Demographic and Health Survey - 1993
Sri Lanka, 1993
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Reference ID
LKA-DCS-DHS-1993-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics (DCS)
Metadata
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Last modified
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- DHS93_HH
- DHS93_Person
- DHS93_Women
- DHS93_Child
Reason for abstainence (Q317)
Data file: DHS93_Women
Overview
Valid:
703
Invalid:
6375
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
7
Mean:
3.499
Standard deviation:
1.409
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
487
End:
487
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 7
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avoid Pregnancy | 55 |
7.8%
|
| 2 | Child of merriage age | 57 |
8.1%
|
| 3 | Husband away | 288 |
41%
|
| 4 | Postpartum/brestfeeding | 204 |
29%
|
| 5 | Illness | 39 |
5.5%
|
| 6 | Religious reasons | 4 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | Other | 56 |
8%
|
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.