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
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duration of breastfeeding (m4)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
9959
Invalid:
28487
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
93 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | ever breastfed, not currently breastfeeding | 6545 |
65.7%
|
| 94 | never breastfed | 263 |
2.6%
|
| 95 | still breastfeeding | 3151 |
31.6%
|
| 96 | breastfed until died | 0 |
0%
|
| 97 | inconsistent | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | don't know | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 28487 |
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.