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Demographic and Health Surveys
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FS1STAGE reports the respondent's age when she first experienced fistula.
Apart from slight differences in question wording, FS1STAGE has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FS1STAGE is a country-specific variable, and it is neither included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire nor any phase of the standard DHS module on fistula.
| Congo (Democratic Republic) 2007 |
| Nigeria 2018 |
| Senegal 2017 |
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