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
Main Reason to stop Method Before Current (Q339)
Data file: DHS93_Women
Overview
Valid:
744
Invalid:
6334
Minimum:
2
Maximum:
98
Mean:
6.524
Standard deviation:
4.345
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
524
End:
525
Width:
2
Range:
2 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Not effective | 33 |
4.4%
|
| 3 | Husband Disapproves | 29 |
3.9%
|
| 4 | Health concerns | 278 |
37.4%
|
| 5 | Access/availability | 29 |
3.9%
|
| 6 | Cost too much | 12 |
1.6%
|
| 7 | Inconvenient to use | 56 |
7.5%
|
| 8 | Infrequent Sex | 9 |
1.2%
|
| 9 | To use permanent method | 218 |
29.3%
|
| 10 | Rumours of side effects | 21 |
2.8%
|
| 11 | Other | 58 |
7.8%
|
| 98 | Don't know | 1 |
0.1%
|
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.