Demographic and Health Survey - 1993

Sri Lanka, 1993

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Reference ID

LKA_1993_DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Department of Census and Statistics (DCS)

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Reason for abstainence (Q317)

Data file: DHS93_Women

Overview

Valid: 703

Invalid: 6375

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 7

Mean: 3.499

Standard deviation: 1.409

Type: Continuous

Start: 487

End: 487

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Avoid Pregnancy
2	Child of merriage age
3	Husband away
4	Postpartum/brestfeeding
5	Illness
6	Religious reasons
7	Other

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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