Variable | Response | Male | Female | All |
Who performs FGM | Traditional circumcisers | 21 (84.0) | 53 (89.8) | 74 (88.1) |
Traditional birth attendants | 1 (4.0) | 8 (13.6) | 9 (10.7) | |
Doctors | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.7) | 1 (1.2) | |
Nurses and midwives | 1 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | |
Don’t know | 2 (8.0) | 1 (1.7) | 3 (3.6) | |
Where is FGM usually performed | At home | 40 (62.5) | 26 (34.2) | 66 (47.1) |
At health facility | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (0.7) | |
In bushes | 4 (6.3) | 8 (10.5) | 12 (8.6) | |
At ngaribas’ houses | 46 (71.9) | 42 (55.3) | 88 (62.9) | |
Equipments commonly used for FGM | Special knives | 18 (28.1) | 16 (20.8) | 34 (24.1) |
Scalpels | 2 (3.1) | 1 (1.3) | 3 (2.1) | |
Razor blades | 41 (64.1) | 67 (87.0) | 108 (76.6) | |
Locally made tools | 16 (25.4) | 3 (3.9) | 19 (13.6) | |
Medicinal plants | 16 (25.0) | 7 (9.1) | 23 (16.3) |