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
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Aug 18, 2025
Last modified
Feb 26, 2026
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preferred waiting time for birth of a/another child (v603)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
13803
Invalid:
24643
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
100 - 998
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | wanted now | 3 |
0%
|
| 101 | months: 1 | 0 |
0%
|
| 102 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 103 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 104 | 7 |
0.1%
|
|
| 105 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 106 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 108 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 110 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 112 | 38 |
0.3%
|
|
| 113 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 114 | 4 |
0%
|
|
| 115 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 118 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 121 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 124 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 199 | months: number missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 201 | years: 1 | 781 |
5.7%
|
| 202 | 1923 |
13.9%
|
|
| 203 | 1968 |
14.3%
|
|
| 204 | 1081 |
7.8%
|
|
| 205 | 2580 |
18.7%
|
|
| 206 | 321 |
2.3%
|
|
| 207 | 269 |
1.9%
|
|
| 208 | 70 |
0.5%
|
|
| 209 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 210 | 137 |
1%
|
|
| 211 | 4 |
0%
|
|
| 212 | 15 |
0.1%
|
|
| 214 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 215 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 233 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 266 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 299 | years: number missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 993 | after marriage | 1137 |
8.2%
|
| 994 | soon, now | 2578 |
18.7%
|
| 996 | other, non-numeric | 142 |
1%
|
| 997 | inconsistent | 0 |
0%
|
| 998 | don't know | 703 |
5.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 24643 |
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.