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2013-14 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Fifth Round

Zambia, 2013 - 2014
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Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2013-14-V1.0
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, Department of Population Studies
Metadata
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Jan 16, 2026
Last modified
Feb 26, 2026
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Literacy (MV155)

Data file: ZMCR61FL

Overview

Valid: 7175
Invalid: 23
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 4
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Cannot read at all 1328
18.5%
1 Able to read only parts of sentence 871
12.1%
2 Able to read whole sentence 4958
69.1%
3 No card with required language 13
0.2%
4 Blind/visually impaired 5
0.1%
9 23
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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