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 for Breast feeding never done/stopped 01 (Q4150001)
Data file: DHS93_Women
Overview
Valid:
1340
Invalid:
5738
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Mean:
5.82
Standard deviation:
7.385
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
678
End:
679
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No milk | 193 |
14.4%
|
| 2 | Insufficient milk | 199 |
14.9%
|
| 3 | Nipple injured | 19 |
1.4%
|
| 4 | Mother ill | 148 |
11%
|
| 5 | Mother busy | 73 |
5.4%
|
| 6 | Other milk/food better for baby | 188 |
14%
|
| 7 | Baby ill | 18 |
1.3%
|
| 8 | Baby refused | 319 |
23.8%
|
| 9 | Other | 80 |
6%
|
| 10 | Became pregnant | 81 |
6%
|
| 11 | Baby died right after birth | 15 |
1.1%
|
| 99 | 99 | 7 |
0.5%
|
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.