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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ideal number of children (v613)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
38446
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
0 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 490 |
1.3%
|
|
| 1 | 183 |
0.5%
|
|
| 2 | 1286 |
3.3%
|
|
| 3 | 2535 |
6.6%
|
|
| 4 | 8147 |
21.2%
|
|
| 5 | 6212 |
16.2%
|
|
| 6 | 9085 |
23.6%
|
|
| 7 | 2218 |
5.8%
|
|
| 8 | 3584 |
9.3%
|
|
| 9 | 546 |
1.4%
|
|
| 10 | 2388 |
6.2%
|
|
| 11 | 78 |
0.2%
|
|
| 12 | 381 |
1%
|
|
| 13 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 14 | 21 |
0.1%
|
|
| 15 | 44 |
0.1%
|
|
| 17 | 4 |
0%
|
|
| 20 | 15 |
0%
|
|
| 96 | non-numeric response | 1228 |
3.2%
|
| 98 | don't know | 0 |
0%
|
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.