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
Preferred Method (Q347)
Data file: DHS93_Women
Overview
Valid:
830
Invalid:
6248
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
13
Mean:
5.588
Standard deviation:
3.414
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
540
End:
541
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 13
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pill | 100 |
12%
|
| 2 | IUD | 40 |
4.8%
|
| 3 | Injections | 176 |
21.2%
|
| 4 | Diaphragm/foam/jelly | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | Condom | 27 |
3.3%
|
| 6 | Female sterilization | 295 |
35.5%
|
| 7 | Male sterilization | 3 |
0.4%
|
| 8 | Safe period | 72 |
8.7%
|
| 9 | Withdrawal | 16 |
1.9%
|
| 10 | Norplant | 7 |
0.8%
|
| 11 | Other | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Prolonged Abstinance | 6 |
0.7%
|
| 13 | Not decided | 87 |
10.5%
|
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.