Research Article
Female Genital Mutilation in Sierra Leone: Forms, Reliability of Reported Status, and Accuracy of Related Demographic and Health Survey Questions
Table 5
Three most frequent combinations of anatomical description alterations versus sociodemographic factors.
| | Combination 1 Clitoris absent, labia minora, and labia majora present Type Ib () | Combination 2 Clitoris absent, labia minora partially removed, and labia majora present Type IIb () | Combination 3 Clitoris absent, labia minora absent, and labia majora present Type IIb () |
| Age at FGM | | | | 2–4 | 2 (1.6) | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 5–9 | 12 (9.3) | 15 (12.1) | 10 (6.7) | 10–15 | 74 (57.4) | 43 (34.7) | 48 (32.2) | 15+ | 20 (15.5) | 38 (30.7) | 39 (26.2) | Do not know | 21 (16.3) | 27 (21.8) | 52 (34.9) | Residency | | | | Rural | 43 (33.3) | 42 (33.9) | 76 (51) | Urban | 86 (66.7) | 82 (66.1) | 73 (49) | Ethnic group | | | | Fulah | 10 (7.8) | 9 (7.3) | 6 (4.3) | Kissi | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 1 (0.7) | Kono | 3 (2.3) | 5 (4) | 9 (6) | Koranko | 5 (3.9) | 7 (5.7) | 5 (3.4) | Krio | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.3) | Limba | 6 (4.7) | 19 (15.3) | 30 (20.1) | Loko | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.6) | 1 (0.7) | Madingo | 7 (5.4) | 0 | 1 (0.7) | Mende | 19 (14.7) | 19 (15.3) | 13 (8.7) | Susu | 2 (1.6) | 0 | 5 (3.4) | Temne | 72 (55.8) | 63 (50.8) | 75 (50.3) | Yalonka | 3 (2.3) | 0 | 1 (0.7) | Religion | | | | Christian | 37 (28.7) | 48 (38.7) | 47 (31.5) | Muslim | 92 (71.3) | 75 (60.6) | 102 (68.5) | Neither Christian nor Muslim | | 1 (0.8) | 0 | Education | | | | Never been | 62 (48.1) | 44 (35.5) | 68 (45.6) | Up to primary | 23 (17.8) | 24 (19.4) | 30 (20.1) | Up to JSS | 36 (28) | 34 (27) | 27 (18.1) | Up to SSS | 7 (5.4) | 11(8.9) | 14 (9.4) | Up to tertiary | 1 (0.8) | 11 (8.9) | 10 (6.7) |
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