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
Metadata
Created on
Jan 16, 2026
Last modified
Feb 26, 2026
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reason of last discontinuation (v360)
Data file: ZMBR81FL
Overview
Valid:
17888
Invalid:
17722
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | became pregnant | 726 |
4.1%
|
| 2 | wanted to become pregnant | 5619 |
31.4%
|
| 3 | husband disapproved | 496 |
2.8%
|
| 4 | side effects | 3451 |
19.3%
|
| 5 | health concerns | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | access, availability | 922 |
5.2%
|
| 7 | wanted more effective method | 1534 |
8.6%
|
| 8 | inconvenient to use | 331 |
1.9%
|
| 9 | infrequent sex, husband away | 783 |
4.4%
|
| 10 | cost | 125 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | fatalistic | 36 |
0.2%
|
| 12 | difficult pregnancy, menopause | 182 |
1%
|
| 13 | marital dissolution | 324 |
1.8%
|
| 14 | other | 987 |
5.5%
|
| 15 | changes in menstrual bleeding | 2315 |
12.9%
|
| 98 | don't know | 57 |
0.3%
|
| 101 | .A | 43 | |
| Sysmiss | 17679 |
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.