Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 3.6 Occupation: menPercent distribution of men employed in the 12 months preceding the survey by occupation, according to background characteristics,Zambia 2001-2002–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Professional/ Sales Un- Don’t Numbertechnical/ and Skilled skilled Domestic Agri- know/ ofBackground characteristic managerial Clerical services manual manual service culture missing Total men–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 0.0 0.0 23.9 11.1 0.4 4.1 54.5 6.1 100.0 15220-24 0.9 1.0 32.2 9.0 1.9 9.4 43.7 1.8 100.0 26825-29 4.5 0.4 19.7 16.4 1.4 8.4 49.3 0.0 100.0 33930-34 7.0 1.7 14.9 18.1 3.5 6.8 47.3 0.8 100.0 27435-39 7.3 1.0 13.7 18.8 1.1 4.3 53.0 0.7 100.0 22940-44 9.4 0.4 13.6 16.3 0.0 5.1 55.2 0.0 100.0 16945-49 10.8 0.0 11.6 21.6 0.0 3.3 51.7 1.1 100.0 10650-54 9.6 1.2 6.6 22.4 0.0 3.6 56.6 0.0 100.0 9355-59 5.2 0.0 5.5 19.4 0.0 1.4 68.5 0.0 100.0 64Marital statusNever married 2.4 0.6 31.6 10.5 2.0 8.2 41.1 3.6 100.0 389Married or living together 6.8 0.8 12.4 17.7 1.2 5.5 55.2 0.4 100.0 1,203Divorced/separated/widowed 1.3 1.1 34.4 18.1 0.9 6.2 37.4 0.6 100.0 102ResidenceUrban 9.2 1.3 33.7 31.8 3.1 13.1 7.2 0.6 100.0 640Rural 3.3 0.4 8.7 6.6 0.3 1.9 77.4 1.4 100.0 1,055ProvinceCentral 3.9 0.5 26.0 8.3 2.0 7.4 45.6 6.4 100.0 122Copperbelt 5.9 0.5 28.7 32.2 4.5 7.9 19.8 0.5 100.0 339Eastern 6.1 1.4 7.0 7.5 0.0 2.3 74.8 0.9 100.0 224Luapula 4.5 0.0 8.3 4.5 0.6 1.9 79.0 1.3 100.0 144Lusaka 12.4 2.3 35.6 25.4 1.1 15.8 7.3 0.0 100.0 232Northern 1.9 0.0 9.2 7.6 0.4 3.1 77.1 0.8 100.0 234North-Western 5.7 0.0 9.5 10.8 1.3 3.8 68.4 0.6 100.0 62Southern 3.8 1.1 14.2 16.4 0.0 3.8 59.0 1.6 100.0 207Western 2.5 0.0 8.3 9.9 0.0 5.0 74.4 0.0 100.0 130EducationNo education 0.0 0.0 18.3 6.7 0.0 0.0 75.0 0.0 100.0 98Primary 0.5 0.0 16.1 11.5 0.8 3.6 65.8 1.7 100.0 892Secondary 3.7 1.5 23.5 23.8 2.6 11.0 33.1 0.7 100.0 590Higher 58.4 3.5 5.7 20.2 0.3 5.9 5.9 0.0 100.0 114Total 5.5 0.8 18.1 16.1 1.3 6.2 50.9 1.1 100.0 1,694Table 3.7 looks at the form of earnings received by men who were employed during the 12-monthperiod before the survey, according to whether the work they performed was in the agricultural or nonagriculturalsector. Among employed men in agriculture, over half (56 percent) report that they are notpaid, reflecting the fact that many are self-employed. More than eight in ten (84 percent) employed menin non-agricultural occupations receive cash payment for their work.Characteristics of Respondents │ 35