2013-14 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
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
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Unmet need for contraception (definition 3) (V626A)
Data file: ZMBR61FL
Overview
Valid:
49174
Invalid:
33
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 | 5608 |
11.4%
|
| 2 | Unmet need for limiting | 5037 |
10.2%
|
| 3 | Using for spacing | 9837 |
20%
|
| 4 | Using for limiting | 12476 |
25.4%
|
| 7 | No unmet need | 7269 |
14.8%
|
| 8 | Not married and no sex in last 30 days | 4149 |
8.4%
|
| 9 | Infecund, menopausal | 4798 |
9.8%
|
| 99 | 33 |
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.