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_Child

Overview

Valid: 27

Invalid: 3897

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Mean: 4.741

Standard deviation: 3.02

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 297

End: 297

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Bad for the child	5	26.3%
2	Parents advised	1	5.3%
3	Dr/Family health worker advised	3	15.8%
4	Child refused	10	52.6%
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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