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Table 2 : FGM Status of Respondents and their Daughters
RESPONDENTS’
FGM STATUS
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DAUGHTERS’ FGM STATUS
NOT TOTAL
MUTILATED MUTILATED
N % N % N %
MUTILATED 1206 87.1 178 12.9 1384 87.4
NOT MUTILATED 51 25.6 148 74.4 199 12.6
TOTAL 1257 79.4 326 20.6 1583 100
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The study also investigated the prevalence of FGM according to degree of mutilation. As
shown in Table 3, majority of mothers who were genitally mutilated (90.8%) reported that Type 1
(sunna circumcision) was performed on them, 7.2% reported Type II (excision) and 2,1% did not know
which type they had been subjected to. The results also indicated that 96.9% of respondents’ daughters
had Type I, while 3.1% had Type II performed on them. None of the respondents reported carrying out
Types III and IV on their daughters.
Table 3 : Type of FGM Performed on Mothers and their Daughters
TYPE OF MUTILATION
Type Type Type Don’t Know TOTAL
FGM
1
II III
N % N % N % N % N %
MOTHERS 1256 90.8 99 7.2% - - 29 2.1% 1384 100
DAUGHTERS 1218 96.9 39 3.1% - - - - 1257 100
Reasons given by respondents to justify the practice of FGM were also investigated. Ten
reasons were identified and presented to respondents, who were required to state whether or not they
accepted the reasons as tenable to justify the practice of FGM. The results of the analysis are presented
in Table 4:
Table 4 : Reasons Adduced for the Practice of FGM
TENABLE UNTENABLE
REASONS N % N % TOTAL
Compliance with the local custom 1369 86.5 214 13.5 1583
Reduction of women’s sexual appetite 1295 81.8 288 18.2 1583
Compliance with husband’s wish 1280 80.9 303 19.1 1583
Prevention of sex outside marriage 1226 77.4 357 22.6 1583
Prevention of sexual promiscuity by unmarried girls 1176 74.3 407 25.7 1583
To save the lives of unborn babies during delivery 1020 64.4 563 35.6 1583
Initiation rite to womanhood 466 29.4 1117 70.6 1583
Preservation of female virginity 436 27.5 1147 72.5 1583
Protection of family honor 414 26.2 1169 73.8 1583
Compliance with family religion 388 24.5 1195 75.5 1583
As shown in Table 4, an overwhelming majority of respondents (86.5) reported that compliance
with local custom was a major reason for the practice of FGM. Also, 81.8% and 80.9% of the
respondents gave control of women’s sexual appetite and compliance with husband’s wish respectively