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

Legal_49_29

Legal_49_28

Legal_49_27

Legal_49_26

Legal_49_25

Legal_49_24

Legal_49_23

Legal_49_22

Legal_49_21

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Legal_49_18

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Legal_49_14

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Legal_49_9

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Legal_49_7

Legal_49_6

Legal_49_5

Legal_49_4

Legal_49_3

Legal_49_2

Legal_49_1

Legal_31

Legal_31 - Do you have a marriage certificate?

Legal_32

Legal_32 - Among your household members who are married, do all of them, only some of them or none of them have a marriage certificate?

Legal_33

Legal_33 - Please tell me the names of all household members who have a marriage certificate

Legal_33_98

Legal_33_30

Legal_33_29

Legal_33_28

Legal_33_27

Legal_33_26

Legal_33_25

Legal_33_24

Legal_33_23

Legal_33_22

Legal_33_21

Legal_33_20

Legal_33_19

Legal_33_18

Legal_33_17

Legal_33_16

Legal_33_15

Legal_33_14

Legal_33_13

Legal_33_12

Legal_33_11

Legal_33_10

Legal_33_9

Legal_33_8

Legal_33_7

Legal_33_6

Legal_33_5

Legal_33_4

Legal_33_3

Legal_33_2

Legal_33_1

Legal_34

Legal_34 - Do you have any other document that establish your legal identity?

Legal_34_EndTime

HH01

HH01 - WHAT TYPE OF DWELLING DOES THE HOUSEHOLD LIVE IN?

HH01_StartTime

HH14a

HH14a - How many separate structures or buildings do the members of your household occupy?

HH14

HH14 - How many separate rooms do the members of your household occupy? (DO NOT COUNT BATHROOMS, TOILETS, STORE-ROOMS, OR GARAGE)

HH15

HH15 - How many rooms in this household are used for sleeping?

HH16

HH16 - Is the cooking usually done in the house, in a separate building, or outdoors?

HH17

HH17 - Do you have a separate room which is used as a kitchen?

HH18

HH18 - In addition to your household members, how many people are sharing this living space?

HH20

HH20 - How safe does your household feel living in this shelter? Always feel safe, sometimes feel safe, or never feel safe?

HH20_EndTime

BD01

BD01 - What is the main source of drinking water used by members of your household?

BD01_StartTime

BD01a

BD01a - Where is this main drinking water source located? In your own dwelling, in your own yard or plot , or elsewhere?

BD02

BD02 - Aside from this main source, what is the second most used source of drinking water for your household?

BD02a

BD02a - Where is this secondary drinking water source located?

BD03

BD03 - What is the main source of water used by members of your household for other purposes such as cooking and handwashing?

BD04

BD04 - Where is this water source located?

BD11

BD11 - In the past 30 days has there been any time when your household didn't have sufficient quantities of drinking water when needed?

BD12

BD12 - What is the main reason why you did not have sufficient quantities of drinking water?

BD13

BD13 - Does your household pay for your drinking water?

BD16

BD16 - Do you or anyone else in the household do anything to your drinking water to make it safer for drinking?

BD17

BD17 - What do you or someone else in the household usually do to make the water safer to drink?

BD17_OT

BD17_F

BD17_EX

BD17_EC

BD17_EB

BD17_EA

BD17_E

BD17_DX

BD17_DK

BD17_DD

BD17_DC

BD17_DB

BD17_DA

BD17_D

BD17_C

BD17_B

BD17_A

BD18

BD18 - How often do you or someone else in the household do something to make your water safer for drinking, always or sometimes?

BD20_1

BD20_1 - Who goes most of the time to collect drinking water for your household?

BD20_2

BD20_2 - How long does it take for members of your household to go to the main source of drinking water, stay in a queue, get water, and come back? Please do not include time spent socialising.

BD20_3

BD20_3 - For the interviewer: Enter minutes.

BD20_4

BD20_4 - For the interviewer: Enter HOURS from single select dropdown:

BD20_5

BD20_5 - Dropdown: 0-55 minutes in 5-minute steps

BD22

BD22 - Does it take more or less than 30 minutes?

BD21

BD21 - To the best of your knowledge, does it take more or less than 20 minutes?

BD22a

BD22a - Is your main source of water that you use for other purposes the same as the source for drinking water?

BD23

BD23 - Now please think about the main source of water that your household uses for **other purposes such as cooking and handwashing**. How long does it take for members of your household to go there, stay in a queue, get water, and come back? Please do n

BD23_1

BD23_1 - For the interviewer : Enter minutes from single select dropdown:

BD23_2

BD23_2 - For the interviewer: Enter HOURS from single select dropdown:

BD23_3

BD23_3 - For the interviewer: Enter MINUTES from single select dropdown:

SAN01

SAN01 - What kind of toilet facility do members of your household use most of the time?

SAN01_label

SAN02

SAN02 - To the best of your knowledge, has your ${SAN01_label} ever been emptied?

SAN03

SAN03 - The last time it was emptied, where were the contents emptied to?

SAN04

SAN04 - Where is this toilet facility located: in your own dwelling, in your own yard/plot or elsewhere?

SAN05

SAN05 - Do you share this toilet facility with others who are not members of your household?

SAN06

SAN06 - Do you share this toilet facility only with members of other households that you know, or is the facility open to the use of the general public?

SAN07

SAN07 - To the best of your knowledge, how many households in total use this toilet facility, including your own household?

SAN10

SAN10 - Are there any times during the day you personally are unable to use this toilet facility?

SAN11

SAN11 - At what time of the day are you personally unable to use the toilet facility?

SAN11_OT

SAN11_DK

SAN11_B

SAN11_A

SAN12

SAN12 - Where do you personally go when you cannot use this toilet facility?

SAN12_RF

SAN12_OT

SAN12_DK

SAN12_C

SAN12_B

SAN12_A

SAN13

SAN13 - Are there any times during the year when the whole household is unable to use the toilet facility?

SAN14

SAN14 - When is the whole household unable to use the toilet facility?

SAN14_RF

SAN14_OT

SAN14_DK

SAN14_A

SAN15

SAN15 - Where do household members go when they cannot use the toilet facility?

SAN15_RF

SAN15_OT

SAN15_DK

SAN15_C

SAN15_B

SAN15_A

SAN16

SAN16 - In your opinion, Is this toilet facility adequate for persons with disabilities or elders?

HW1

HW1 - In your opinion, at what times in the day is it important to wash your hands?

HW1_OT

HW1_J

HW1_I

HW1_H

HW1_G

HW1_F

HW1_E

HW1_D

HW1_C

HW1_B

HW1_A

DW1

DW1 - Where does your household dispose of domestic waste most of the time?

DW1_EndTime

HE01

HE01 - What source of electricity is used **most** of the time in this household?

HE01_StartTime

choicename_HE01

HE01_response

HE02a

HE02a - Which of your household appliances are powered using this household’ ${HE01_response}?

HE02a_OT

HE02a_G

HE02a_F

HE02a_E

HE02a_D

HE02a_C

HE02a_B

HE02a_A

HE02b

HE02b - How many lightbulbs can be powered using this household's ${HE01_response}?

HE03

HE03 - To whom does this household currently pay for ${HE01_response}?

HE04_hours

HE04_hours - Number of hours

HE04_minutes

HE04_minutes - Number of minutes

HE04_hours_minutes

HE04_summinutes

HE05_hours

HE05_hours - Number of hours

HE05_minutes

HE05_minutes - Number of minutes

HE05_hours_minutes

HE05_summinutes

HE06

HE06 - In the past 7 days, how **many times** were there unscheduled outages or blackouts from ${HE01_response}?

HE07_hours

HE07_hours - Number of hours

HE07_minutes

HE07_minutes - Number of minutes

HE07_hours_minutes

HE07_summinutes

HE07_1

HE07_1 - In the past 12 months, did any of this household’s appliances get damaged because the voltage was going up and down in ${HE01_response}?

HC01

HC01 - Is any food or drink consumed by household members cooked or prepared at the household dwelling using a cookstove, fire or other cooking device?

HC02

HC02 - What does this household use for cooking **most of the time**, including cooking food, making tea/ coffee, boiling drinking water?

choicename_HC02

HC02_response

HC03

HC03 - What is the brand of the most used cookstove or device by your household?

HC04

HC04 - What type of fuel or energy source does this household use **most of the time** in this ${HC02_response} for cooking food, making tea/coffee and boiling drinking water?

HHT01

HHT01 - Does this household use any heating device or fire to keep the dwelling/living quarters warm at any time during the year?

HHT02

HHT02 - In the last 12 months, **during how many months** did you use a heating device or fire to keep the dwelling/living quarters warm?

HHT03

HHT03 - How many space heaters, or heating devices including cookstoves and open fires, are used in or around the dwelling to produce heat at any time during the year?

HHT04

HHT04 - What kind of device does this household use to heat the home when needed? For example, do you use a space heater(s), or use your cookstove in the winter for warmth? Please tell me the heater, cookstove or heat system used for the **most time**.

choicename_HHT04

HHT04_response

HHT05

HHT05 - What is the brand of the heater, cookstove or device?

HHT06

HHT06 - What type of fuel or energy source does this household use **most of the time for heating** in ${HHT04_response}?

HL01

HL01 - Does this household use anything for lighting?

HL02

HL02 - How many different sources of light are used in the dwelling/ living quarters?

HL03

HL03 - What does this household use **most of the time** as energy for lighting, or as a light source?

assets_random1

assets_random2

Assets01

Assets01 - a radio

Assets01Trigger

Assets01b

Assets01b - a television

Assets01d

Assets01d - a refrigerator

Assets01g

Assets01g - air conditioner

Assets01j

Assets01j - a grain mill

Assets01l

Assets01l - a generator

Assets01m

Assets01m - a solar panel

Assets01o

Assets01o - modem/router

Assets01p

Assets01p - cable

Assets01q

Assets01q - a water pump

Assets01s_b

Assets01s_b - a bed

Assets01t

Assets01t - a sofa

Assets01v

Assets01v - a washing machine

Assets01w

Assets01w - a camera to take pictures, other than phone

Assets01y

Assets01y - a hammer mill

Assets01z

Assets01z - a geyser (water heater)

Assets01aa

Assets01aa - a plough

Assets01ab

Assets01ab - a microwave

assets_random3

assets_random4

Assets02a

Assets02a - a hand watch

Assets02b

Assets02b - a mobile phone

Assets02c

Assets02c - a smart phone

Assets02d

Assets02d - a bicycle

Assets02e

Assets02e - a motorcycle or a motor scooter

Assets02f_a

Assets02f_a - a car

Assets02f_b

Assets02f_b - a truck

Assets02g

Assets02g - a boat without motor (banana boat)

Assets02h

Assets02h - a boat with a motor

Assets02i

Assets02i - an animal-drawn cart

Assets02j

Assets02j - a tractor

Assets02l

Assets02l - a laptop or a computer

assets_random5

assets_random6

MN01

MN01 - Does your household have [bednets/mosquito nets] in this household that can be used while sleeping?

MN01_EndTime

MN02

MN02 - How many of these [bednets/mosquito nets] that can be used while sleeping does your household have? Please include any [bednets/mosquito nets] that are currently not used, and being stored or saved.

MN03

MN03 - Where did you get these [bednets/mosquito nets]?

MN03_OT

MN03_H

MN03_G

MN03_F

MN03_E

MN03_DK

MN03_D

MN03_C

MN03_B

MN03_A

MN04

MN04 - Does your household have a sufficient number of [bednets/mosquito nets] that can be used while sleeping?

MN06

MN06 - How many [bednets/mosquito nets] were used for sleeping last night?

MN05_1

MN05_1 - How many people slept under [bednets/mosquito nets] last night?

MN08

MN08 - Did some guests sleep in your home last night?

MN09

MN09 - How many guests slept in your home last night?

Land01

Land01 - Land01 - Do you or does any member of your household own any land in ${hostcountry}, either alone or with someone else ?

Land01_EndTime

Land02

Land02 - Land02 - Do you or does any member of your household own the land you live on?

Land03

Land03 - Land03 - Do you or does any member of your household hold use right for any land in ${hostcountry}, either alone or with someone else?

Land04

Land04 - Land04 - Do you or does any member of your household use any land, either alone or with someone else in the last 12 months?

countplots

Land04a

Land04a - Land04a - PICTURE of plot sketch

Land04b

Land04b - Land04b - How many plots does the household have access to?

Plot1_currentplot

Plot2_currentplot

Plot3_currentplot

Plot4_currentplot

Plot5_currentplot

Plot6_currentplot

Plot1_Land19a

Plot2_Land19a

Plot3_Land19a

Plot4_Land19a

Plot5_Land19a

Plot6_Land19a

Plot1_Land19b

Plot2_Land19b

Plot3_Land19b

Plot4_Land19b

Plot5_Land19b

Plot6_Land19b

Plot1_Land05

Plot2_Land05

Plot3_Land05

Plot4_Land05

Plot5_Land05

Plot6_Land05

Total: 2683

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