Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-2016

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016

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TZA_2015_DHS-MIS_v01_M

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National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS)

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Dec 16, 2016

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Unmet need for contraception (definition 3) (v626a)

Data file: REC61

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 38

End: 39

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

All women.

Categories

Value	Category
0	Never had sex
1	Unmet need for spacing
2	Unmet need for limiting
3	Using for spacing
4	Using for limiting
7	No unmet need
8	Not married and no sex in last 30 days
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 for contraception (definition 3). A detailed explanation of the changes in the definition of exposure to need for contraception can be found in “Revising Unmet Need for Family Planning”, DHS Analytical Studies 25 January 2102 by Sarah K. Bradley, Trevor N. Croft, Joy D. Fishel and Charles K. Westoff. This publication can be downloaded from the dhsprogram.com.

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