Demographic and Health Surveys Methodology - Measure DHS

ii. Say they do not know whether they want another child or when they want the nextchild, and say that it would be a problem if they became pregnant within the next fewweeks.b) Include women who are pregnant (not due to a contraceptive failure) who say that thecurrent pregnancy was wanted later.c) Include women who are less than six months postpartum amenorrheic and who say thatthe last birth was wanted later.5. Unmet Need for Limitinga) Include women who are neither pregnant nor less than six months postpartumamenorrheic and say they do not want another birth.b) Include women who are pregnant (not due to a contraceptive failure) who say that theydid not want another child before they became pregnant.c) Include women who are less than six months postpartum amenorrheic and who say thatthey did not want another child before they became pregnant.6. For total unmet needInclude women classified in the numerator of unmet need for spacing or for limiting (sum ofthe two numerators).Met Need1. Select women who are currently using a contraceptive method.2. Met need for limiting—Include women who want no more children, are using sterilization(female or male), or declare themselves as infecund.3. Met need for spacing—Include women using contraception who are not in the category ofmet need for limiting.Contraceptive Failure (only in surveys using “A” core questionnaires)1. Select women who are not currently using a contraceptive method, who are either pregnant orless than six months postpartum amenorrheic, and whose pregnancy or birth was the result ofa contraceptive failure (from the reproductive calendar in “A” core questionnaire-basedsurveys).2. Failure to Spacea) Include women who are pregnant (not due to a contraceptive failure) who say that thecurrent pregnancy was wanted later.b) Include women who are less than six months postpartum amenorrheic who say that thelast birth was wanted later.Guide to DHS Statistics 80 Updated September 2006