(b)

	Q8. Do you know of any health consequences related to FGM/C?a			Q9. Is FGM/C a mandatory practice by religion?a			Q10. Is FGM/C equivalent to male circumcision?a
	n	%	(95% CI)	n	%	(95% CI)	n	%	(95% CI)
Total	280	28.3		443	46.2		388	39.8
Occupation
Agriculture, livestock, and fishery sector	122	24.7	(20.7; 28.6)	196	41.4	(36.8; 45.9)	175	36.2	(31.8; 40.5)
Services sector	48	24.2	(18.0; 30.5)	108	56.0	(48.7; 63.2)	92	46.9	(39.7; 54.2)
Health professionals	31	46.3	(33.6; 59.0)	30	47.6	(34.5; 60.7)	26	39.4	(26.8; 51.9)
Education professionals	36	48.0	(36.0; 60.0)	33	44.6	(32.6; 56.6)	28	38.4	(26.5; 50.2)
Students	19	26.0	(15.3; 36.8)	30	41.7	(29.6; 53.7)	27	50.0	(35.7; 64.3)
	P < 0.001			P = 0.011			P = 0.081
Age
16–30 years	117	28.7	(24.2; 33.3)	178	45.3	(40.2; 50.3)	163	40.6	(35.7; 45.6)
31–45 years	122	31.5	(26.8; 36.3)	170	45.1	(39.9; 50.2)	142	37.4	(32.4; 42.4)
46–60 years	33	24.1	(16.6; 31.6)	64	49.2	(40.3; 58.2)	54	40.0	(31.4; 48.6)
+60 years	8	15.4	(4.6; 26.2)	31	53.4	(39.7; 67.1)	29	49.2	(35.5; 62.8)
	P = 0.20			P = 0.568			P = 0.360
Ethnic group
Mandinka	97	24.0	(19.7; 28.3)	283	72.8	(68.2; 77.3)	234	59.4	(54.4; 64.4)
Wolof	93	47.9	(40.7; 55.2)	9	4.7	(1.5; 8.0)	10	5.2	(1.8; 8.5)
Fula	33	19.2	(13.0; 25.4)	93	56.0	(48.2; 63.9)	74	43.8	(36.0; 51.6)
Serahule	4	33.3	(9.9; 65.1)	9	75	(42.8; 94.5)	4	33.3	(9.9; 65.1)
Djola	16	16.8	(8.8; 24.9)	32	36.4	(25.7; 47.0)	44	47.3	(36.6; 58.0)
Serer	12	20.7	(9.4; 32.0)	6	10.3	(1.6; 19.0)	5	8.6	(2.9; 19.0)
	P < 0.0001			P < 0.0001			P < 0.0001
Religion
Muslim	253	28.2	(25.2; 31.2)	423	48.7	(45.3; 52.1)	364	41.1	(37.8; 44.4)
Christian	11	33.3	(15.7; 50.9)	3	9.1	(1.9; 24.3)	6	18.8	(7.2; 36.4)
	P = 0.518			P < 0.0001			P = 0.011
Marital status
Married	199	28.5	(25.1; 31.9)	312	46.6	(42.8; 50.5)	271	39.4	(35.7; 43.2)
Single	66	27.4	(21.5; 33.2)	108	45.6	(39.0; 52.1)	95	39.7	(33.3; 46.2)
	P = 0.378			P = 0.777			P = 0.934

^aTo allow a better understanding of the results, the table only presents the percentage of men who answered “yes” to the question.