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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respondent's occupation (v716)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
38440
Invalid:
6
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
0 - 99998
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | not working and didn't work in last 12 months | 13326 |
34.7%
|
| 1 | commissioned armed forces officers | 2 |
0%
|
| 2 | non-commissioned armed forces officers | 2 |
0%
|
| 3 | armed forces occupations, other ranks | 14 |
0%
|
| 4 | label no found | 1 |
0%
|
| 10 | manager | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | chief executives, senior officials and legislators | 2 |
0%
|
| 12 | administrative and commercial managers | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | production and specialized services managers | 14 |
0%
|
| 14 | hospitality, retail and other services managers | 10 |
0%
|
| 20 | professionals | 0 |
0%
|
| 21 | science and engineering professionals | 2 |
0%
|
| 22 | health professionals | 106 |
0.3%
|
| 23 | teaching professionals | 638 |
1.7%
|
| 24 | business and administration professionals | 42 |
0.1%
|
| 25 | information and communications technology professionals | 0 |
0%
|
| 26 | legal, social and cultural professionals | 67 |
0.2%
|
| 30 | technicians and associate professionals | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | science and engineering associate professionals | 9 |
0%
|
| 32 | health associate professionals | 99 |
0.3%
|
| 33 | business and administration associate professionals | 56 |
0.1%
|
| 34 | legal, social and cultural and related associate professionals | 99 |
0.3%
|
| 35 | information and communications technicians | 2 |
0%
|
| 40 | clerical support workers | 0 |
0%
|
| 41 | general and keyboard clerks | 54 |
0.1%
|
| 42 | customer services clerks | 38 |
0.1%
|
| 43 | numerical and material recording clerks | 4 |
0%
|
| 44 | other clerical support workers | 0 |
0%
|
| 50 | services and sales worker | 0 |
0%
|
| 51 | personal services workers | 468 |
1.2%
|
| 52 | sales workers | 7322 |
19%
|
| 53 | personal care workers | 13 |
0%
|
| 54 | protective services workers | 76 |
0.2%
|
| 56 | label no found | 2 |
0%
|
| 60 | skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | 0 |
0%
|
| 61 | market-oriented skilled agricultural workers | 919 |
2.4%
|
| 62 | market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 63 | subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers | 10474 |
27.2%
|
| 70 | craft and related trades workers | 0 |
0%
|
| 71 | building and related trades workers (excluding electricians) | 13 |
0%
|
| 72 | metal, machinery and related trades workers | 11 |
0%
|
| 73 | handicraft and printing workers | 18 |
0%
|
| 74 | electrical and electronic trades workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 75 | food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades worker | 385 |
1%
|
| 80 | plant and machine operators and assemblers | 0 |
0%
|
| 81 | stationary plant and machine operators | 18 |
0%
|
| 82 | assemblers | 0 |
0%
|
| 83 | drivers and mobile plant operators | 8 |
0%
|
| 90 | elementary occupations | 0 |
0%
|
| 91 | cleaners and helpers | 1343 |
3.5%
|
| 92 | agrocultural, forestry and fishery laboures | 750 |
2%
|
| 93 | laboures in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport | 130 |
0.3%
|
| 94 | food preparation assistants | 63 |
0.2%
|
| 95 | street and related sales and services workers | 1437 |
3.7%
|
| 96 | refuse workers and other elementary workers | 380 |
1%
|
| 99998 | don't know | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 6 |
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.