Demographic and Health Survey 2013

Nigeria, 2013

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NGA_2013_DHS_v01_M

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National Population Commission (NPC)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Unmet need (definition 2) (v626)

Data file: REC61

Overview

Valid: 38948

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 38

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

All women.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Never had sex	5228	13.4%
1	Unmet need for spacing	3736	9.6%
2	Unmet need for limiting	1169	3%
3	Using for spacing	4243	10.9%
4	Using for limiting	1982	5.1%
5	Spacing failure	133	0.3%
6	Limiting failure	34	0.1%
7	No unmet need	13671	35.1%
8	Not married and no sex in last 30 days	2328	6%
9	Infecund, menopausal	6386	16.4%
99		38	0.1%

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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Notes

Unmet need (definition 2) follows exactly the same logic as V624, but uses the definition of fecundity given in V625. This variable was not used in DHS II survey reports, but has been used in the majority of DHSIII survey reports.

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