Life+of+Zambians

Other 0.5% (includes Europeans, Asians, and Americans) Religion Most Zambians practice Christianity or Islam. 80 percent of Zambians consider themselves Christian and 10 percent consider themselves Muslim. A belief in witchcraft remains strong, especially in villages.
 * Home page: Zambia **  [[image:WomenInField.jpg align="left"]] Zambia culture is a unique mixture of the cultural traits, traditions and customs of the numerous tribes, who have made Zambia their homeland. Ethnic diversity is the trademark of Zambian culture. Zambia has seventy, various ethnic origins.   Ethnic Groups   African 99.5%

** Labor Force by Occupation: ** Agriculture: 85% Industry: 6% Services: 9%   ** Unemployment rate: ** The unemployment rate is high, it is 50%. The people who live in Zambia, their lives are very different than other places in the world. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that is true, a group of thirty individuals who returned from a mission trip to Zambia should not have to utter a sound. “He's like their dog,” said Taylor Tim of the Zambian villager's affection toward Basil, the hippo. Separated from his family, Basil has been staying at the Zambian safari lodge for three years. The lives of Zambians are different from many other ways of living. Even their internet access is different form other countries. They have 14,951 hosts on the internet and 700,000 internet users. This may seem like a lot but in reality it is not, compared to many other countries. Languages  English is the official language of government, business, and education. It is more common in urban areas than it is in rural areas. There are many more languages spoken in Zambia depending on the area there. Such as, Bemba in the Copperbelt; Luapula in the Northern and Central Provinces; Nyanja in the Lusaka and Eastern Provinces; Tonga in the Southern Province and Kabwe rural areas; Lozi in the Western Province and Livingstone urban areas; and Kaonde, Lunda, and Luvale in the North-Western Province. **Literacy:** 80.6%  Education   Zambians value education but most do not have the money for the cost of school. Although the government pays the teacher salaries, families can not pay for books and uniforms. They will send the oldest boy to school if a family has enough for one child. Many students drop out or fail because they lack English skills. Only 20 percent of all children are educated in secondary schools and only 2 percent attend institutions of higher education.
 * Net migration rate: ** 2.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population
 * Population: ** Approximately 12.9 million
 * Population growth rate: ** 1.631%
 * Life Expectancy: ** 38.63 years
 * Infant Mortality Rate: ** 70/1,000  [[image:large_zambia01mlive.jpg align="left"]]