Table 6.

Type of caregiver distributed by category of age at female genital mutilation (FGM) – frequency (percentages in parentheses)

	Sowei*	Nurse/sister	Traditional birth attendants	Traditional healer*
Age at FGM < 10 years (n = 34)	18 (52.9)	5 (14.7)	1 (2.9)	10 (29.4)
Age at FGM ≥ 10 years (n = 146)	56 (38)	8 (5.4)	4 (2.7)	78 (53.1)

Note:

^*Although the χ² test gave a P-value of 0.05, this result should be treated with caution, as low numbers used in the statistical calculation make the results unreliable.