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Table 1 Characteristics of women

From: “I feel myself incomplete, and I am inferior to people”: experiences of Sudanese women living with obstetric fistula in Khartoum, Sudan

Pseudonym

Age

(years)

Educational Level

Marital Status

Years (y) /Months (m) with OF

Number of Surgeries

Sakeena

24

Illiterate

Divorced

4 y

2

Aisha

16

Primary school

Married

5 m

0

Haleema

32

Illiterate

Divorced

4 y

0

Fatima

30

Illiterate

Abandoned

7 y

0

Marwa

20

Illiterate

Divorced

10 m

0

Altaya

17

Primary school

Married

8 m

0

Sara

20

Illiterate

abandoned

1 y

0

Mona

18

Illiterate

Married

1 y

1

Samia

58

Teachers Institute

Widow

18 y

1

Sit Albanat

45

Illiterate

Married

15 y

2

Maha

18

Illiterate

Abandoned

1.5 y

2

Zeinat

27

University – 1st year

Married

6 y

6

Asma

47

Primary school

Married

7 y

2

Sitana

50

Illiterate

Widow

15 y

1

Amira

27

Illiterate

Divorced

12 y

3

Khadeeja

33

Midwifery school

Married

5 y

1

Maysa

23

Primary school

Divorced

7 y

1

Ensaf

33

Illiterate

Divorced

17 y

11

Tahani

30

University

Married

2 y

1