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_Child
Overview
Valid:
417
Invalid:
3507
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Mean:
10.885
Standard deviation:
16.777
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
108
End:
109
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lack of knowledge/source | 18 |
4.4%
|
| 2 | Opposed to FP | 8 |
1.9%
|
| 3 | Husband disapproves | 45 |
10.9%
|
| 4 | Other people disapproves | 9 |
2.2%
|
| 5 | Infrequent sex | 28 |
6.8%
|
| 6 | Postpartum | 75 |
18.2%
|
| 7 | Menopausal/subficund | 17 |
4.1%
|
| 8 | Health concerns | 78 |
18.9%
|
| 9 | Access/availability | 10 |
2.4%
|
| 10 | Costs too much | 3 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Religion | 8 |
1.9%
|
| 12 | Inconvenient to use | 7 |
1.7%
|
| 13 | Rumour of side effects | 25 |
6.1%
|
| 14 | Other | 72 |
17.4%
|
| 98 | Don't know | 10 |
2.4%
|
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.