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 girls (v628)
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 | 3666 |
9.5%
|
|
| 1 | 2851 |
7.4%
|
|
| 2 | 11669 |
30.4%
|
|
| 3 | 11003 |
28.6%
|
|
| 4 | 4669 |
12.1%
|
|
| 5 | 2418 |
6.3%
|
|
| 6 | 593 |
1.5%
|
|
| 7 | 154 |
0.4%
|
|
| 8 | 82 |
0.2%
|
|
| 9 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 10 | 46 |
0.1%
|
|
| 96 | other | 1292 |
3.4%
|
| 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.