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FSNOTREATQLTY
(FSNOTREATQLTY)Why not treat fistula: Poor quality of care
Codes and Frequencies
Description
FSNOTREATQLTY indicates whether the woman reported poor quality of care as a reason for not getting treatment for fistula, in response to an open-ended question.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, FSNOTREATQLTY has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FSNOTREATQLTY is not included in the standard DHS questionnaire, but it is included in both phases (for use with Phases VI and VII of the standard questionnaire) of the module on fistula. Beginning in DHS Phase 8, this variable has the standard name FI9E rather than a country-specific name.
Universe
- Afghanistan 2015: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have experienced fistula but have not sought treatment.
- Benin 2011: Women age 15-49 who have experienced fistula but have not sought treatment.
- Burkina Faso 2010: Women age 15-49 who have experienced fistula.
- Burkina Faso 2021: Women age 15-49 who have experienced a fistuals but did not seek treatment.
- Cameroon 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Chad 2014: All women age 15-49.
- Comoros 2012: All women age 15-49.
- Ethiopia 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Guinea 2012: Women age 15-49 who have experienced fistula but have not sought treatment.
- Guinea 2018: Women age 15-49 who had fistula but did not seek treatment for fistula.
- Madagascar 2021: All women age 15-49.
- Malawi 2016: Women age 15-49 who have experienced fistula.
- Mali 2012: Women age 15-49 who did not seek treatment for a fistula that followed a delivery, sexual assault, pelvic surgery, or other event.
- Mali 2018: Women age 15-49 who had fistula but did not seek treatment for fistula.
- Mozambique 2022: Women age 15-49 in households selected for the men's survey and who have experienced a fistula but did not seek treatment.
- Nepal 2022: Women age 15-49 who have experienced a fistula but did not seek treatment.
- Senegal 2023: Women age 15-49 who experienced fistula in the past but did not seek treatment.
- Sierra Leone 2013: Women age 15-49 who have experienced fistula.
- Sierra Leone 2019: Women age 15-49 who had fistula but did not seek treatment for fistula.
- Zambia 2018: Women age 15-49 who had fistula but did not seek treatment for fistula.
