Table 4. Attitude of females to FGC.
| Factors | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
| Reasons support practice | ||
| Religious | 5499 | 33.4 |
| Cleanliness | 3110 | 18.9 |
| Cultural/social issues | 2943 | 17.9 |
| Chastity | 2613 | 15.9 |
| Evidence of feminist | 513 | 3.1 |
| No comment | 1773 | 10.8 |
| Reasons reject practice | ||
| Painful and unhealthy procedure | 7079 | 53.9 |
| Unnecessary for female | 2298 | 17.5 |
| No religious support | 1628 | 12.4 |
| Bad social habit | 551 | 4.2 |
| No comment | 1576 | 12.0 |
| Who performed FGC? | ||
| Physicians in their clinics | 9713 | 49.7 |
| Physicians in hospital | 1485 | 7.6 |
| Nurses | 2032 | 10.4 |
| Midwives | 5726 | 29.3 |
| Lay people | 587 | 3.0 |
| Consequences of FGC | ||
| No complications | 14990 | 76.7 |
| Mild complications (pain) | 4260 | 21.8 |
| Severe complications (bleeding) | 293 | 1.5 |
| Decision-maker | ||
| Mother | 12742 | 65.2 |
| Father | 837 | 9.4 |
| Family | 4729 | 24.2 |
| Others | 235 | 1.2 |
FGC, female genital cutting.