2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Sixth Edition
Zambia
Get Microdata
Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2018-V1.0
Producer(s)
Zambia Statistics Agency
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Aug 18, 2025
Last modified
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duration of abstinence (m8)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
9959
Invalid:
28487
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
0 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 132 |
1.3%
|
|
| 1 | 1114 |
11.2%
|
|
| 2 | 1874 |
18.8%
|
|
| 3 | 1853 |
18.6%
|
|
| 4 | 912 |
9.2%
|
|
| 5 | 602 |
6%
|
|
| 6 | 706 |
7.1%
|
|
| 7 | 237 |
2.4%
|
|
| 8 | 174 |
1.7%
|
|
| 9 | 137 |
1.4%
|
|
| 10 | 88 |
0.9%
|
|
| 11 | 36 |
0.4%
|
|
| 12 | 313 |
3.1%
|
|
| 13 | 18 |
0.2%
|
|
| 14 | 26 |
0.3%
|
|
| 15 | 25 |
0.3%
|
|
| 16 | 13 |
0.1%
|
|
| 17 | 19 |
0.2%
|
|
| 18 | 37 |
0.4%
|
|
| 19 | 11 |
0.1%
|
|
| 20 | 17 |
0.2%
|
|
| 21 | 8 |
0.1%
|
|
| 22 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 23 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 24 | 94 |
0.9%
|
|
| 25 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 26 | 6 |
0.1%
|
|
| 27 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 29 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 30 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 31 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 33 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 34 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 36 | 18 |
0.2%
|
|
| 45 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 48 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 96 | still abstaining | 1405 |
14.1%
|
| 97 | inconsistent | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | don't know | 63 |
0.6%
|
| 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.