Demographic and Health Survey 2013

Namibia, 2013

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NAM_2013_DHS_v01_M

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Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS)

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Unmet need (definition 2) (v626)

Data file: REC61

Overview

Valid: 9176

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	1022	11.1%
1	Unmet need for spacing	434	4.7%
2	Unmet need for limiting	337	3.7%
3	Using for spacing	2438	26.6%
4	Using for limiting	2188	23.8%
5	Spacing failure	94	1%
6	Limiting failure	9	0.1%
7	No unmet need	600	6.5%
8	Not married and no sex in last 30 days	1343	14.6%
9	Infecund, menopausal	707	7.7%
99		4	0%

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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