Research Article
Attitude towards the Practice of Female Genital Cutting among School Boys and Girls in Somali and Harari Regions, Eastern Ethiopia
Table 2
Group differences in attitude towards FGC in Somali and Harari regions, Eastern Ethiopia.
| | Reported answers of the respondents about attitude towards FGC | Frequency () | Percentage | By regions | By gender | | Total | Harari () | Somali () | Male () | Female () |
| | Favoring FGC | | | | | | | | Yes | 68 | 14.2% | 19 (7.9%) | 49 (20.6%) | 26 (11.2%) | 42 (17.1%) | | No | 410 | 85.8% | 221 (92.1%) | 189 (79.4%) | 206 (88.8%) | 204 (82.9%) |
| | Reason for not favoring FGC | | | | | | | | It is harmful | 190 | 46.3% | 93 (43.5%) | 97 (56.4%) | 94 (47.7%) | 96 (50.8%) | | It has health risk | 280 | 68.3% | 181 (84.6%) | 99 (57.6%) | 130 (60%) | 150 (79.4%) | | It is a culture family support it | 43 | 10.5% | 15 (7.1%) | 28 (16.3%) | 25 (12.7%) | 18 (9.5%) | | I do not know | 20 | 4.9% | 15 (7%) | 5 (2.9%) | 13 (6.6%) | 7 (3.7%) |
| | Reason to perform FGC | | | | | | | | Tradition | 320 | 66.9 | 181 (75.4%) | 139 (58.4%) | 147 (63.4%) | 173 (70.3%) | | Religious requirement | 51 | 10.7 | 15 (6.2%) | 36 (15.1%) | 21 (9.1%) | 30 (12.2%) | | To decrease sexual drive of woman | 46 | 9.6 | 7 (2.9%) | 39 (16.4%) | 34 (14.7%) | 12 (4.9%) | | To protect virginity | 19 | 4.0 | 10 (4.2%) | 9 (3.8%) | 11 (4.7%) | 8 (3.3%) | | To be accepted bride to get husband | 10 | 2.1 | 1 (0.4%) | 9 (3.8%) | 3 (1.3%) | 7 (2.8%) | | I do not know | 32 | 6.7 | 26 (10.8%) | 6 (2.5%) | 16 (6.9%) | 16 (6.5%) | | Total | 478 | 100% | | | | |
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All percentages in reasons for not favoring FGC were above 100% due to multiple responses.
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