Research Article
Female Genital Mutilation in Sierra Leone: Forms, Reliability of Reported Status, and Accuracy of Related Demographic and Health Survey Questions
Table 2
Sociodemographic characteristics among 554 women 14–47 years, Sierra Leone, 2010–2012.
| Characteristic | No FGM (%) | FGM clinically determined (%) | All respondents |
| Total | 103 | 451 | 554 | Age | | | | <14 | 2 (25) | 6 (75) | 8 | 15–19 | 63 (25.5) | 184 (74.5) | 247 | 20–24 | 24 (18.2) | 108 (81.8) | 132 | 25–29 | 8 (10.9) | 65 (89.1) | 73 | 30–34 | 4 (5.9) | 64 (94.1) | 68 | 35–39 | 2 (8.7) | 21 (91.3) | 23 | 40–44 | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 2 | 45–49 | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 1 | Residency | | | | Rural | 56 (23) | 187 (77) | 243 | Urban | 47 (15.1) | 264 (84.9) | 311 | Civil status | | | | Divorced | | | | Married | 46 (12.2) | 330 (87.8) | 376 | Never married | 54 (32.3) | 113 (67.7) | 167 | Other | 1 (20) | 4 (80) | 5 | Separated | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | 4 | Widowed | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | 2 | Ethnic group | | | | Fulah | 0 (0) | 29 (100) | 29 | Kissi | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 3 | Kono | 7 (28) | 18 (72) | 25 | Koranko | 5 (20.8) | 19 (79.2) | 24 | Krio | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | 4 | Limba | 13 (17.6) | 61 (82.4) | 74 | Loko | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | 6 | Madingo | 1 (10) | 9 (90) | 10 | Mende | 15 (20.5) | 58 (79.5) | 73 | Susu | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | 8 | Temne | 56 (19.1) | 237 (80.9) | 293 | Yalonka | 0 (0) | 5 (100) | 5 | Religion | | | | Christian | 51 (26.2) | 144 (73.8) | 195 | Muslim | 52 (14.5) | 306 (85.5) | 358 | Other | 0 | 1 | 1 | Education | | | | Never been | 19 (9.0) | 193 (91) | 212 | Up to primary | 11 (11.2) | 87 (88.8) | 98 | Up to JSS | 45 (29.2) | 109 (70.8) | 154 | Up to SSS | 23 (39) | 36 (61) | 59 | Up to tertiary | 4 (13.3) | 26 (86.7) | 30 | Other | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 | Occupation | | | | Farmer | 0 (0) | 67 (100) | 67 | Housewife | 23 (13.5) | 148 (86.5) | 171 | Student | 53 (38.1) | 86 (61.9) | 139 | Trader | 12 (9.9) | 109 (90.1) | 121 | Unemployed | 11 (28.9) | 27 (71.1) | 38 | Other | 4 (22.2) | 14 (77.8) | 18 | Parity | | | | 0 | 59 (24.2) | 185 (75.8) | 244 | 1–3 | 42 (17.7) | 195 (82.3) | 237 | 3+ | 2 (2.7) | 71 (97.3) | 73 |
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