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
Which Method Used by Respondnt (Q318)
Data file: DHS93_Women
Overview
Valid:
4321
Invalid:
2757
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
12
Mean:
6.061
Standard deviation:
2.524
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
488
End:
489
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pill | 358 |
8.3%
|
| 2 | IUD | 177 |
4.1%
|
| 3 | Injections | 323 |
7.5%
|
| 4 | Diaphragm/foam/jelly | 1 |
0%
|
| 5 | Condom | 190 |
4.4%
|
| 6 | Female sterilization | 1690 |
39.1%
|
| 7 | Male sterilization | 235 |
5.4%
|
| 8 | Safe period | 872 |
20.2%
|
| 9 | Withdrawal | 297 |
6.9%
|
| 10 | Norplant | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Other | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Prolonged Abstinance | 170 |
3.9%
|
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.