Demographic and Health Survey - 1993

Sri Lanka, 1993

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Reference ID

LKA_1993_DHS_v01_M

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Department of Census and Statistics (DCS)

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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

Start: 151

End: 152

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	No milk
2	Insufficient milk
3	Nipple injured
4	Mother ill
5	Mother busy
6	Other milk/food better for baby
7	Baby ill
8	Baby refused
9	Other
10	Became pregnant
11	Baby died right after birth
99	99

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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