2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Sixth Edition
Zambia
Get Microdata
Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2018-V1.0
Producer(s)
Zambia Statistics Agency
Metadata
Created on
Aug 18, 2025
Last modified
Feb 26, 2026
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respondent's occupation (grouped) (v717)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
38440
Invalid:
6
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
0 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | not working | 13326 |
34.7%
|
| 1 | professional/technical/managerial | 1167 |
3%
|
| 2 | clerical | 96 |
0.2%
|
| 3 | sales | 7322 |
19%
|
| 4 | agricultural - self employed | 11394 |
29.6%
|
| 5 | agricultural - employee | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | household and domestic | 1343 |
3.5%
|
| 7 | services | 578 |
1.5%
|
| 8 | skilled manual | 454 |
1.2%
|
| 9 | unskilled manual | 2760 |
7.2%
|
| 98 | 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.