Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007

Pakistan, 2006 - 2007

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PAK_2006_DHS_v01_M

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National Institute of Population Studies

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Unmet need (definition 2) (v626)

Data file: REC61

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 33

End: 34

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

All women.

Categories

Value	Category
0	Never had sex
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	No sex, want to wait
9	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 variable was not used in DHS II survey reports, but has been used in the majority of DHSIII survey reports.

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