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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in the Zambia Labour Survey 2009

From: Occupational illnesses in the 2009 Zambian labour force survey

Characteristic

Male

Female

Total

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age (years)

   

5-9

11654 (18.2)

11656 (17.8)

23310 (18.0)

10-14

11099 (17.3)

10958 (16.7)

22057 (17.0)

15-19

9837 (15.3)

9421 (14.4)

19258 (14.8)

20-24

6435 (10.0)

7585 (11.6)

14020 (10.8)

25-34

10399 (16.2)

11268 (17.2)

21667 (16.7)

35-44

6802 (10.6)

6699 (10.2)

13501 (10.4)

45-54

3715 (5.8)

3729 (5.7)

7444 (5.7)

55+

4178 (6.5)

4330 (6.6)

8508 (6.6)

Total

64119 (100)

65646 (100)

129765 (100)

Marital status

   

Never married

24364 (50.8)

19143 (38.7)

43507 (44.6)

Married

21501 (44.8)

22459 (45.4)

43960 (45.1)

Separated

476 (1.0)

1058 (2.1)

1534 (1.6)

Divorced

752 (1.6)

2369 (4.8)

3121 (3.2)

Widowed

821 (1.7)

4356 (8.8)

5177 (5.3)

Cohabiting

70 (0.1)

102 (0.2)

172 (0.2)

Total

47984 (100)

49487 (100)

97471 (100)

Completed years in formal school

   

0

348 (0.7)

373 (0.7)

721 (0.7)

1-3

10331 (19.5)

11828 (23.1)

22159 (21.3)

4-7

20239 (38.2)

22179 (43.3)

42418 (40.7)

8-9

10312 (19.5)

9060 (17.7)

19372 (18.6)

10-12

9820 (18.6)

6541 (12.8)

16361 (15.7)

13+

1887 (3.6)

1246 (2.4)

3133 (3.0)

Total

52937 (100)

51227 (100)

104164 (100)

Province

   

Central

6147 (9.6)

6165 (9.4)

12312 (9.5)

Copperbelt

10349 (16.1)

10397 (15.8)

20746 (16.0)

Eastern

7978 (12.4)

8085 (12.3)

16063 (12.4)

Luapula

5937 (9.3)

5970 (9.1)

11907 (9.2)

Lusaka

7162 (11.2)

7260 (11.1)

14422 (11.1)

Northern

8080 (12.6)

8208 (12.5)

16288 (12.6)

North-Western

4378 (6.8)

4407 (6.7)

8785 (6.8)

Southern

8485 (13.2)

8830 (13.5)

17315 (13.3)

Western

5603 (8.7)

6324 (9.6)

11927 (9.2)

Total

64119 (100)

65646 (100)

129765 (100)

Current* employment status

   

Self employed

17050 (42.3)

11565 (29.7)

28615 (36.1)

Employed

126 (0.3)

67 (0.2)

193 (0.2)

Paid employee

7641 (18.9)

3253 (8.4)

10894 (13.8)

Unpaid family worker

15406 (38.2)

23896 (61.5)

39302 (49.6)

Other

116 (0.3)

99 (0.3)

215 (0.3)

Total

40339 (100)

38880 (100)

79219 (100)

Current employer

   

Central government

1549 (3.8)

924 (2.4)

2473 (3.1)

Local government

217 (0.5)

126 (0.3)

343 (0.4)

Parastatal/State owned firm

352 (0.9)

95 (0.2)

447 (0.6)

Private

7382 (18.3)

3529 (9.1)

10911 (13.8)

NGO** or church

251 (0.6)

153 (0.4)

404 (0.5)

International organization

49 (0.1)

24 (0.1)

73 (0.1)

Household

30542 (75.7)

34032 (87.5)

64574 (81.5)

Total

40342 (100)

38883 (100)

79225 (100)

Current number of employees at place of work

   

5+

11907 (29.6)

8128 (21.0)

20035 (25.4)

Total

40162

38646

78808

Current employment activity

   

In paid employment/business

18489 (29.1)

10884 (16.7)

29373 (22.8)

In paid employment but temporarily not working due to illness, leave, industrial dispute or on study

235 (0.4)

151 (0.2)

386 (0.3)

Working without pay

11942 (18.8)

16991 (26.1)

28933 (22.5)

Not working but looking for work/business

1533 (2.4)

1118 (1.7)

2651 (2.1)

Not working and not looking for work but available for work/business

4647 (7.3)

5300 (8.1)

9947 (7.7)

Housewife/Homemaker

244 (0.4)

4580 (7.0)

4824 (3.7)

Retired

169 (0.3)

53 (0.1)

222 (0.2)

In school (full time student)

16479 (25.9)

15448 (23.7)

31927 (24.8)

Too old to work

654 (1.0)

1113 (1.7)

1767 (1.4)

Too young to work

7361 (11.6)

7346 (11.3)

14707 (11.4)

Not working, not looking for work and not available for work for other reasons

1878 (3.0)

2184 (3.4)

4062 (3.2)

Total

63631 (100)

65168 (100)

128799 (100)

  1. * status in the previous 7 days to the survey
  2. ** Non Governmental Organization
  3. Note: Numbers not adding up due to missing information