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)

Metadata

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Aug 28, 2024

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Kind of Work Doing (Q716)

Data file: DHS93_Women

Overview

Valid: 1889

Invalid: 5189

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 98

Mean: 7.246

Standard deviation: 5.672

Type: Continuous

Start: 1289

End: 1290

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Farming
2	Fishing/hunting
3	Estate worker
4	Unskilled labourer (own Account)
5	Unskilled Labourer (Pvt/Govt institute)
6	Skilled labourer (own account)
7	Skilled labourer (Pvt/Govt Institute)
8	Petty Trader/Hawker
9	Cottage Industry
10	Domestic Worker
11	Teacher - Primary/secondary
12	Teacher University
13	Nurse Health worker
14	Tech/Mgrl/Professional
15	Other
16	Pensioneer
98	Don't know

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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