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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contraceptive use and intention (v364)

Data file: ZMBR71FL

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Valid: 38446

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	using modern method	16857	43.8%
2	using traditional method	952	2.5%
3	non-user - intends to use later	10105	26.3%
4	does not intend to use	10532	27.4%
5	never had sex	0	0%

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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