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FCCOMPPAIN
(FCCOMPPAIN)
Complications after FC: Severe pain
Codes and Frequencies
Description
FCCOMPPAIN indicates whether the woman experienced severe pain as a complication of female circumcision.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, FCCOMPPAIN is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FCCOMPPAIN 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 had complications from FC.
- Egypt 1995: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are circumcised and had complications from FC.
