Variable

Response

Male

Female

All

Proportion of women (25 years or older) mutilated

Few women

1 (1.5)

12 (15.0)

13 (8.9)

Many women

23 (34.8)

20 (25.0)

43 (29.5)

Most women

42 (63.6)

48 (60.0)

90 (61.6)

Mean score

2.6

2.5

2.5

Proportion of girls (younger than 25 years) mutilated

Few girls

47 (70.1)

49 (61.2)

96 (65.3)

Many girls

14 (20.9)

11 (13.8)

25 (17.0)

Most girls

6 (9.0)

20 (25.0)

26 (17.7)

Mean score

1.4

1.6

1.5

Extent to which number of girls mutilated has increased or declined over the past five years

More girls are now being mutilated than in the past

3 (4.6)

17 (22.1)

20 (14.1)

No any changes

0 (0.0)

1 (1.3)

1 (0.7)

Fewer girls are now being mutilated than in the past

62 (95.4)

59 (76.6)

121 (85.2)

Mean score

1.1

1.5

1.3