2024 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Seventh Edition
Zambia, 2024
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Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2024-V1.0
Producer(s)
Zambia Statistics Agency
Metadata
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Jan 16, 2026
Last modified
Jan 20, 2026
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unmet need (definition 2) (v626)
Data file: ZMBR81FL
Overview
Valid:
35610
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 | 2259 |
6.3%
|
| 2 | unmet need for limiting | 2697 |
7.6%
|
| 3 | using for spacing | 8401 |
23.6%
|
| 4 | using for limiting | 10443 |
29.3%
|
| 5 | spacing failure | 126 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | limiting failure | 56 |
0.2%
|
| 7 | no unmet need | 4003 |
11.2%
|
| 8 | not married and no sex in last 30 days | 3449 |
9.7%
|
| 9 | infecund, menopausal | 4176 |
11.7%
|
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.