Forced Displacement Survey, 2025

Zambia, 2025

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UNHCR_ZMB_2025_FDS_v2.1

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Southern Africa UNHCR's Forced Displacement Survey

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Data file: Random member

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

Cases:	4299
Variables:	1339

Variables

Pseudo ID of the household

start

end

Intro_07

Intro_07 - Household category:

Intro_03a_NUTS1

Intro_03a_NUTS1 - NUTS 1: Province

Intro_03b_NUTS2

Intro_03b_NUTS2 - NUTS 2: District

Intro_03c_NUTS3

Intro_03c_NUTS3 - NUTS 3: ${Intro_03a_NUTS3_calc}

rosterposition_member

Roster position of the randomly selected member

Intro_09

Intro_09 - Location type:

wgh_strata_spec_resp

Sampling Strata Specific Weights Random Respondent

wgh_samp_pop_restr_resp

National Population Weights Random Respondent

samp_strat

Sampling Strata

_index

source

Source ID of the Kobo form, per language

random1ap2

eadult_nap2

epositionap2

random_indexap2

selected_adultap2

random1ap3

eadult_nap3

epositionap3

random_indexap3

selected_adultap3

random1ap4

eadult_nap4

epositionap4

random_indexap4

selected_adultap4

random1ap5

eadult_nap5

epositionap5

random_indexap5

selected_adultap5

HH_08_selected

ID_VAR_randomadult

Adultinterviewctd

RM_consent_StartTime

W01_1

W01_1 - Please imagine stairs with steps numbered from zero at the bottom to ten at the top. Suppose we say that the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On

W01_1_StartTime

W01_2

W01_2 - Just your best guess, on which step would you say you will stand in ONE YEAR FROM NOW?

SMW_random1

SMW_random2

W02_1

W02_1 - your standard of living?

W02_2

W02_2 - your health?

W02_3

W02_3 - what you are achieving in life?

W02_4

W02_4 - What about your personal relationships?

W02_5

W02_5 - how safe you feel?

W02_6

W02_6 - feeling part of your community where you live in ${hostcountry}?

W02_7a

W02_7a - What about your access to food?

W02_8

W02_8 - ability to practice your own culture?

W02_9

W02_9 - ability to practice your religion?

W02_10

W02_10 - What about speaking your mother tongue?

W02_11

W02_11 - (if employed) – your job?

SMW_random3

SMW_random4

randomW03

roundrand

SMW_random5

SMW_random6

SMW_random7

SMW_random8

H00a

H00a - In general, when anyone in your household is sick, where do they go to seek care?

H00a_specify

H00a_specify - If other, please specify

H00b

H00b - How do you usually reach this facility if you need to seek care?

H00b_specify

H00b_specify - If other, please specify

H00c

H00c - Approximately, how long does it take to go to this facility when you use the mode of transport that you just mentioned?

HH00c1

HH00c1 - For the interviewer: Enter minutes from single select dropdown:

HH00c2

HH00c2 - For the interviewer: Enter HOURS from single select dropdown:

HH00c3

HH00c3 - For the interviewer: Enter MINUTES from single select dropdown:

H01

H01 - How is your health in general, would you say it is very good, good, neither good or bad, bad, or very bad?

H01_StartTime

H01a

H01a - Chronic diseases are long lasting conditions that require regular treatment and that cannot be fully cured. Do you have any chronic diseases?

H01afilter

H01_1

H01_1 - In the past 30 days, did you need to see a health profesionnal for any reason?

H02

H02 - In the past 30 days, for what reasons did you need to see a health profesionnal?

H02_OT

H02_G

H02_F

H02_E

H02_D

H02_C

H02_B

H02_A

H04

H04 - In the past 30 days, did you try to see a health professional or healer?

H06

H06 - Did you receive healthcare services?

H08

H08 - What are the reasons why you did not try to see a health profesionnal in the past 30 days?

H08_Y

H08_X

H08_H

H08_G

H08_F

H08_E

H08_D

H08_C

H08_B

H08_A

H08_specify

H08_specify - If other, please specify

H11

H11 - What place did you go first to try to see a health profesionnal or healer?

H11_label

H11a

H11a - To the best of your knowledge, who is in charge of ${H11_label}? The government, the community, a non-governmental organization/NGO, a religious or faith-based private organization, a non-religious private organization or an international organizat

H15_calculate

H15_calculate_french

H15

H15 - Were you able to get healthcare services ${H15_calculate}

H16

H16 - What prevented you from getting care at the first place you look for care?

H16_OT

H16_I

H16_H

H16_G

H16_F

H16_E

H16_DK

H16_D

H16_C

H16_B

H16_A

H16a1

H16a1 - You said that in the past 30 days you SOUGHT healthcare services but did not receive it. In total, how many places did you go to while trying to get healthcare services?

H16a2

H16a2 - You said that you did not get needed healthcare services at the first place you SOUGHT care. In total, how many places did you have to go to be able to finally get healthcare service?

H17

H17 - In which place did you finally succeed to get first healthcare service?

H17_label

H17_3

H17_3 - To the best of your knowledge, who is in charge of this place? The government, the community, a religious body, a non-governmental organization, a private organization, or an international organization?

H21

H21 - Approximately, how long did it take to travel in one direction to that place for your first visit?

H21_1

H21_1 - Minutes:

H21_2

H21_2 - Hours:

H21_3

H21_3 - Minutes:

MovFree01b

MovFree01b - To the best of your knowledge, does the law give you the right to travel freely in ${hostcountry}?

MovFree01b_StartTime

MovFree01a

MovFree01a - Based on you experience, can you travel freely in ${hostcountry}?

MovFree02

MovFree02 - To the best of your knowledge, can you travel within ${hostcountry} if you get a [gate pass/ white pass]?

MovFree03

MovFree03 - Did you ask for a [gate pass/ white pass] in the past 12 months while living in ${hostcountry}?

MovFree04

MovFree04 - Do you know how to ask for a [gate pass/ white pass]?

MovFree05

MovFree05 - In the past 12 months while living in ${hostcountry}, how many times did you ask for a [gate pass/ white pass]?

MovFree06

MovFree06 - In the past 12 months while living in ${hostcountry}, how many times did you receive a [gate pass/ white pass]?

MovFree07

MovFree07 - Think about the last time you received a [gate pass/ white pass], how long did it take from the time you applied to the time you received the [gate pass/ white pass]? Tell me in terms of number of days

MovFree08

MovFree08 - Last time you applied for the [gate pass/ white pass], did you pay any money ?

MovFree09

MovFree09 - Based on your experience, would you say that with a [gate pass/ white pass] you can travel freely in ${hostcountry}?

Mob01a

Mob01a - In the past 12 months while living in ${hostcountry}, did you travel to another place in ${hostcountry}?

Mob01b

Mob01b - In the past 12 months while living in ${hostcountry}, how many times did you travel to another place in ${hostcountry}?

Mob02

Mob02 - Where did you go?

Mob02_RF

Mob02_OT

Mob02_C

Mob02_B

Mob02_A

Mob03a

Mob03a - What were the main reasons for your trips?

Mob03a_RF

Mob03a_OT

Mob03a_K

Mob03a_J

Mob03a_I

Mob03a_H

Mob03a_G

Mob03a_F

Mob03a_E

Mob03a_D

Mob03a_C

Mob03a_B

Mob03a_A

Mob03b

Mob03b - You said that you did not travel to another place in ${hostcountry} in the past 12 months. What is the reason?

Mob04a

Mob04a - In the past 12 months while living in ${hostcountry}, did you travel to another country?

Mob04b

Mob04b - In the past 12 months while living in ${hostcountry}, how many times did you travel to another country?

Mob05

Mob05 - Where did you go?

Mob06a

Mob06a - What were the main reasons for your trips?

Mob06a_RF

Mob06a_OT

Mob06a_K

Mob06a_J

Mob06a_I

Mob06a_H

Mob06a_G

Mob06a_F

Mob06a_E

Mob06a_D

Mob06a_C

Mob06a_B

Mob06a_A

Mob06b

Mob06b - You said that you did not travel to another country in the past 12 months. Is it due to legal reasons or any other reason?

Res01

Res01 - To the best of your knowledge, does the law give you the right to choose the location where you live in ${hostcountry}?

Res02

Res02 - Based on your experience, can you choose freely the location where you live in ${hostcountry}?

Res02_EndTime

educleveladult

educleveladult2

HHeduc28

HHeduc28_Greater

HHeduc28_lower

educleveladult_lbl

educ_now

Educ_ever

educlevelR

gradecodeHH

EducR00a

EducR00a - We heard that your highest level of education is ${educlevelR}, do you confirm?

EducR00a_StartTime

EducR00b

EducR00b - What is the highest [grade / year] of formal education that you have completed?

calculate_EducR01

calculate_EducR01_swahili

calculate_EducR01_nyanja

calculate_EducR01_bemba

EducR01

EducR01 - ${calculate_EducR01}

EducR02

EducR02 - To the best of your knowledge, do you know if your certificate or diploma is accepted in ${hostcountry}?

EducR03

EducR03 - Do you have documentation of your completed education that you can show in ${hostcountry}?

EducR04

EducR04 - Please think of your experience in your country of origin or in any other country where you have lived, including ${hostcountry}. Do you have any other general or technical/vocational certificate, diploma, or degree in another topic.

EducR05

EducR05 - At what educational level is this additional certificate, diploma or degree?

EducR06

EducR06 - What did you study for this additional certificate, diploma or degree?

EducR07

EducR07 - To the best of your knowledge, is this certificate, diploma or degree is accepted in ${hostcountry}?

EducR20

EducR20 - To the best of your knowledge, do you have the right to apply for an education permit for university study in ${hostcountry}?

EducR21

EducR21 - Do you currently have an education permit for university study in ${hostcountry}?

EducR21a

EducR21a - Have you ever had an education permit for university study in ${hostcountry}?

EducR22

EducR22 - Have you ever tried to apply for an education permit for university study in ${hostcountry}?

EducR23

EducR23 - After you applied, why was your application for the education permit not approved?

EducR23_OT

EducR23_98

EducR23_5

EducR23_4

EducR23_3

EducR23_2

EducR23_1

EducR24

EducR24 - Why have you not tried to apply for an education permit for university education?

EducR24_OT

EducR24_99

EducR24_98

EducR24_4

EducR24_3

EducR24_2

EducR24_1

EducR08

EducR08 - Have you ever completed an apprenticeship?

EducR08trigger

HealthcareEndTrigger

EducR09

EducR09 - Please think of the most recent apprenticeship that you have completed, was it a certified apprenticeship or an uncertified apprenticeship? Certified means that you received a certificate accepted by the authorities.

EducR10

EducR10 - What was this apprenticeship about?

EducR11

EducR11 - Approximately how many months [did it/is it going] to last?

EducR12

EducR12 - Where did this apprenticeship take place: in ${origincountry}, ${hostcountry} or some other country?

EducR12a

EducR12a - Did you complete an apprenticeship in the past 12 months?

EducR13

EducR13 - Please think of your experience in your country of origin or in any other country where you have lived, including ${hostcountry}. Have you ever participated in any training courses, such as work-related training or private skills training, th

EducR14

EducR14 - In how many training courses did you participate in the past 5 years?

EducR14b

EducR14b - Did any of these training courses take place in the past 12 months?

EducR15

EducR15 - How many of them took place in ${hostcountry}?

noteEduc16_17_1

noteEduc16_17_2

noteEduc16_17_3

noteEduc16_17_4

noteEduc16_17_5

noteEduc16_17_6

calcPos_1

calcPos_2

calcPos_3

calcPos_4

calcPos_5

calcPos_6

noteTraining_1

noteTraining_2

noteTraining_3

noteTraining_4

noteTraining_5

noteTraining_6

TrProg1_EducR16

TrProg2_EducR16

TrProg3_EducR16

TrProg4_EducR16

TrProg5_EducR16

TrProg6_EducR16

TrProg4_EducR16_other

TrProg5_EducR16_other

TrProg6_EducR16_other

EducR17_1

EducR17_2

EducR17_3

EducR17_4

EducR17_5

EducR17_6

EducR17_other_1

EducR17_other_2

EducR17_other_3

EducR17_other_4

EducR17_other_5

EducR17_other_6

EducR18

EducR18 - If you have participated in more than one training course in ${hostcountry}, please tell us about the most recent training program. To the best of your knowledge, who organized this training?

EducR18_RF

EducR18_OT

EducR18_DK

EducR18_D

EducR18_C

EducR18_B

EducR18_A

EducR19

EducR19 - To the best of your knowledge, who paid for this training?

EducR19_RF

EducR19_OT

EducR19_E

EducR19_DK

EducR19_D

EducR19_C

EducR19_B

EducR19_A

EducR19_other

EducR19_other - If Other, Please specify…

EMP01

EMP01 - During the past 7 days, from [the same week day as the day of the interview] last week up to yesterday, did you work for someone else for pay, for one or more hours?

EMP01_EndTime

EMP02

EMP02 - During the past 7 days, from [the same week day as the day of the interview] last week up to yesterday, did you run or do any kind of business, farming or other activity to make money?

EMP03

EMP03 - During the past 7 days, from [the same week day as the day of the interview] last week up to yesterday, did you help in a family business or farm?

EMP04

EMP04 - Even though you did not work, during the past 7 days, did you have a paid job from which you were temporarily absent?

EMP05

EMP05 - Even though you did not work, during the past 7 days, did you have a business or a helper job in a family business/farm from which you were temporarily absent?

EMP06a

EMP06a - During the past 7 days, did you do any work in farming or rearing farm animals, fishing or fish farming, or none of these?

Total: 1339

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