Samoa Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Samoa, 2009

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Reference ID

WSM-SBS-DHS-2009-v1

Producer(s)

Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health

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Unmet need (definition 2) (V626)

Data file: SamDHS09rcdWN

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 686

End: 687

Width: 2

Format: Numeric

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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 years
8	Not currently married
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.

Description

Definition

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.

Universe

All women

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