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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Aug 18, 2025

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recent sexual activity (v536)

Data file: ZMBR71FL

Overview

Valid: 38446

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 0 - 3

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	never had sex	0	0%
1	active in last 4 weeks	26320	68.5%
2	not active in last 4 weeks - postpartum abstinence	3492	9.1%
3	not active in last 4 weeks - not postpartum abstinence	8634	22.5%

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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