Table 6.

Distribution of Self-Described Stage of Readiness to Change among Senegalese Women and a Subsample of Husbands

Among Senegalese Women from Circumcising Families (N = 137)			Senegalese Husbands’ Self-Described Stage of Change* (N = 48)
Self-Described Stage	Frequency	%	Self-Described Stage	Frequency	%
Willing adherent	50	36.5	Willing adherent	9	18.8
Reluctant adherent	3	3.2	Reluctant adherent	1	2.1
Contemplator	5	3.7	Contemplator	3	6.3
Reluctant abandoner	42	30.7	Reluctant abandoner	14	29.2
Willing abandoner	27	19.7	Willing abandoner	12	25.0
None	10	7.3	None	9	18.8
Total	137	100.0	Total	48	100.0

^*Restricted to husbands of women for whom FGC was a tradition before the law banning FGC.