2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Sixth Edition

Zambia

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ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2018-V1.0

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Zambia Statistics Agency

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timing on decision for caesarean section (m17a)

Data file: ZMBR71FL

Overview

Valid: 451

Invalid: 37995

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	before labor started	125	27.7%
2	after labor started	326	72.3%
Sysmiss		37995

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.

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