Forced Displacement Survey, 2025

Zambia, 2025

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Data file: Roster

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

Cases:	19911
Variables:	263

Variables

Pseudo ID of the household

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agetouse

HH_04_cat2

Age of the household member, categorical

HH_04_cat4

Age of the household member, categorical

HH_02

HH_02 - What is ${your2} sex ?

disability

Disability of the household member

COO

Country of origin of the household member

Intro_09

Intro_09 - Location type:

wgh_strata_spec

Sampling Strata Specific Weights

wgh_samp_pop_restr

National Population Weights

samp_strat

Sampling Strata

source.x

hhrosternote

hhrosternote - **Follow the instructions given in ‘FILLING THE ROSTER’ **

relchoice

qHH01b_lbl

qHH01b_lbl_swahili

qHH01b_lbl_bemba

qHH01b_lbl_nyanja

qHH01b_lbl_french

HH_03

HH_03 - ${Headn}

HH_03_spouse

noteHH_05

noteHH_05 - In what year and month ${wereyou} born?

HH_05_year

HH_05_year - Year:

HH_05_month

HH_05_month - Month:

monthagetouse

HH_00

HH_00 - Since ${your} birth, ${haveyou} always lived in ${hostcountry}? Please do not think about short or temporary absence or travels

noteHH_00a

noteHH_00a - Could you tell me when ${you} arrived in ${hostcountry}? If ${you} came to live in ${hostcountry} more than once, tell me about the last time ${you} arrived. Tell me the year and the month.

HH_00a_year

HH_00a_year - Year:

HH_00a_month

HH_00a_month - Month:

HH_00b_year

HH_00b_year - Year:

HH_00b_month

HH_00b_month - Month:

HH_11aa

HH_11aa - Why ${wereyou} away from the household?

HH_11aa_specify

HH_11aa_specify - If other, please specify

HH_11b

HH_11b - ${doyou} plan to stay in the household for at least 3 months from now?

membernote

membernote - Individual is ** ${memberlbl} **

HH_13

HH_13 - Did ${you} sleep here last night?

source.x.x

ID_00

ID_00 - What is ${ID_your2} nationality?

ID_00_specify

ID_00_specify - If other country, please specify

ID_01a

ID_01a - While living in ${hostcountry}, ${ID_haveyou} ever had to flee home? Home is the house and/or land where you were usually living.

ID_01a_2

ID_01a_2 - While living in ${hostcountry}, ${ID_haveyou} ever had to leave your home against your will? Home is the house and/or land where you were usually living.

ID_01b

ID_01b - While living outside of ${hostcountry}, ${ID_haveyou} ever had to flee home? Home is the house and/or land where you were usually living.

ID_01b_2

ID_01b_2 - While living outside of ${hostcountry}, ${ID_haveyou} ever had to leave home against your will? Home is the house and/or land where you were usually living.

ID_02

ID_02 - What is the main reason why ${ID_you} fled or left home against ${ID_your2} will?

ID_02b

ID_02b - You said ${ID_you} never had to flee or leave home, however ${ID_you} now live in a foreign country. What is the reason that made ${ID_you} leave ${citizenctr} most recently?

ID_02b_specify

ID_02b_specify - If personal reasons, please specify

ID_03

ID_03 - After ${ID_you} had to flee or leave your home, did ${ID_you} have to move to another country?

ID_04

ID_04 - How long did ${ID_you} stay abroad? Less than 12 months or more than 12 months?

ID_05

ID_05 - ${abroad_inhostcountry}, did ${ID_you} apply for international protection? For example, did you go to an office like the Commission of Refugees (COR) to register? Usually people do so to obtain an asylum seeker or refugee status.

ID_06

ID_06 - ${abroad_inhostcountry}, did ${ID_you} plan to apply for international protection? For example, ${ID_you} plan to go to an office like the Commission of Refugees (COR) to register? Usually people do so to obtain an asylum seeker or refugee status

ID_06a

ID_06a - What is the main reason ${ID_you} did not plan to apply for international protection?

ID_06a_specify

ID_06a_specify - If other, please specify

ID_06b

ID_06b - What is the response of ${ID_your2} application for international protection?

ID_07

ID_07 - If ${ID_you} want to, can ${ID_you} return home?

ID_08

ID_08 - What is the main reason why ${ID_you} cannot return home?

ID_09

ID_09 - What is the primary document that allows ${ID_you} to stay in ${hostcountry}?

ID_09_note

ID_09_note - Respondent said he/she did not apply nor had the intention to apply for international protection. How does he/she have a refugee/AS card? Please clarify

ID_09_note2

ID_09_note2 - This document applies to former refugees, ie Angolans and Rwandans. If the respondent is not Angolan or a Rwandan please clarify

ID_10

ID_10 - Can I see the document?

ID_11

ID_11 - Can I take a picture of the document?

ID_11_picture

ID_11_picture - Take the picture

ID_12a2

ID_12a2 - Asylum seeker certificate number:

ID_17a

ID_17a - Do ${ID_you} have a registration certificate? This is a certificate issued to an individual by the Commission of Refugees (COR) to people who are no longer refugees but permitted to stay.

ID_17aa

ID_17aa - Can I see the document?

ID_17ab

ID_17ab - Can I take a picture of the document?

ID_17ab_picture

ID_17ab_picture - Take the picture

ID_17ac

ID_17ac - Proof of registration number:

ID_17b

ID_17b - Do ${ID_you} have a refugee certificate? This is a certificate issued by the Commission of Refugees (COR) to families granted refugee status.

ID_17ba

ID_17ba - Can I see the document?

ID_17bb

ID_17bb - Can I take a picture of the document?

ID_17bb_picture

ID_17bb_picture - Take the picture

ID_17bc

ID_17bc - Proof of registration number:

ID_17c

ID_17c - Do ${ID_you} have a refugee ID card?

ID_17ca

ID_17ca - Is the refugee ID card orange or white?

ID_17cb

ID_17cb - Can I see the document?

ID_17cc

ID_17cc - Can I take a picture of the document?

ID_17cc_picture

ID_17cc_picture - Take the picture

ID_17cd

ID_17cd - Proof of registration number:

ID_17d

ID_17d - Do ${ID_you} have an asylum seeker certificate? This is a certificate issued by the commission of refugee when you apply for international protection in ${hostcountry}

ID_17da

ID_17da - Can I see the document?

ID_17db

ID_17db - Can I take a picture of the document?

ID_17db_picture

ID_17db_picture - Can I take a picture of the document?

ID_17dc

ID_17dc - Proof of registration number:

source.y.y

HH_06

HH_06 - In which country ${wereyou1} born ?

HH_06_specify

HH_06_specify - Other country, please specify:

HH_07b

HH_07b - Has ${your1}’s birth been registered with the Department of National Registration Passport and Citizenship (DNRPC) or the Ku ma REG?

HH_07a

HH_07a - ${doyou1} have a birth certificate?

HH_08

HH_08 - Which describes ${your21} current marital status? ${areyouisname1} married, in a non-formal union, separated, divorced, widow/er or never married?

HH_08a

HH_08a - ${doyou1} have more than one wife?

HH_08b

HH_08b - ${doesyour1} husband have more than one wife?

HH_09

HH_09 - How old ${wereyou1} when first ${marStatus} ?

HH_10

HH_10 - Could you tell me who is ${your21}'s spouse/partner? If ${you1} have/has several spouses/partners, please mention all of them.

HH_15

HH_15 - You said that ${your21} nationality is ${ID_00_lbl}, ${haveyou1} in the past held any other nationality(ies)?

HH_16

HH_16 - How did ${you1} acquire ${hostcountry} nationality?

HH_17

HH_17 - What is the nationality of ${your21} spouse(s)/partner(s)?

HH_18

HH_18 - Does ${your21} biological mother live in the household?

HH_19

HH_19 - Who is ${your21} biological mother?

HH_20

HH_20 - In which country was ${your21} biological mother born?

HH_21

HH_21 - Is/was ${your21} biological mother a refugee or asylum seeker?

HH_22

HH_22 - Does ${your21} biological father live in the household?

HH_23

HH_23 - Who is ${your21} biological father?

HH_24

HH_24 - In which country was ${your21} biological father born?

HH_25

HH_25 - Is/was ${your21} biological father a refugee or asylum seeker?

HH_26

HH_26 - Who is ${membName}'s primary caretaker?

HH_27

HH_27 - Did ${you1} give birth to a child who was born alive in the past 2 years?

HH_28

HH_28 - To how many children born alive did ${you1} give birth in the past 2 years?

HH_29

HH_29 - ${childchildren} live in another household?

source.x.x.x

educnote1

educnote1 - We are now going to ask you a series of questions about your education and the education of the members of your household.

HH_Educ00

HH_Educ00 - ${areyou2} currently going to pre-school?

HH_Educ01

HH_Educ01 - What type of pre-school ${membNamed} going to? Governement school, UN or NGO, community school, religious or faith-based private school, non-religious private school or any other type of school?

HH_Educ02a

HH_Educ02a - ${areyou2} currently going to school? If it is school holiday between two school years, tell us about the last school year.

HH_Educ02b

HH_Educ02b - Did ${you2} go to school most of the school year, half of the year or less than half of the year? Do not include kindergarten or preschool.

HH_Educ02c

HH_Educ02c - What about last week? Most of the week, half of the week or less than half of the week?

HH_Educ03

HH_Educ03 - What [grade / year] ${areyou2} attending?

HH_Educ04a

HH_Educ04a - What **type** of school ${areyou2} going to? Governement school, UN or NGO, community school, religious or faith-based private school, non-religious private school or any other type of school?

HH_Educ04b

HH_Educ04b - Is the school that ${you2} is going accepted by ${hostcountry} national authorities?

HH_Educ05

HH_Educ05 - Please tell me who decides whether ${you2} go/goes to school?

HH_Educ06

HH_Educ06 - What is the main reason for not going to school?

HH_Educ07

HH_Educ07 - ${haveyou2} ever been in school?

HH_Educ09

HH_Educ09 - What was the main reason ${you2} never went to school?

HH_Educ10

HH_Educ10 - At what age did ${you2} start going to school? Do not include kindergarten or preschool

HH_Educ14

HH_Educ14 - When did ${membNamed} stop going to school? Less than 1 year ago, 1 to 2 years ago, 3 to 5 years ago or more than 5 years ago?

HH_Educ15a

HH_Educ15a - ${haveyou2} ever experienced interruptions in ${your22} education? Interruptions means that ${you2} stopped going to school at some point and then ${you2} returned to school.

HH_Educ15b

HH_Educ15b - Did any of these interruptions occur in the last school year?

HH_Educ16

HH_Educ16 - What was the main reason of ${your22} ’s education interruption? If ${you2} experienced several interruptions, give us the reason of the last interruption.

HH_Educ17

HH_Educ17 - In which country ${haveyou2} completed ${yourtheir} highest level of formal education?

HH_Educ17_other

HH_Educ17_other - Please specify which country

HH_Educ18

HH_Educ18 - What is the highest [grade / year] of formal education that ${youhave2} completed?

HH_Educ23

HH_Educ23 - Can ${you2} read or write a simple text?

source.y.y.y

languagenote

languagenote - We are going to ask you a few questions about languages that ${you3} understand and use to communicate.

instruc

instruc - ** Can ${you3} understand any of the following languages? **

HH_Lang02a

HH_Lang02a - English

HH_Lang02b

HH_Lang02b - French

HH_Lang02n

HH_Lang02n - Nyanja

HH_Lang02m

HH_Lang02m - Bemba

HH_Lang02e

HH_Lang02e - Lozi

HH_Lang02f

HH_Lang02f - Kaonde

HH_Lang02g

HH_Lang02g - Luvale

HH_Lang02h

HH_Lang02h - Lunda

instruc2

instruc2 - ** Can ${you3} speak any of the following languages well enough to conduct a conversation? **

HH_Lang03option

HH_Lang03option - Answer Option

HH_Lang03a

HH_Lang03a - English

HH_Lang03b

HH_Lang03b - French

HH_Lang03n

HH_Lang03n - Nyanja

HH_Lang03m

HH_Lang03m - Bemba

HH_Lang03e

HH_Lang03e - Lozi

HH_Lang03f

HH_Lang03f - Kaonde

HH_Lang03g

HH_Lang03g - Luvale

HH_Lang03h

HH_Lang03h - Lunda

HH_Lang04a

HH_Lang04a - ${haveyou3} ever participated in a language course to learn any of ${hostcountry} languages?

HH_Lang04b

HH_Lang04b - Which language ${haveyou3} been learning?

HH_Lang04b_specify

HH_Lang04b_specify - Please specify

source.x.x.x.x

source.y.y.y.y

source.x.x.x.x.x

source.y.y.y.y.y

source.x.x.x.x.x.x

pouvezDIS2

source.y.y.y.y.y.y

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Dis_03

Dis_03 - You mentioned ${calculate_dis_seeing_person} has difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses. Would you say ${calculate_dis_seeing_person} has: some difficulty, a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all?

Dis_06

Dis_06 - You mentioned ${calculate_dis_hearing_person} has difficulty hearing even when using hearing aids. Would you say ${calculate_dis_hearing_person} has: some difficulty, a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all?

Dis_09

Dis_09 - You mentioned ${calculate_dis_walking_person} has difficulty walking or climbing stairs. Would you say ${calculate_dis_walking_person} has: some difficulty, a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all?

Dis_12

Dis_12 - You mentioned ${calculate_dis_remembering_person} has difficulty remembering or concentrating. Would you say ${calculate_dis_remembering_person} has: some difficulty, a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all?

Dis_15

Dis_15 - You mentioned ${calculate_dis_selfcare_person} has difficulty with self-care, such as washing all over or dressing. Would you say ${calculate_dis_selfcare_person} has: some difficulty, a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all?

Dis_18

Dis_18 - You mentioned ${calculate_dis_communicating_person} has difficulty communicating, for example understanding or being understood. Would you say ${calculate_dis_communicating_person} has: some difficulty, a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all?

primary_complete_cur

Completion of primary school for those currently in school

primary_complete_past

Completion of primary school for those who have been in school in the past

primary_complete

Completion of primary school

lowseco_complete_cur

Completion of lower secondary school for those currently in school

lowersec_complete_past

Completion of lower secondary school for those who have been in school in the past

lowersec_complete

Completion of lower secondary school

upperseco_complete_cur

Completion of upper secondary school for those currently in school

uppersec_complete_past

Completion of upper secondary school for those who have been in school in the past

uppersec_complete

Completion of upper secondary school

Land12b_B

Chief certificate

Land12b_I

Letter of offer

Land12b_OT