Table 2 Attitudes of mothers and fathers towards practicing FGM, EHIS 2015
|  | Mothers’ attitudes | Fathers’ attitudes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Circumcised & intended to be circumcised | Not circumcised & not indented to be circumcised | Circumcised & intended to be circumcised | Not circumcised & not intended to be circumcised | |
No. (%) | No.(%) | No. (%) | No.(%) | |
Believe FGM should continue | ||||
Yes | 2358 (88.4) | 266 (16.6)*** | 1653 (84.8) | 392 (33.3)*** |
No | 310 (11.6) | 1336 (83.4) | 297 (15.2) | 784 (66.7) |
Believe FGM is required by religion | ||||
Yes | 1931 (72.3) | 293 (18.3)** | 1423 (73.0) | 352 (29.9)** |
No | 739 (27.7) | 1309 (81.7) | 527 (27.0) | 824 (70.1) |
Believe the other sex wants FGM practice to continue | ||||
Yes | 2082 (78.1) | 328 (20.5)*** | 1460 (74.9) | 304 (25.9)*** |
No | 584 (21.9) | 1274 (79.5) | 489 (25.1) | 872 (74.1) |
Believe husbands prefer a circumcised wife | ||||
Yes | 2165 (81.1) | 345 (21.5)*** | 1608 (82.5) | 395 (33.6)*** |
No | 505 (18.9) | 1256 (78.5) | 342 (17.5) | 781 (66.4) |
Believe FGM makes childbirth difficult | ||||
Yes | 220 (8.2) | 189 (11.8)*** | 124 (6.4) | 107 (9.1)** |
No | 2450 (91.8) | 1412 (88.2) | 1826 (93.6) | 1068 (90.9) |
Believe FGM causes severe consequences that can lead to death | ||||
Yes | 1255 (47.0) | 1329 (83.0)*** | 791 (40.6) | 820 (69.7)*** |
No | 1413 (53.0) | 272 (17.0) | 1159 (59.4) | 356 (30.3) |
Believe FGM prevents adultery | ||||
Yes | 1810 (67.8) | 264 (16.5)*** | 1421 (72.9) | 346 (29.4)*** |
No | 860 (32.2) | 1337 (83.5) | 529 (27.1) | 830 (70.6) |