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. 2013 Apr 25;7(4):e2186. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002186

Table 4. Percent socio-cultural activities perceived to expose different gender to tsetse bites.

Gender
Study area Cultural activity Men Women Boys Girls Total
Western Kenya Cleansing rituals/Ritual bathing 17.0 11.5 9.0 8.0 45.5
Exhumation of dead/memorials 1.4 4.9 1.4 0.7 8.4
Marriage (Welcoming women) 4.2 6.8 3.3 0.7 15.0
Appeasing spirits 3.2 2.1 0.7 0.7 6.7
Baptism 1.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.2
Rain making 3.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 4.3
Circumcision 4.0 03 7.6 0.0 11.9
Traditional healing/medicine 2.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 6.0
Total 37.2 32.7 20.0 10.1 100.0
Southeast Uganda Cleansing rituals/Ritual bathing 28.0 14.0 8.0 8.0 58.0
Appeasing spirits 2.1 1.1 1.1 0.0 4.3
Marriage (Welcoming women) 5.7 6.9 0.0 0.0 12.6
Circumcision 4.6 1.0 19.5 0.0 25.1
Total 40.4 23.0 28.6 8.0 100.0