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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main wall material (v128)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
38446
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
10 - 97
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | natural | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | no walls | 34 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | cane/palm/trunks | 504 |
1.3%
|
| 13 | mud | 5045 |
13.1%
|
| 20 | rudimentary | 0 |
0%
|
| 21 | mudbrick | 12798 |
33.3%
|
| 22 | bamboo with mud | 2013 |
5.2%
|
| 23 | stone with mud | 38 |
0.1%
|
| 24 | uncovered adobe | 8 |
0%
|
| 25 | plywood | 5 |
0%
|
| 26 | cardboard | 0 |
0%
|
| 27 | reused wood | 8 |
0%
|
| 30 | finished | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | cement | 8268 |
21.5%
|
| 32 | stone with lime/cement | 141 |
0.4%
|
| 33 | bricks | 7821 |
20.3%
|
| 34 | cement blocks | 725 |
1.9%
|
| 35 | covered adobe | 5 |
0%
|
| 36 | wood planks/shingles | 54 |
0.1%
|
| 96 | other | 261 |
0.7%
|
| 97 | not a dejure resident | 718 |
1.9%
|
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.