2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Sixth Edition
Zambia
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Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2018-V1.0
Producer(s)
Zambia Statistics Agency
Metadata
Created on
Aug 18, 2025
Last modified
Feb 26, 2026
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reason of last discontinuation (v360)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
16976
Invalid:
21470
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | became pregnant | 1325 |
7.8%
|
| 2 | wanted to become pregnant | 4906 |
28.9%
|
| 3 | husband disapproved | 680 |
4%
|
| 4 | side effects | 5303 |
31.2%
|
| 5 | health concerns | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | access, availability | 857 |
5%
|
| 7 | wanted more effective method | 1609 |
9.5%
|
| 8 | inconvenient to use | 359 |
2.1%
|
| 9 | infrequent sex, husband away | 965 |
5.7%
|
| 10 | cost | 34 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | fatalistic | 57 |
0.3%
|
| 12 | difficult pregnancy, menopause | 87 |
0.5%
|
| 13 | marital dissolution | 142 |
0.8%
|
| 14 | other | 604 |
3.6%
|
| 98 | don't know | 48 |
0.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 21470 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.