2024 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Seventh Edition
Zambia, 2024
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Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2024-V1.0
Producer(s)
Zambia Statistics Agency
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Jan 16, 2026
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age at first menstrual period (v249)
Data file: ZMBR81FL
Overview
Valid:
35610
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
6 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 7 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 8 | 16 |
0%
|
|
| 9 | 23 |
0.1%
|
|
| 10 | 377 |
1.1%
|
|
| 11 | 586 |
1.6%
|
|
| 12 | 4532 |
12.7%
|
|
| 13 | 5743 |
16.1%
|
|
| 14 | 7680 |
21.6%
|
|
| 15 | 8558 |
24%
|
|
| 16 | 3976 |
11.2%
|
|
| 17 | 1646 |
4.6%
|
|
| 18 | 1239 |
3.5%
|
|
| 19 | 365 |
1%
|
|
| 20 | 191 |
0.5%
|
|
| 21 | 19 |
0.1%
|
|
| 22 | 11 |
0%
|
|
| 23 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 24 | 7 |
0%
|
|
| 25 | 9 |
0%
|
|
| 28 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 34 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 35 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 36 | 15 |
0%
|
|
| 39 | 9 |
0%
|
|
| 41 | 9 |
0%
|
|
| 43 | 22 |
0.1%
|
|
| 47 | 4 |
0%
|
|
| 49 | 15 |
0%
|
|
| 96 | never menstruated | 39 |
0.1%
|
| 98 | don't know | 493 |
1.4%
|
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.