Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2024
General Info
Original or alternative title
ZDHS 2018
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2024 - July, 2024
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Subnationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary
The Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2024 is part of phase 8 of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series. Data from DHS can be used to track progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Topics commonly covered in DHS include health care access, living conditions, child immunization, education, employment, maternal care, and health literacy. For the 2024 Zambia DHS, 13,951 women age 15-49 and 12,585 men age 15-59 from 12,808 households were interviewed.
Keywords
Abortive outcome, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Anogenital herpes, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Child health care, Child mortality, Childhood sexual violence, Children, Complete birth history, Complete sibling history, Condoms, Congestion, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Dietary supplements, Domestic migration, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Employment, Family composition, Fever, Gonococcal infections, HIV and AIDS, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Height, Hemoglobin, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Indoor residual spraying, Infant care, Injectable contraceptives, Injections, Injuries, Insecticide-treated bednets, International migration, Internet, Intimate partner violence, Iodine supplements, Land ownership, Lifestyle risk factors, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Living conditions, MMR vaccines, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal care, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Menstruation, Micronutrient supplements, Milk, Multiple births, Obstetric fistulas, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, PMTCT, Parental survival, Pentavalent vaccines, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Respiratory infections, STDs, Sanitation, School enrollment, Secondhand smoke, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Siblings, Skilled birth attendants, Smokeless tobacco use, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Surgical procedures, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Transportation, VCT, Vaccination cards, Violence-related risk factors, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight, Zinc
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Funders
Suggested citation
ICF International, Ministry of Health (Zambia), University Teaching Hospital (Zambia), Zambia Statistics Agency. Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2024.