2000 Census of Population and Housing Published by Central Statistical Office, P. O. Box 31908, Lusaka, Southern. Tel: 260-01-251377/253468 Fax: 260-01-253468 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.zamstats.gov.zm October, 2004 COPYRIGHT RESERVED Extracts may be published if Sources are duly acknowledged. Table of Content and Executive Summary i Table of Content and Executive Summary ii Preface The 2000 Census of Population and Housing was undertaken from 16th October to 15th November, 2000. This was the fourth census since Independence in 1964. The other three were carried out in 1969, 1980 and 1990. The 2000 Census operations were undertaken with the use of Grade 11 pupils as enumerators, Primary School Teachers as supervisors, Professionals from within Central Statistical Office and other government departments being as Trainers and Management Staff. Professionals and Technical Staff of the Central Statistical Office were assigned more technical and professional tasks. This report presents detailed analysis of issues on evaluation of coverage and content errors; population, size, growth and composition; ethnicity and languages; economic and education characteristics; fertility; mortality and disability. The success of the Census accrues to the dedicated support and involvement of a large number of institutions and individuals. My sincere thanks go to Co-operating partners namely the British Government, the Japanese Government, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Norwegian Government, the Dutch Government, the Finnish Government, the Danish Government, the German Government, University of Michigan, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Canadian Government for providing financial, material and technical assistance which enabled the Central Statistical Office carry out the Census. Finally, we would like to show gratitude to the people of Southern for co-operating in providing the valuable information, to the enumerators, supervisors, master trainers, provincial census officers, district census officers and to all others who contributed to the collection, processing and compilation of this valuable information in one way or another. Dr. Buleti G. Nsemukila Director of Census and Statistics October, 2004 References and Appendices ii Table of Contents List of Tables.........................................................................................................................................................................................vii List of Figures. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ x Abbreviations/Acronyms ...............................................................................................................................................................xiii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................................xiv CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND 1.1 Geography..............................................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Population ..............................................................................................................................................................................1 1.3 Economy ...............................................................................................................................................................................2 1.4 Agriculture .............................................................................................................................................................................2 1.5 Education .............................................................................................................................................................................2 1.6 Health ...................................................................................................................................................................................3 1.7 HIV/AIDS ..............................................................................................................................................................................3 CHAPTER 2: EVALUATION OF COVERAGE AND CONTENT ERROR 2.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................................4 2.2 Concepts and Definitions..................................................................................................................................................4 2.3 Type of Population used in Evaluating the Coverage and Content Errors....................................................5 2.4 Methods of Evaluation ...................................................................................................................................................5 2.4.1 Coverage Error......................................................................................................................................................................5 2.4.1.1 Age Composition ..............................................................................................................................................5 2.4.1.2 Child-Woman Ratio............................................................................................................................................6 2.4.1.3 Dependency Ratio...............................................................................................................................................6 2.5 Content Error.........................................................................................................................................................................7 2.5.1 Digit Preference...................................................................................................................................................7 2.5.2 Sex Ratio.............................................................................................................................................................. 11 2.5.3 Age Ratios ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.5.4 Survival Ratio...................................................................................................................................................... 15 2.5.5 Population Pyramids....................................................................................................................................... 17 2.6 Summary .............................................................................................................................................................................. 19 CHAPTER 3: POPULATION SIZE, GROWTH AND COMPOSITION 3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 20 3.2 Concepts and Definitions............................................................................................................................................... 20 3.3 Population Size and Growth......................................................................................................................................... 21 3.4 Population Distribution and Density......................................................................................................................... 23 3.4.1 Population Density .......................................................................................................................................... 25 3.5 Population Composition ................................................................................................................................................ 25 3.5.1 Age and sex Composition.............................................................................................................................. 25 3.5.2 Age Dependency Ratio................................................................................................................................... 27 3.5.3 Household Headship....................................................................................................................................... 29 References and Appendices iii 3.5.4 Marital Status..................................................................................................................................................... 29 3.5.5 Ethnicity and Citizenship............................................................................................................................... 30 3.5.5.1Ethnicity................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.5.5.2Citizenship.............................................................................................................................................. 30 3.6 Economic Characteristics..............................................................................................................................................