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. 2020 Apr 22;20:79. doi: 10.1186/s12905-020-00949-z

Table 2.

Prevalence of FGM/C and related factors among participants and their daughters (the numerals indicate the number of participants who gave that response)

Variable Subcategory Number(N) Percentage (%)
Women Circumcision status No 487 58.6
Yes 344 41.4
Total 831 100.0
Type of circumcision among women respondentn = 344 Minimal (Type I) 216 62.8
Moderate (Type II) 57 16.6
Major - Pharaonic (Type III) 17 5
Don’t know 5 1.4
N/A (didn’t want to answer) 49 14.2
Daughters’ Circumcised,n = 831 N/A (didn’t want to answer) 498 59.9
No 219 26.4
Yes 114 13.7
Total 831 100
Daughters’ Type of Circumcision,n = 114 Minimal (Type I) 93 81.6
Moderate (Type II) 21 18.4
Major - Pharaonic (Type III) 0 0
Total 114 100.0