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FCCOMPINFECT
(FCCOMPINFECT)Complications after FC: Infection/fever
Codes and Frequencies
Description
FCCOMPINFECT indicates whether the woman experienced an infection as a complication of genital cutting.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, FCCOMPINFECT is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FCCOMPINFECT is included in neither the standard DHS questionnaire nor in any of the three versions of the standard DHS module on female genital cutting.
Universe
- Central African Republic 1995: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised and have had complications from FC.
- Chad 2004: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Egypt 1995: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are circumcised and had complications.
