2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Sixth Edition
Zambia
Get Microdata
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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size of child at birth (m18)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
9959
Invalid:
28487
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 8
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | very large | 491 |
4.9%
|
| 2 | larger than average | 1953 |
19.6%
|
| 3 | average | 6072 |
61%
|
| 4 | smaller than average | 927 |
9.3%
|
| 5 | very small | 246 |
2.5%
|
| 8 | don't know | 270 |
2.7%
|
| 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.