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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants

From: Injured bodies, damaged lives: experiences and narratives of Kenyan women with obstetric fistula and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Participant

Age

Fistula type

Cause

FGM/C

Related FGM/C to fistulas

Years with fistula

No of children

Income/M

Educational level

Marital Status

1.

58

VVF

OPL

Yes

No

22 years

11 (3 dead)

None

None

Widowed

2.

48

VVF

Chemo

No

NA

3 years

4

< average

college

Married

3.

39

VVF

PL

No

N/A

1 year

5

< average

None

Married

4.

42

RVF

OL

No

N/A

6 years

3

average

college

Married

5.

38

VVF

OPL

No

N/A

1 year

1

< average

Primary school

Separated

6

18

VVF

PL

Yes

No

1 year

None

None

Class 7

Single

7.

35

RVF

PL

No

N/A

7 years

7

< average

Primary school

married

8

26

RVF

OL

No

N/A

I year

1

< average

Sec School

Married

9

22

VVF

PL

No

N/A

2 Years

None

None

None

separated

10

22

VVF

PL

No

N/A

1 year

1

< average

None

married

11

28

VVF

OPL

Yes

No

13 years

None

None

Class 7

separated

12

50

VVF

PL

No

N/A

22 years

6

None

None

widower

13

40

VVF& RVF

OPL

Yes

Yes

22 years

5

< average

None

married

14

61

VVF

OPL

Yes

No

40 years

2 (both dead)

None

None

Divorced

15

45

VVF

OL

Yes

Yes

21 years

1 (1 died)

None

None

Separated

16

20

VVF

OL

No

N/A

I year

1

None

College

separated

17

22

VVF & RVF

OPL

Yes

Yes

10 years

1 (1 dead)

None

None

separated

18

30

RVF

No sure

No

N/A

20 years

1

< average

college

Married

19

18

VVF

Rape

No

NA

11 years

None

None

Class 7

single

20

32

VVF

PL

Yes

No

1 year

2

None

None

Divorced

21

45

VVF

Negligence

No

NA

4 years

7

< average

Primary school

married

22

22

VVF

OPL

No

N/A

7 years

None

None

Some college

separated

23

29

VVF

OPL

No

N/A

18 years

None

None

Some primary school

Divorced

24

28

VVF

OL

No

N/A

1 year

6

< average

Primary school

married

25

30

VVF

OL

No

N/A

8 years

None

< average

Sec School

married

26

43

VVF

OPL

Yes

No

1 year

6 (2 dead)

< average

Primary school

married

27

40

VVF

OL

No

N/A

-

5

< average

Primary school

married

28

22

VVF

OL

No

N/A

2 years

None

None

Sec School

Single

29

21

VVF

PL

No

N/A

1 year

None

None

Sec School

Single

30

Unknown

VVF

PL

No

N/A

Unknown

8 (all dead)

None

None

Widowed

  1. OPL obstructed prolonged labour, PL Prolonged labour, OL Obstructed labour, RVF Rectal vaginal fistulas, VVF Vesical vaginal fistulas, N/A Not applicable