Demographic and Health Survey 1992

Malawi, 1992

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MWI_1992_DHS_v01_M

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National Statistical Office (NSO)

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Unmet Need (definition 2) (v626)

Data file: REC61

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 45

End: 45

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Currently married or in union women (V502 = 1).

Categories

Value	Category
1	Unmet need to space
2	Unmet need to limit
3	Using to Space
4	Using to limit
5	Spacing Failure
6	Limiting failure
7	Desire birth < 2 yrs
8	Infecund, menopausal

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 variables was not used in DHSII survey repor ts, but is likely to be used in future DHS publications.

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