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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Jan 05, 2023
Last modified
Jul 28, 2023
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- DHS93_HH
- DHS93_Person
- DHS93_Women
- DHS93_Child
Main Reason not Using a Method (Q524)
Data file: DHS93_Women
Overview
Valid:
788
Invalid:
6290
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Mean:
10.393
Standard deviation:
15.678
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
1248
End:
1249
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lack of knowledge/source | 25 |
3.2%
|
| 2 | Opposed to FP | 23 |
2.9%
|
| 3 | Husband disapproves | 57 |
7.3%
|
| 4 | Other people disapproves | 7 |
0.9%
|
| 5 | Infrequent sex | 104 |
13.3%
|
| 6 | Postpartum | 55 |
7%
|
| 7 | Menopausal/subficund | 185 |
23.6%
|
| 8 | Health concerns | 109 |
13.9%
|
| 9 | Access/availability | 9 |
1.1%
|
| 10 | Costs too much | 4 |
0.5%
|
| 11 | Religion | 17 |
2.2%
|
| 12 | Inconvenient to use | 9 |
1.1%
|
| 13 | Rumour of side effects | 26 |
3.3%
|
| 14 | Other | 135 |
17.2%
|
| 98 | Don't know | 18 |
2.3%
|
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.