Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2013-14
Fifth Round
Zambia, 2013 - 2014
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Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2013-14-V1.0
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, Department of Population Studies
Metadata
Created on
Jan 16, 2026
Last modified
Jan 16, 2026
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Unmet need (definition 2) (V626)
Data file: ZMBR61FL
Overview
Valid:
49195
Invalid:
12
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Never had sex | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Unmet need for spacing | 4780 |
9.7%
|
| 2 | Unmet need for limiting | 4843 |
9.8%
|
| 3 | Using for spacing | 9837 |
20%
|
| 4 | Using for limiting | 12476 |
25.4%
|
| 5 | Spacing failure | 630 |
1.3%
|
| 6 | Limiting failure | 230 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | No unmet need | 6747 |
13.7%
|
| 8 | Not married and no sex in last 30 days | 4496 |
9.1%
|
| 9 | Infecund, menopausal | 5156 |
10.5%
|
| 99 | 12 |
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.