|
| 4 | agricultural - self employed | 11986 |
40.1%
|
| 5 | agricultural - employee | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | household and domestic | 806 |
2.7%
|
| 7 | services | 1343 |
4.5%
|
| 8 | skilled manual | 5090 |
17%
|
| 9 | unskilled manual | 2928 |
9.8%
|
| 98 | don't know | 128 |
0.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 8570 |
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.