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2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Sixth Edition

Zambia
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ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2018-V1.0
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Zambia Statistics Agency
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Aug 18, 2025
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unmet need (v624)

Data file: ZMBR71FL

Overview

Valid: 38274
Invalid: 172
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 8
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
0 never had sex 0
0%
1 unmet need for spacing 3191
8.3%
2 unmet need for limiting 3912
10.2%
3 using for spacing 7469
19.5%
4 using for limiting 10340
27%
5 spacing failure 382
1%
6 limiting failure 101
0.3%
7 no unmet need 4860
12.7%
8 not married and no sex in last 30 days 4125
10.8%
9 infecund, menopausal 3894
10.2%
Sysmiss 172
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.
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