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2023 Labour Force Survey
12th Edition

Zambia, 2023
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In his/her main job/business, what kind of work does (NAME) usually do? CODE (D1_ISCO)

Data file: ZM_Annual_LFS_2023_Data_Anonymised

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Valid: 8758
Invalid: 40049
Minimum: 110
Maximum: 9629
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Width: 4
Range: 110 - 9629
Format: Numeric

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Value Category Cases
110 Commissioned armed forces officers 18
0.2%
210 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 6
0.1%
310 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 16
0.2%
1111 Legislators 2
0%
1112 Senior government officials 8
0.1%
1113 Traditional chiefs and heads of village 9
0.1%
1114 Senior officials of special-interest organizations 4
0%
1120 Managing directors and chief executives 18
0.2%
1211 Finance managers 8
0.1%
1212 Human resource managers 15
0.2%
1213 Policy and planning managers 5
0.1%
1219 Business services and administration managers not elsewhere 64
0.7%
1221 Sales and marketing managers 38
0.4%
1222 Advertising and public relations managers 1
0%
1223 Research and development managers 4
0%
1311 Agricultural and forestry production managers 35
0.4%
1312 Aquaculture and fisheries production managers 5
0.1%
1321 Manufacturing managers 3
0%
1322 Mining managers 7
0.1%
1323 Construction managers 14
0.2%
1324 Supply, distribution and related managers 18
0.2%
1330 Information and communications technology service managers 6
0.1%
1341 Child care services managers 2
0%
1342 Health services managers 13
0.1%
1343 Aged care services managers 0
0%
1344 Social welfare managers 2
0%
1345 Education managers 18
0.2%
1346 Financial and insurance services branch managers 3
0%
1349 Professional services managers not elsewhere classified 5
0.1%
1411 Hotel managers 4
0%
1412 Restaurant managers 18
0.2%
1420 Retail and wholesale trade managers 166
1.9%
1431 Sports, recreation and cultural centre managers 1
0%
1439 Services managers not elsewhere classified 4
0%
2111 Physicists and astronomers 0
0%
2112 Meteorologists 0
0%
2113 Chemists 0
0%
2114 Geologists and geophysicists 0
0%
2120 Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians 0
0%
2131 Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals 1
0%
2132 Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers 18
0.2%
2133 Environmental protection professionals 1
0%
2141 Industrial and production engineers 4
0%
2142 Civil engineers 6
0.1%
2143 Environmental engineers 1
0%
2144 Mechanical engineers 8
0.1%
2145 Chemical engineers 0
0%
2146 Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals 6
0.1%
2149 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified 3
0%
2151 Electrical engineers 9
0.1%
2152 Electronics engineers 4
0%
2153 Telecommunications engineers 0
0%
2161 Building architects 2
0%
2162 Landscape architects 1
0%
2163 Product and garment designers 2
0%
2164 Town and traffic planners 0
0%
2165 Cartographers and surveyors 1
0%
2166 Graphic and multimedia designers 1
0%
2211 Generalist medical practitioners 2
0%
2212 Specialist medical practitioners 1
0%
2221 Nursing professionals 55
0.6%
2222 Midwifery professionals 5
0.1%
2230 Traditional and complementary medicine professionals 5
0.1%
2240 Paramedical practitioners 0
0%
2250 Veterinarians 3
0%
2261 Dentists 1
0%
2262 Pharmacists 10
0.1%
2263 Environmental and occupational health and hygiene profession 4
0%
2264 Physiotherapists 4
0%
2265 Dieticians and nutritionists 1
0%
2266 Audiologists and speech therapists 0
0%
2267 Optometrists and ophthalmic opticians 1
0%
2269 Health professionals not elsewhere classified 24
0.3%
2310 University and higher education teachers 10
0.1%
2320 Vocational education teachers 6
0.1%
2330 Secondary education teachers 167
1.9%
2341 Primary school teachers 283
3.2%
2342 Early childhood educators 18
0.2%
2351 Education methods specialists 0
0%
2352 Special needs teachers 3
0%
2353 Other language teachers 0
0%
2354 Other music teachers 1
0%
2355 Other arts teachers 1
0%
2356 Information technology trainers 1
0%
2359 Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified 8
0.1%
2411 Accountants 38
0.4%
2412 Financial and investment advisers 2
0%
2413 Financial analysts 1
0%
2421 Management and organization analysts 2
0%
2422 Policy administration professionals 0
0%
2423 Personnel and careers professionals 1
0%
2424 Training and staff development professionals 0
0%
2431 Advertising and marketing professionals 3
0%
2432 Public relations professionals 1
0%
2433 Technical and medical sales professionals (excluding ICT) 0
0%
2434 Information and communications technology sales professional 2
0%
2511 Systems analysts 0
0%
2512 Software developers 1
0%
2513 Web and multimedia developers 0
0%
2514 Applications programmers 0
0%
2519 Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewh 1
0%
2521 Database designers and administrators 1
0%
2522 Systems administrators 1
0%
2523 Computer network professionals 0
0%
2529 Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified 1
0%
2611 Lawyers 8
0.1%
2612 Judges 3
0%
2619 Legal professionals not elsewhere classified 4
0%
2621 Archivists and curators 0
0%
2622 Librarians and related information professionals 0
0%
2631 Economists 1
0%
2632 Sociologists, anthropologists and related professionals 0
0%
2633 Philosophers, historians and political scientists 0
0%
2634 Psychologists 0
0%
2635 Social work and counselling professionals 12
0.1%
2636 Religious professionals 9
0.1%
2641 Authors and related writers 1
0%
2642 Journalists 2
0%
2643 Translators, interpreters and other linguists 1
0%
2651 Visual artists 1
0%
2652 Musicians, singers and composers 2
0%
2653 Dancers and choreographers 2
0%
2654 Film, stage and related directors and producers 0
0%
2655 Actors 1
0%
2659 Creative and performing artists not elsewhere classified 1
0%
3111 Chemical and physical science technicians 1
0%
3112 Civil engineering technicians 1
0%
3113 Electrical engineering technicians 8
0.1%
3114 Electronics engineering technicians 10
0.1%
3115 Mechanical engineering technicians 7
0.1%
3116 Chemical engineering technicians 0
0%
3117 Mining and metallurgical technicians 2
0%
3118 Draughtspersons 0
0%
3119 Physical and engineering science technicians not elsewhere c 0
0%
3121 Mining supervisors 11
0.1%
3122 Manufacturing supervisors 6
0.1%
3123 Construction supervisors 10
0.1%
3131 Power production plant operators 1
0%
3132 Incinerator and water treatment plant operators 9
0.1%
3133 Chemical processing plant controllers 1
0%
3134 Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators 3
0%
3135 Metal production process controllers 2
0%
3139 Process control technicians not elsewhere classified 1
0%
3141 Life science technicians (excluding medical) 0
0%
3142 Agricultural technicians 11
0.1%
3143 Forestry technicians 0
0%
3151 Ships' engineers 1
0%
3152 Ships' deck officers and pilots 0
0%
3153 Aircraft pilots and related associate professionals 2
0%
3154 Air traffic controllers 3
0%
3155 Air traffic safety electronics technicians 1
0%
3211 Medical imaging and therapeutic equipment technicians 0
0%
3212 Medical and pathology laboratory technicians 9
0.1%
3213 Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants 2
0%
3214 Medical and dental prosthetic technicians 0
0%
3221 Nursing associate professionals 7
0.1%
3222 Midwifery associate professionals 1
0%
3230 Traditional and complementary medicine associate professiona 3
0%
3240 Veterinary technicians and assistants 3
0%
3251 Dental assistants and therapists 0
0%
3252 Medical records and health information technicians 0
0%
3253 Community health workers 16
0.2%
3254 Dispensing opticians 0
0%
3255 Physiotherapy technicians and assistants 0
0%
3256 Medical assistants 2
0%
3257 Environmental and occupational health inspectors and associa 5
0.1%
3258 Ambulance workers 1
0%
3259 Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified 2
0%
3311 Securities and finance dealers and brokers 3
0%
3312 Credit and loans officers 5
0.1%
3313 Accounting associate professionals 6
0.1%
3314 Statistical, mathematical and related associate professional 1
0%
3315 Valuers and loss assessors 1
0%
3321 Insurance representatives 5
0.1%
3322 Commercial sales representatives 6
0.1%
3323 Buyers 4
0%
3324 Trade brokers 0
0%
3331 Clearing and forwarding agents 13
0.1%
3332 Conference and event planners 2
0%
3333 Employment agents and contractors 1
0%
3334 Real estate agents and property managers 35
0.4%
3339 Business services agents not elsewhere classified 83
0.9%
3341 Office supervisors 2
0%
3342 Legal secretaries 0
0%
3343 Administrative and executive secretaries 7
0.1%
3344 Medical secretaries 0
0%
3351 Customs and border inspectors 2
0%
3352 Government tax and excise officials 3
0%
3353 Government social benefits officials 0
0%
3354 Government licensing officials 0
0%
3355 Police inspectors and detectives 8
0.1%
3359 Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere 0
0%
3411 Legal and related associate professionals 1
0%
3412 Social work associate professionals 1
0%
3413 Religious associate professionals 2
0%
3421 Athletes and sports players 3
0%
3422 Sports coaches, instructors and officials 1
0%
3423 Fitness and recreation instructors and program leaders 1
0%
3431 Photographers 4
0%
3432 Interior designers and decorators 2
0%
3433 Gallery, museum and library technicians 0
0%
3434 Chefs 30
0.3%
3435 Other artistic and cultural associate professionals 1
0%
3511 Information and communications technology operations technic 2
0%
3512 Information and communications technology user support techn 0
0%
3513 Computer network and systems technicians 3
0%
3514 Web technicians 0
0%
3521 Broadcasting and audio-visual technicians 0
0%
3522 Telecommunications engineering technicians 1
0%
4110 General office clerks 29
0.3%
4120 Secretaries (general) 8
0.1%
4131 Typists and word processing operators 3
0%
4132 Data entry clerks 8
0.1%
4211 Bank tellers and related clerks 13
0.1%
4212 Bookmakers, croupiers and related gaming workers 1
0%
4213 Pawnbrokers and money-lenders 10
0.1%
4214 Debt-collectors and related workers 3
0%
4221 Travel consultants and clerks 4
0%
4222 Contact centre information clerks 0
0%
4223 Telephone switchboard operators 1
0%
4224 Hotel receptionists 8
0.1%
4225 Enquiry clerks 0
0%
4226 Receptionists (general) 6
0.1%
4227 Survey and market research interviewers 5
0.1%
4229 Client information workers not elsewhere classified 0
0%
4311 Accounting and bookkeeping clerks 7
0.1%
4312 Statistical, finance and insurance clerks 5
0.1%
4313 Payroll clerks 0
0%
4321 Stock clerks 10
0.1%
4322 Production clerks 1
0%
4323 Transport clerks 10
0.1%
4411 Library clerks 0
0%
4412 Mail carriers and sorting clerks 0
0%
4413 Coding, proof-reading and related clerks 1
0%
4414 Scribes and related workers 0
0%
4415 Filing and copying clerks 2
0%
4416 Personnel clerks 1
0%
4419 Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified 7
0.1%
5111 Travel attendants and travel stewards 1
0%
5112 Transport conductors 49
0.6%
5113 Travel guides 0
0%
5120 Cooks 36
0.4%
5131 Waiters 23
0.3%
5132 Bartenders 53
0.6%
5141 Hairdressers 112
1.3%
5142 Beauticians and related workers 19
0.2%
5151 Cleaning and housekeeping supervisors in offices, hotels and 35
0.4%
5152 Domestic housekeepers 168
1.9%
5153 Building caretakers 28
0.3%
5161 Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers 0
0%
5162 Companions and valets 0
0%
5163 Undertakers and embalmers 0
0%
5164 Pet groomers and animal care workers 6
0.1%
5165 Driving instructors 1
0%
5169 Personal services workers not elsewhere classified 20
0.2%
5211 Stall and market salespersons 583
6.7%
5212 Street food salespersons 201
2.3%
5221 Shop keepers 104
1.2%
5222 Shop supervisors 9
0.1%
5223 Shop sales assistants 107
1.2%
5230 Cashiers and ticket clerks 24
0.3%
5241 Fashion and other models 1
0%
5242 Sales demonstrators 2
0%
5243 Door to door salespersons 69
0.8%
5244 Contact centre salespersons 2
0%
5245 Service station attendants 7
0.1%
5249 Sales workers not elsewhere classified 473
5.4%
5311 Child care workers 1
0%
5312 Teachers' aides 2
0%
5321 Health care assistants 8
0.1%
5322 Home-based personal care workers 6
0.1%
5329 Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere class 13
0.1%
5411 Fire-fighters 3
0%
5412 Police officers 50
0.6%
5413 Prison guards 4
0%
5414 Security guards 187
2.1%
5419 Protective services workers not elsewhere classified 1
0%
6111 Field crop and vegetable growers 217
2.5%
6112 Tree and shrub crop growers 7
0.1%
6113 Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers 154
1.8%
6114 Mixed crop growers 34
0.4%
6121 Livestock and dairy producers 4
0%
6122 Poultry producers 26
0.3%
6123 Apiarists and sericulturists 0
0%
6129 Animal producers not elsewhere classified 4
0%
6130 Mixed crop and animal producers 11
0.1%
6210 Forestry and related workers 96
1.1%
6221 Aquaculture workers 2
0%
6222 Inland and coastal waters fishery workers 17
0.2%
6223 Deep-sea fishery workers 2
0%
6224 Hunters and trappers 0
0%
6310 Subsistence crop farmers 913
10.4%
6320 Subsistence livestock farmers 18
0.2%
6330 Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers 95
1.1%
6340 Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers 126
1.4%
7111 House builders 63
0.7%
7112 Bricklayers and related workers 239
2.7%
7113 Stonemasons, stone cutters, splitters and carvers 6
0.1%
7114 Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers 2
0%
7115 Carpenters and joiners 68
0.8%
7119 Building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere clas 4
0%
7121 Roofers 1
0%
7122 Floor layers and tile setters 4
0%
7123 Plasterers 0
0%
7124 Insulation workers 1
0%
7125 Glaziers 0
0%
7126 Plumbers and pipe fitters 32
0.4%
7127 Air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics 1
0%
7131 Painters and related workers 9
0.1%
7132 Spray painters and varnishers 0
0%
7133 Building structure cleaners 4
0%
7211 Metal moulders and coremakers 5
0.1%
7212 Welders and flamecutters 40
0.5%
7213 Sheet-metal workers 4
0%
7214 Structural-metal preparers and erectors 2
0%
7215 Riggers and cable splicers 0
0%
7221 Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press workers 6
0.1%
7222 Toolmakers and related workers 1
0%
7223 Metal working machine tool setters and operators 7
0.1%
7224 Metal polishers, wheel grinders and tool sharpeners 0
0%
7231 Motor vehicle mechanics and repairers 77
0.9%
7232 Aircraft engine mechanics and repairers 0
0%
7233 Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairer 2
0%
7234 Bicycle and related repairers 9
0.1%
7311 Precision-instrument makers and repairers 0
0%
7312 Musical instrument makers and tuners 3
0%
7313 Jewellery and precious-metal workers 0
0%
7314 Potters and related workers 1
0%
7315 Glass makers, cutters, grinders and finishers 3
0%
7316 Sign writers, decorative painters, engravers and etchers 0
0%
7317 Handicraft workers in wood, basketry and related materials 21
0.2%
7318 Handicraft workers in textile, leather and related materials 1
0%
7319 Handicraft workers not elsewhere classified 14
0.2%
7321 Pre-press technicians 0
0%
7322 Printers 3
0%
7323 Print finishing and binding workers 0
0%
7411 Building and related electricians 9
0.1%
7412 Electrical mechanics and fitters 8
0.1%
7413 Electrical line installers and repairers 11
0.1%
7421 Electronics mechanics and servicers 5
0.1%
7422 Information and communications technology installers and ser 3
0%
7511 Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers 52
0.6%
7512 Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers 60
0.7%
7513 Dairy-products makers 2
0%
7514 Fruit, vegetable and related preservers 2
0%
7515 Food and beverage tasters and graders 17
0.2%
7516 Tobacco preparers and tobacco products makers 2
0%
7521 Wood treaters 0
0%
7522 Cabinet-makers and related workers 0
0%
7523 Woodworking-machine tool setters and operators 0
0%
7531 Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters 65
0.7%
7532 Garment and related pattern-makers and cutters 0
0%
7533 Sewing, embroidery and related workers 0
0%
7534 Upholsterers and related workers 0
0%
7535 Pelt dressers, tanners and fellmongers 0
0%
7536 Shoemakers and related workers 7
0.1%
7541 Underwater divers 0
0%
7542 Shotfirers and blasters 2
0%
7543 Product graders and testers (excluding foods and beverages) 4
0%
7544 Fumigators and other pest and weed controllers 2
0%
7549 Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified 4
0%
8111 Miners and quarriers 31
0.4%
8112 Mineral and stone processing plant operators 7
0.1%
8113 Well drillers and borers and related workers 4
0%
8114 Cement, stone and other mineral products machine operators 4
0%
8121 Metal processing plant operators 1
0%
8122 Metal finishing, plating and coating machine operators 0
0%
8131 Chemical products plant and machine operators 3
0%
8132 Photographic products machine operators 3
0%
8141 Rubber products machine operators 1
0%
8142 Plastic products machine operators 3
0%
8143 Paper products machine operators 1
0%
8151 Fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators 1
0%
8152 Weaving and knitting machine operators 5
0.1%
8153 Sewing machine operators 1
0%
8154 Bleaching, dyeing and fabric cleaning machine operators 1
0%
8155 Fur and leather preparing machine operators 0
0%
8156 Shoemaking and related machine operators 0
0%
8157 Laundry machine operators 0
0%
8159 Textile, fur and leather products machine operators not else 2
0%
8160 Food and related products machine operators 19
0.2%
8171 Pulp and papermaking plant operators 0
0%
8172 Wood processing plant operators 1
0%
8181 Glass and ceramics plant operators 0
0%
8182 Steam engine and boiler operators 5
0.1%
8183 Packing, bottling and labelling machine operators 8
0.1%
8189 Stationary plant and machine operators not elsewhere classif 9
0.1%
8211 Mechanical machinery assemblers 1
0%
8212 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 1
0%
8219 Assemblers not elsewhere classified 1
0%
8311 Locomotive engine drivers 3
0%
8312 Railway brake, signal and switch operators 0
0%
8321 Motorcycle drivers 27
0.3%
8322 Car, taxi and van drivers 147
1.7%
8331 Bus and tram drivers 62
0.7%
8332 Heavy truck and lorry drivers 97
1.1%
8341 Mobile farm and forestry plant operators 2
0%
8342 Earthmoving and related plant operators 4
0%
8343 Crane, hoist and related plant operators 3
0%
8344 Lifting truck operators 2
0%
8350 Ships' deck crews and related workers 0
0%
9111 Domestic cleaners and helpers 128
1.5%
9112 Cleaners and helpers in offices, hotels and other establishm 73
0.8%
9121 Hand launderers and pressers 7
0.1%
9122 Vehicle cleaners 12
0.1%
9123 Window cleaners 0
0%
9129 Other cleaning workers 21
0.2%
9211 Crop farm labourers 357
4.1%
9212 Livestock farm labourers 58
0.7%
9213 Mixed crop and livestock farm labourers 41
0.5%
9214 Garden and horticultural labourers 60
0.7%
9215 Forestry labourers 48
0.5%
9216 Fishery and aquaculture labourers 34
0.4%
9311 Mining and quarrying labourers 28
0.3%
9312 Civil engineering labourers 5
0.1%
9313 Building construction labourers 98
1.1%
9321 Hand packers 12
0.1%
9329 Manufacturing labourers not elsewhere classified 44
0.5%
9331 Hand and pedal vehicle drivers 11
0.1%
9332 Drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery 1
0%
9333 Freight handlers 1
0%
9334 Shelf fillers 0
0%
9411 Fast food preparers 18
0.2%
9412 Kitchen helpers 1
0%
9510 Street and related service workers 19
0.2%
9520 Street vendors (excluding food) 65
0.7%
9611 Garbage and recycling collectors 6
0.1%
9612 Refuse sorters 0
0%
9613 Sweepers and related labourers 21
0.2%
9621 Messengers, package deliverers and luggage porters 15
0.2%
9622 Odd job persons 41
0.5%
9623 Meter readers and vending-machine collectors 1
0%
9624 Water and firewood collectors 8
0.1%
9629 Elementary workers not elsewhere classified 193
2.2%
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.
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