2024 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Seventh Edition
Zambia, 2024
Get Microdata
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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preferred waiting time for birth of a/another child (v603)
Data file: ZMBR81FL
Overview
Valid:
13314
Invalid:
22296
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
100 - 998
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | wanted now | 79 |
0.6%
|
| 101 | months: 1 | 28 |
0.2%
|
| 102 | 13 |
0.1%
|
|
| 103 | 8 |
0.1%
|
|
| 104 | 15 |
0.1%
|
|
| 105 | 9 |
0.1%
|
|
| 106 | 20 |
0.2%
|
|
| 107 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 108 | 11 |
0.1%
|
|
| 109 | 101 |
0.8%
|
|
| 110 | 33 |
0.2%
|
|
| 111 | 16 |
0.1%
|
|
| 112 | 40 |
0.3%
|
|
| 113 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 114 | 4 |
0%
|
|
| 115 | 4 |
0%
|
|
| 118 | 10 |
0.1%
|
|
| 121 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 123 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 124 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 126 | 8 |
0.1%
|
|
| 127 | 4 |
0%
|
|
| 128 | 6 |
0%
|
|
| 130 | 8 |
0.1%
|
|
| 131 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 133 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 138 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 140 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 141 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 149 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 153 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 155 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 199 | months: number missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 201 | years: 1 | 1189 |
8.9%
|
| 202 | 2163 |
16.2%
|
|
| 203 | 2271 |
17.1%
|
|
| 204 | 1156 |
8.7%
|
|
| 205 | 2502 |
18.8%
|
|
| 206 | 449 |
3.4%
|
|
| 207 | 286 |
2.1%
|
|
| 208 | 132 |
1%
|
|
| 209 | 40 |
0.3%
|
|
| 210 | 239 |
1.8%
|
|
| 211 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 212 | 15 |
0.1%
|
|
| 213 | 4 |
0%
|
|
| 214 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 215 | 10 |
0.1%
|
|
| 218 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 220 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 232 | 4 |
0%
|
|
| 299 | years: number missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 993 | after marriage | 374 |
2.8%
|
| 994 | soon, now | 1716 |
12.9%
|
| 996 | other, non-numeric | 109 |
0.8%
|
| 997 | inconsistent | 0 |
0%
|
| 998 | don't know | 194 |
1.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 22296 |
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.