2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Sixth Edition
Zambia
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Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2018-V1.0
Producer(s)
Zambia Statistics Agency
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Aug 18, 2025
Last modified
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unmet need (definition 2) (v626)
Data file: ZMBR71FL
Overview
Valid:
38446
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
0 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | never had sex | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | unmet need for spacing | 3204 |
8.3%
|
| 2 | unmet need for limiting | 3361 |
8.7%
|
| 3 | using for spacing | 7469 |
19.4%
|
| 4 | using for limiting | 10340 |
26.9%
|
| 5 | spacing failure | 387 |
1%
|
| 6 | limiting failure | 96 |
0.2%
|
| 7 | no unmet need | 4750 |
12.4%
|
| 8 | not married and no sex in last 30 days | 3857 |
10%
|
| 9 | infecund, menopausal | 4982 |
13%
|
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.