Demographic and Health Survey - 1993

Sri Lanka, 1993

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LKA-DCS-DHS-1993-v1.0

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Department of Census and Statistics (DCS)

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Reason for reduce/stop breastfeeding (Q449)

Data file: DHS93_Women

Overview

Valid: 19

Invalid: 7059

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Mean: 4.579

Standard deviation: 2.912

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 1214

End: 1214

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Bad for the child	3	21.4%
2	Parents advised	1	7.1%
3	Dr/Family health worker advised	3	21.4%
4	Child refused	7	50%
5	Other	0	0%

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.

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