Attitude towards the Practice of Female Genital Cutting among School Boys and Girls in Somali and Harari Regions, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Reported health effects of FGC among female respondents in Somali and Harari regions, Eastern Ethiopia.

Reported answers of the respondents about the health effect of FGC	Total respondents	By regions
		Harari	Somali
Do you think FGC causes infection?	136 (55.3%)	61 (45.9%)	75 (66.4%)
Do you think FGC causes pain during sexual intercourse?	156 (63.4%)	89 (66.9%)	67 (59.3%)
Do you think FGC can cause problems during delivery?	154 (62.6%)	104 (78.2%)	50 (44.2%)
Do you think FGC can cause bleeding and painful menstruation?	110 (44.7%)	73 (54.9%)	37 (32.7%)
Do you think FGC does not cause any problem?	4 (1.6%)	3 (2.3%)	1 (0.9%)
I do not know	7 (2.8%)	4 (3.0%)	3 (2.7%)

All percentages in the health effect of FGC were above 100% due to multiple responses.