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World Health Survey 2003

Sri Lanka, 2003
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Reference ID
LKA_2003_WHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Collection(s)
WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Oct 17, 2013
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  • SriLanka-ID
  • WHS-SriLanka_F2
  • WHS-SriLanka_F3
  • WHS-SriLanka_F4
  • WHS-SriLanka_F5
  • WHS-SriLanka_F6
  • WHS-SriLanka_F7

Background (q1011)

Data file: WHS-SriLanka_F5

Overview

Valid: 6640
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 79
End: 86
Width: 8
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
Respondent’s Socio Demographic Characteristics
I would like to start by asking you some background questions before asking you questions on your health. This information is confidential and will only be used for research purposes.
Literal question
What is your [ethnic group/ racial group/ cultural subgroup/ others] background?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 4001
60.3%
2 107
1.6%
3 95
1.4%
4 272
4.1%
5 51
0.8%
6 8
0.1%
7 6
0.1%
Baker 1
0%
Begar 1
0%
Buddhist 1
0%
Burgher 4
0.1%
CL Musli 1
0%
Celon Ta 1
0%
Ceylon M 3
0%
Ceylon T 30
0.5%
Christia 5
0.1%
Hindi 1
0%
Hindu 14
0.2%
Hindus 27
0.4%
Indian T 46
0.7%
Musilim 1
0%
Muslim 53
0.8%
S L Ceyl 1
0%
S L Moor 52
0.8%
S L Musl 136
2%
S L Muys 1
0%
S L T Ta 1
0%
S L TAMI 4
0.1%
S L TANI 1
0%
S L Tami 379
5.7%
S L tami 8
0.1%
S LTamil 1
0%
S T Tami 1
0%
S.L Musl 7
0.1%
S.L Tami 2
0%
S.L.Musl 3
0%
SL Musl 1
0%
SL Tami 1
0%
SL Moor 18
0.3%
SL Mudsl 1
0%
SL Musli 99
1.5%
SL TAMIL 59
0.9%
SL TAmil 1
0%
SL Tamil 987
14.9%
SL tamil 10
0.2%
SLM 7
0.1%
SLMuslim 1
0%
Sinhala 5
0.1%
Sl Tamil 6
0.1%
Sl tamil 1
0%
Sri Lana 1
0%
Sri Lank 46
0.7%
Sri lank 4
0.1%
Srilanka 42
0.6%
Tamil 23
0.3%
s l tAMI 1
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.
Interviewer instructions
Each country to substitute appropriate phrases or terms and list the
relevant response options.
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