Table 3.

FGC status of female respondents in Somali and Harari regions, eastern Ethiopia

Indicators	Total N = 246	percentage	Regions
			Harari	Somali
Are you circumcised
Yes	79	32.1	21 (15.8%)	58 (51.3%)
No	167	67.9	112 (84.2%)	55 (48.7%)
If Yes who made the decision(N = 79)
Father	7	8.9	4 (19.0%)	3 (5.2%)
Mother	53	67.1	14 (66.7%)	39 (67.2%)
Grand mother	15	19	2 (9.5%)	13 (22.4%)
I my self	4	5.1	1 (4.8%)	3 (5.2%)
Does FGC helped you
Yes	43	54.4	6 (28.6%)	37 (63.8%)
NO	18	22.8	6 (28.6%)	12 (20.7%)
I don’t know	18	22.8	9 (42.9%)	9 (15.5%)