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 (grouped) (v614)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
38446
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
0 - 7
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 | 6+ | 18365 |
47.8%
|
| 7 | non-numeric response | 1228 |
3.2%
|
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.