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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preferred waiting time for birth of a/another child (grouped) (v604)
Data file: ZMBR81FL
Overview
Valid:
13314
Invalid:
22296
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
0 - 8
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | <12 months | 2051 |
15.4%
|
| 1 | 1 year | 1254 |
9.4%
|
| 2 | 2 years | 2204 |
16.6%
|
| 3 | 3 years | 2275 |
17.1%
|
| 4 | 4 years | 1162 |
8.7%
|
| 5 | 5 years | 2502 |
18.8%
|
| 6 | 6+ years | 1189 |
8.9%
|
| 7 | non-numeric | 483 |
3.6%
|
| 8 | 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.