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)