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 (Q415)
Data file: DHS93_Child
Overview
Valid:
2234
Invalid:
1690
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Mean:
7.385
Standard deviation:
10.996
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
151
End:
152
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No milk | 263 |
11.8%
|
| 2 | Insufficient milk | 280 |
12.5%
|
| 3 | Nipple injured | 29 |
1.3%
|
| 4 | Mother ill | 180 |
8.1%
|
| 5 | Mother busy | 86 |
3.8%
|
| 6 | Other milk/food better for baby | 253 |
11.3%
|
| 7 | Baby ill | 32 |
1.4%
|
| 8 | Baby refused | 461 |
20.6%
|
| 9 | Other | 104 |
4.7%
|
| 10 | Became pregnant | 486 |
21.8%
|
| 11 | Baby died right after birth | 31 |
1.4%
|
| 99 | 99 | 29 |
1.3%
|
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.