Research Article
Attitude towards the Practice of Female Genital Cutting among School Boys and Girls in Somali and Harari Regions, Eastern Ethiopia
Table 4
Knowledge of respondents about FGC in Somali and Harari regions, Eastern Ethiopia.
| | Reported answers of the respondents about knowledge of FGC | Frequency
() | Percentage | By regions | By gender | Harari
() | Somali
() | Male
() | Female
() |
| | Do you think FGC is against law? | | | | | | | | Yes | 383 | 80.1 | 199 (82.9%) | 184 (77.3%) | 173 (74.6%) | 210 (85.4%) | | No | 34 | 7.1 | 12 (5%) | 22 (9.2%) | 21 (9.1%) | 13 (5.3%) | | I do not know | 61 | 12.8 | 29 (12.1%) | 32 (13.4%) | 38 (16.4%) | 23 (9.3%) |
| | Do you think your religion supports FGC? | | Yes | 68 | 14.2 | 24 (10%) | 44 (18.5%) | 40 (17.2%) | 28 (11.4%) | | No | 353 | 73.8 | 187 (77.9%) | 166 (69.7%) | 169 (72.8%) | 184 (74.8%) | | I do not know | 57 | 11.9 | 29 (12.1%) | 28 (11.8%) | 23 (9.9%) | 34 (13.8%) |
| | Do you think marriage needs FGC? | | Yes | 85 | 17.8 | 32 (13.3%) | 53 (22.3%) | 42 (18.1%) | 43 (17.5%) | | No | 182 | 38.1 | 63 (26.2%) | 119 (50%) | 141 (60.8%) | 41 (16.7%) | | I do not know | 211 | 44.1 | 145 (60.4%) | 66 (27.7%) | 49 (21.1%) | 162 (65.9%) |
| | Do you perform FGC on your daughter? | | Yes | 86 | 18.0 | 24 (10%) | 62 (26.1%) | 43 (18.5%) | 43 (17.5%) | | No | 392 | 82.0 | 216 (90%) | 176 (73.9%) | 189 (81.5%) | 203 (82.5%) |
| | If no how do you protect your daughter? | | | | | | | | By being against FGC | 13 | 3.3% | 12 (5.6%) | 1 (0.6%) | 7 (3.7%) | 6 (3%) | | By teaching the community | 379 | 96.7% | 204 (94.4%) | 175 (99.4%) | 182 (96.3%) | 197 (97%) | | Male preference for marriage | | | | | | | | A circumcised girl | 43 | 18.5 | 15 (14%) | 28 (22.4%) | | | | Uncircumcised girl | 136 | 58.6 | 60 (56.1%) | 76 (60.8%) | | | | No difference | 40 | 17.2 | 19 (17.8%) | 21 (16.8%) | | | | Do not know | 13 | 5.6 | 13 (12.1%) | 0 (0%) | | |
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