Table 3.
Beliefs about male circumcision among 90 study participants six weeks following circumcision in Nabire district, Papua, Indonesia
| Variable | Total N (%) | Ethnicity | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Papuan N (%) | Papuan N (%) | Test statistic | |||
| Do people in your community view you differently now that you are circumcised? | χ2 = 0 | 1.0 | |||
| Yes | 87 (96.7) | 35 (97.2) | 52 (96.3) | ||
| No | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Don’t know/no answer | 3 (3.3) | 1 (2.8) | 2 (3.7) | ||
| Since I was circumcised, I am more of a man | χ2 = 5.21 | 0.07 | |||
| Very true | 61 (67.8) | 29 (80.6) | 32 (59.3) | ||
| Somewhat true | 17 (18.9) | 3 (8.3) | 14 (26.0) | ||
| Not very true | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Not at all true | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Don’t know/no answer | 12 (13.3) | 4 (11.1) | 8 (14.8) | ||
| Since I was circumcised girls/women think I am more attractive | χ2 = 1.03 | 0.79 | |||
| Strongly agree | 5 (5.6) | 1 (2.8) | 4 (7.4) | ||
| Somewhat agree | 7 (7.8) | 3(8.3) | 4 (7.4) | ||
| Somewhat disagree | 0 (0) | 0(0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 4 (4.4) | 2 (5.6) | 2 (3.7) | ||
| Don’t know/no answer | 74 (82.2) | 30 (83.3) | 44 (81.5) | ||
| Since I was circumcised, I am less Papuan | χ2 = 7.45 | 0.02 | |||
| Strongly agree | 6 (6.7) | 1 (2.8) | 5 (9.3) | ||
| Somewhat agree | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Somewhat disagree | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Strongly disagree | 62(68.9) | 21 (58.3) | 41 (75.9) | ||
| Don’t know/no answer | 22(24.4) | 14 (38.9) | 8 (14.8) | ||
| What is the best age to circumcise (yrs) | χ2 = 1.89 | 0.60 | |||
| 1–9 | 6 (6.7) | 2 (5.6) | 4 (7.4) | ||
| 10–14 | 37 (41.1) | 14 (38.9) | 23 (42.6) | ||
| 15–19 | 45 (50.0) | 20 (55.6) | 25 (46.3) | ||
| 20+ | 2 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.7) | ||