Description

For women who have experienced fistula that was not treated, FSNOTREATWHY reports the main reason that treatment was not sought.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

Comparability

Question wording varies for FSNOTREATWHY. For most samples, the woman is asked why she had not sought treatment, without supplying possible reasons. For other samples, the question includes a list of possible responses. Despite this difference in question structure, answers are coded into consistent categories across samples for FSNOTREATWHY.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FSNOTREATWHY is in neither the standard DHS questionnaire or in the DHS standard fistula module.

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