Forced Displacement Survey, 2025

Zambia, 2025

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UNHCR_ZMB_2025_FDS_v2.1

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Nov 13, 2025

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Data file: Main

This file contains the data collected during the survey (main dataset).

Cases:	4299
Variables:	2683

Variables

ScProtec033

ScProtec034

ScProtec03_specify1

ScProtec03_specify2

ScProtec03_specify3

ScProtec03_specify4

ScProtec03b1

ScProtec03b2

ScProtec03b3

ScProtec03b4

ScProtec041

ScProtec042

ScProtec043

ScProtec044

ScProtec04_other1

ScProtec04_other2

ScProtec04_other3

ScProtec04_other4

ScProtec051

ScProtec052

ScProtec053

ScProtec054

ScProtec061

ScProtec062

ScProtec063

ScProtec064

ScProtec071

ScProtec072

ScProtec073

ScProtec074

ScProtec081

ScProtec082

ScProtec083

ScProtec084

ScProtec091

ScProtec092

ScProtec093

ScProtec094

ScProtec09_label1

ScProtec09_label2

ScProtec09_label3

ScProtec09_label4

noteScProtec101

noteScProtec102

noteScProtec103

noteScProtec104

ScProtec101

ScProtec102

ScProtec103

ScProtec104

ScProtec10Unit1

ScProtec10Unit2

ScProtec10Unit3

ScProtec10Unit4

food_prog_calculate1

food_prog_calculate2

food_prog_calculate3

food_prog_calculate4

sumfoodprog

ScProtec11

ScProtec11 - What is the main reason why your household does not receive any food assistance?

ScProtec12

ScProtec12 - Are you aware of any other assistance programme you or anyone in your household is entitled to?

ScProtec13_1

ScProtec13_2

ScProtec13_3

ScProtec13_4

countScProtec13

ScProtec14_1

ScProtec14_2

ScProtec14_3

ScProtec14_4

ScProtec14_specify_1

ScProtec14_specify_2

ScProtec14_specify_3

ScProtec14_specify_4

ScProtec15

ScProtec15 - In the past 12 months, did your household have to sell any in-kind assistance or food voucher in order to access other needed goods and/or services?

SP_random1

SP_random2

ScProtec16a

ScProtec16a - Social protection cash benefit

ScProtec16atrigger

ScProtec16b

ScProtec16b - Parental/Maternity benefit

ScProtec16c

ScProtec16c - Disability benefit

ScProtec16d

ScProtec16d - Unemployment benefit

ScProtec16e

ScProtec16e - Employment injury benefit

ScProtec16f

ScProtec16f - Sickness benefit

ScProtec16g

ScProtec16g - Old-age pension

ScProtec16h

ScProtec16h - Other vulnerability benefit

ScProtec16i

ScProtec16i - Social assistance cash benefit

ScProtectg2_EndTime

member5n17InAvail

random1apla

eadult_napla

epositionapla

random_indexapla

selected_childla

child_labor_age

Age of the child about whom the child labour questions are asked

childsampledg

proA

proB

CL00_1

CL00_1 - Record who is respondent – head of household or another adult

CL00_1_EndTime

CL00_2

CL00_2 - Select respondent

CL01_1

CL01_1 - Did ${childsampled} do any work or help in a farm, food garden or looked after animals either for the household or someone else? For example, growing farm produce, harvesting, or feeding, grazing or milking animals?

CL01_2

CL01_2 - Did ${childsampled} help in a family business or a relative’s business with or without pay, or run ${proB} own business?

CL01_3

CL01_3 - Did ${childsampled} produce or sell articles, handicrafts, clothes, food or agricultural products?

CL01_4

CL01_4 - During the past 7 days, from [the same week day as the day of the interview] last week up to yesterday, did ${childsampled} engage in any other activity in return for income in cash or in kind, even for only one hour?

CL02

CL02 - During the past 7 days, from [the same week day as the day of the interview] last week up to yesterday, about how many hours did ${childsampled} engage in ${proB} activity(ies), in total?

CL03

CL03 - Would you say ${childsampled} is always paid, sometimes paid or never paid for ${proB} work?

CL04

CL04 - Is ${childsampled} paid in in cash or in kind or both?

CL05

CL05 - To the best of your knowledge, does ${proB} activity(ies) require carrying heavy loads?

CL06

CL06 - Does ${proB} activity(ies) require working with dangerous tools such as knives and similar or operating heavy machinery?

CL_random1

CL_random2

CL07_1

CL07_1 - Is ${proA} exposed to dust, fumes or gas?

CL07_2

CL07_2 - Is ${proA} exposed to extreme cold, heat or humidity?

CL07_3

CL07_3 - Is ${proA} exposed to loud noise or vibration?

CL07_4

CL07_4 - Is ${proA} required to work at heights?

CL07_5

CL07_5 - Is ${proA} required to work with chemicals, such as pesticides, glues and similar, or explosives?

CL07_6

CL07_6 - Is ${proA} exposed to other things, processes or conditions bad for ${proB} health or safety?

CL_random3

CL_random4

CL08_1

CL08_1 - Shopping for the household?

CL08_2

CL08_2 - Cooking?

CL08_3

CL08_3 - Washing dishes or cleaning around the house?

CL08_4

CL08_4 - Washing clothes?

CL08_5

CL08_5 - Caring for children?

CL08_6

CL08_6 - Caring for someone old or sick?

CL08_8

CL08_8 - Fetching water?

CL08_9

CL08_9 - Collecting firewood?

CL08_10

CL08_10 - Other household tasks?

CL09

CL09 - In the past 7 days, from [the same week day as the day of the interview] last week up to yesterday, about how many hours did ${childsampled} engage in ${proB} activity(ies), in total?

Rem04_g_calculate_swahili

Rem04_g_calculate_nyanja

REM04_a

REM04_a - Your spouse or partner thinks you should continue living here in ${tehsilcamp_label}.

REM04_b

REM04_b - Your parents think you should continue living here in ${tehsilcamp_label}.

REM04_c

REM04_c - Your close friends who are still in ${origincountry} think you should continue living here in ${tehsilcamp_label}.

REM04_d

REM04_d - Your close friends who are here in ${tehsilcamp_label} think you should continue living here in ${tehsilcamp_label}.

REM04_e

REM04_e - People from your country of origin who are also refugees here think you should continue living here in ${tehsilcamp_label}.

REM04_f

REM04_f - I will read to you some statements. For each, please tell me if the extent to which this statement is true. Government authorities here in ${tehsilcamp_label} think you should continue living here in ${tehsilcamp_label}.

REM04_g

REM04_g - The ${REM04_g_calculate} think you should continue living here in ${tehsilcamp_label}.

REM04_h

REM04_h - Humanitarian organizations think you should continue living here in ${tehsilcamp_label}.

REM04_i

REM04_i - Government authorities here in ${tehsilcamp_label} think you and your household should return to ${origincountry}.

REM05a

REM05a - Think of your household members who live here with you in this same household. Are you planning to continue living here in ${tehsilcamp_label} alone, with some of your members, or with all your household members who are currently living with you?

REM05_a

REM05_a - Saving money for your needs here

REM05_b

REM05_b - Asking other people for money to cover for your needs here

REM05_c

REM05_c - Acquiring documents, such as birth certificates or documents, needed to stay here in ${tehsilcamp_label}

REM05_d

REM05_d - Looking for a job or ways to earn money here

REM05_e

REM05_e - Starting a business or a livelihood here

REM05_f

REM05_f - Improving your housing or housing conditions here, such as looking for a better house or place to live here or improving your house

REM05_g

REM05_g - Looking for a school schools in ${tehsilcamp_label} for your children

REM05_h

REM05_h - Looking for information on what services are available you and your family

REM05_i

REM05_i - Learning the local language here, such as Bemba or Nyanja

REM05_j

REM05_j - Buying a property, such as a plot of land or a house, here

REM05Prep

REM06_a

REM06_a - Whether you could have a house or place to live in here

REM06_b

REM06_b - Whether there is available health services, like clinics or doctors

REM06_c

REM06_c - Whether there are available jobs or ways to earn money

REM06_d

REM06_d - Whether there is available school for your children

REM06_e

REM06_e - What is the security situation here

REM06_f

REM06_f - What documents are needed to remain here, such as birth certificate or national ID

REM06_g

REM06_g - Whether you could move without restrictions here

REM06_h

REM06_h - What kind of legal status OR protection is offered here

REM06_I

REM06_I - What is the culture or way of living here

REM07

REM07 - Now, please think of all the things or actions you have made so far to establish yourselves here and to ensure that you can stay in ${tehsilcamp_label} in the long term. Overall, would you say these things or actions you did are very sufficie

REL03_a

REL03_a - Your overall quality of life

REL03_b

REL03_b - Your family’s welfare

REL03_c

REL03_c - Your house or housing conditions

REL03_d

REL03_d - Stem question: Do you expect Your safety or security to be much better, better, neither better nor worse, worse, or much worse if you move to ${RelocationPlace} than if you return to ${origincountry}?

REL03_e

REL03_e - Your job or ways to earn money

REL03_f

REL03_f - Your access to food or to sources of food

REL03_g

REL03_g - Your access to healthcare, to doctors or clinics

REL03_h

REL03_h - Yours or your family’s financial situation

REL03_i

REL03_i - Do you expect your children’s access to schools to be much better, better, neither better nor worse, worse, or much worse if you move to ${RelocationPlace} than if you return to ${origincountry}?

REL03_j

REL03_j - Your ability to move freely or without restrictions

REL03_k

REL03_k - Your relations with people in your community

REL03_l

REL03_l - Your happiness

REL04_a

REL04_a - Having better overall quality of life in ${RelocationPlace}

REL04_b

REL04_b - Your family’s welfare would be better

REL04_c

REL04_c - Having a better house or housing conditions

REL04_d

REL04_d - Did you consider being safer if you move to ${RelocationPlace} as a major reason, minor reason, or not a reason at all in your own decision to move to ${RelocationPlace}?

REL04_e

REL04_e - Having a better job or ways to earn money

REL04_f

REL04_f - Having better access to healthcare, like doctors or clinics, in ${RelocationPlace}

REL04_g

REL04_g - Having better access to food

REL04_h

REL04_h - Improving yours or your family’s financial situation when you move to ${RelocationPlace}

REL04_i

REL04_i - Did you consider your children possiblity to go to school as a major reason, minor reason, or not a reason at all in your own decision to move to ${RelocationPlace}.

REL04_j

REL04_j - Being closer to your family in ${RelocationPlace}

REL04_k

REL04_k - Being able to move without restrictions

REL04_l

REL04_l - Having better relations with people in the community in ${RelocationPlace}

REL04_m

REL04_m - Feeling happier in ${RelocationPlace}

REL05_a

REL05_a - Your own ability to make the preparations for your move there

REL05_b

REL05_b - The lack of money to pay for your journey or your needs in ${RelocationPlace}

REL05_c

REL05_c - Your health may not allow you to travel

REL05_d

REL05_d - The health of your family members who may not be able to travel

REL05_e

REL05_e - How likely, do you think, that The security or safety situation in ${RelocationPlace} will pose a problem for you and prevent you from moving to ${RelocationPlace}?

REL05_f

REL05_f - The lack of housing or poor housing conditions in ${RelocationPlace}

REL05_g

REL05_g - The possiility of finding a job or ways to earn money in ${RelocationPlace}

REL05_h

REL05_h - The lack of reliable information about the conditions in ${RelocationPlace}

REL05_j

REL05_j - The difficulty for you to have good relations with the people who are from ${RelocationPlace}

REL05_k

REL05_k - How likely, do you think, not being able to get the documents you need to travel, such as ID or permit will pose a problem for you and prevent you from moving to ${RelocationPlace}?

REL05_l

REL05_l - Not being able to get the assistance you urgently need from government authorities to be able to move to ${RelocationPlace}

REL05_m

REL05_m - Not being able to get the assistance you urgently need from your family, relatives, and friends to be able to move to ${RelocationPlace}

REL05_n

REL05_n - Not being able to get the assistance you urgently need from humanitarian organizations, like the UNHCR, to be able to move to ${RelocationPlace}

REL05_o

REL05_o - Not being able to get the assistance you would need from humanitarian organizations, like the UNHCR, once you return to your country of origin

REL06_a

REL06_a - Your spouse or partner thinks you should move and live in ${RelocationPlace}.

REL06_b

REL06_b - Your parents think you should move and live in ${RelocationPlace}.

REL06_c

REL06_c - Your close friends who are still in ${origincountry} think you should move and live in ${RelocationPlace}.

REL06_d

REL06_d - Your close friends who are here in ${hostcountry} think you should move and live in ${RelocationPlace}.

REL06_e

REL06_e - People from your country of origin who are also refugees here think you should move and live in ${RelocationPlace}.

REL06_f

REL06_f - I will read to you some statements. For each, please tell me the extent to which this statement is true. Government authorities in ${hostcountry} think you should move and live in ${RelocationPlace}.

REL06_g

REL06_g - Community leaders think you should move and live in ${RelocationPlace}.

REL06_h

REL06_h - Humanitarian organizations think you should move and live in ${RelocationPlace}.

REL06_i

REL06_i - Government authorities here in ${hostcountry} think you and your household should return to ${origincountry}.

REL07a

REL07a - Think of your household members who are here with you in this same household. Are you planning to move and live in ${RelocationPlace} alone, with some of your members, or with all your household members who are currently living with you?

REL07_a

REL07_a - Saving money to pay for your travel to ${RelocationPlace}

REL07_b

REL07_b - Asking other people for money to pay for your travel there

REL07_c

REL07_c - Acquiring documents, such as birth certificates and national ID, or documents for travel

REL07_d

REL07_d - Making arrangements or looking for transportation to travel there

REL07_e

REL07_e - For each action, please tell me if you have done this to prepare for your move to ${RelocationPlace}, not yet but plan to, or have NOT done this and do NOT plan to. Looking for a job or ways to earn money in ${RelocationPlace}

REL07_f

REL07_f - Looking for a house or place to live in ${RelocationPlace}

REL07_g

REL07_g - Looking for a school in ${RelocationPlace} for your children

REL07_h

REL07_h - Looking for information on the situation in ${RelocationPlace}

RELPrep

REL08

REL08 - Now, please think of all the preparations you have made so far for your move to ${RelocationPlace}. Are the preparations that you have made to move to ${RelocationPlace} very sufficient, somewhat sufficient, neither sufficient nor not sufficien

REL09_a

REL09_a - Whether you could have a house or place to live in ${RelocationPlace}

REL09_b

REL09_b - Whether there are available health services, like clinics or doctors

REL09_c

REL09_c - Whether there are available jobs or ways to earn money in ${RelocationPlace}

REL09_d

REL09_d - Whether there are available schools for your children

REL09_e

REL09_e - The security situation in ${RelocationPlace}

REL09_f

REL09_f - The documents needed to travel there, such as birth certificate or national ID

REL09_g

REL09_g - How to travel to ${RelocationPlace}

REL09_h

REL09_h - Whether you could move without restrictions there

REL09_i

REL09_i - The legal status OR protection that is offered there

REL09_j

REL09_j - The culture or way of living in ${RelocationPlace}

REL10

REL10 - Overall, how confident are you that you would be able to move to ${RelocationPlace} and live there within ${RelocateTime}?

DH_ID_03

DH_HH_00

DH_HH_00a_year

memPosition_D

arrivalyear

HH_00ref

DH_06

DH_06 - Have you come to live in ${hostcountry} more than once?

DH_06_StartTime

DH_01_year

DH_01_year - Year:

DH_01_month

DH_01_month - Month:

DH_02

DH_02 - Did all members of your household, only some of them or none of them arrive in ${hostcountry} at the same time as you?

DH_04

DH_04 - Did any of your household members arrive in ${hostcountry} before you?

DH_05_year

DH_05_year - Year

DH_05_month

DH_05_month - Month

DH_09

DH_09 - From which country did you flee?

countryflee

countryfleeISO

calc_NUTS1_DH_09

calc_NUTS2_DH_09

calc_NUTS3_DH_09

calc_NUTS4_DH_09

DH_10_NUTS1

DH_10_NUTS1 - NUTS 1: ${calc_NUTS1_DH_09}

DH_10_NUTS2

DH_10_NUTS2 - NUTS 2: ${calc_NUTS2_DH_09}

DH_10_NUTS3

DH_10_NUTS3 - NUTS 3: ${calc_NUTS3_DH_09}

DH_10_NUTS1_2

DH_10_NUTS1_2 - NUTS 1: Region / Province

DH_10_NUTS2_2

DH_10_NUTS2_2 - NUTS 2: District

DH_10_NUTS3_2

DH_10_NUTS3_2 - NUTS 3: Sub-district

DH_10_NUTS4_2

DH_10_NUTS4_2 - NUTS 4: Village

DH_11_year

DH_11_year - Year:

DH_11_month

DH_11_month - Month:

DH_12

DH_12 - What is the main reason why you left ${countryflee}?

DH_13

DH_13 - Could you please think of the people who were living with you right before you left ${countryflee}. Did you move together with all of them or did some household members stayed behind in ${countryflee}?

DH_14

DH_14 - Did the household members who stayed behind join you in ${hostcountry} later?

DH_17

DH_17 - Did you move directly from ${countryflee} to ${hostcountry}?

DH_19

DH_19 - What was the last country where you lived more than one month before moving to ${hostcountry}?

DH_19_lbl

DH_20_lbl

DH_20_lbl_FR

Intro03_finallocation_name

DH_20

DH_20 - What was the main reason that made you decide to move ${DH_20_lbl} to ${hostcountry}?

DH_20_bemba

DH_20_swahili

DH_20_nyanja

DH_21a

DH_21a - Since you arrived in ${hostcountry} have you always lived in ${tehsilcamp_label_new}?

DH_21b_NUTS1

DH_21b_NUTS1 - NUTS 1: Province

DH_21b_NUTS2

DH_21b_NUTS2 - NUTS 2: District

DH_21b_NUTS3

DH_21b_NUTS3 - NUTS 3: Constituency / camp

DH_21b_NUTS4

DH_21b_NUTS4 - NUTS 4: Ward

lblDH_23

lblDH_23_french

lblDH_23_bemba

lblDH_23_swahili

lblDH_23_nyanja

DH_23

DH_23 - What is the main reason why you ${lblDH_23} ${tehsilcamp_label_new}?

DH_23_EndTime

HH02

HH02 - OBSERVE MAIN MATERIAL OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS OF THE DWELLING.

HH03

HH03 - OBSERVE MAIN MATERIAL OF THE ROOF OF THE DWELLING.

HH04

HH04 - OBSERVE IF DOOR is LOCKABLE

HH05

HH05 - OBSERVE IF WINDOWS ARE LOCKABLE

HH06

HH06 - OBSERVE MAIN MATERIAL OF THE FLOOR OF THE DWELLING.

HH08

HH08 - Shelter collapsed or partially collapsed?

HH09

HH09 - Damaged roof

HH10

HH10 - Are windows/doors sealed to natural elements?

HH11

HH11 - Leakage / rottenness in the walls / floors?

HH12

HH12 - Are sanitation pipes functional?

HH13

HH13 - Is electricity installation/connection adequately installed and safe?

HW2_OB

HW2_OB - Can you please show me where members of your household most often wash their hands?

Total: 2683

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