Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants
From: The comparison of sexual function in types I and II of female genital mutilation
Variable | Type of variable | Type of FGM | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Type I No. (percent) | Type II No. (percent) | |||
FGM/C type | Type I/ II | 144(73.1) | 53(26.9) | - |
Education | Illiterate | 73 (50.7) | 32 (60.3) | 0.598 |
Sub diploma | 58 (40.2) | 16 (30.2) | ||
Diploma | 9 (6.3) | 3 (5.7) | ||
Bachelor and above | 4 (2.8) | 2 (3.8) | ||
Spouse`s Education | Illiterate | 82 (56.9) | 26 (49.1) | 0.685 |
Sub diploma | 29 (20.1) | 14 (26.4) | ||
Diploma | 20 (13.9) | 9 (17) | ||
Bachelor and above | 13 (9.0) | 4 (7.5) | ||
Residency | City | 52 (36.1) | 23 (43.4) | 0.350 |
Rural areas | 92 (63.9) | 30 (56.6) | ||
Residency status | Rental | 87 (60.4) | 31 (58.5) | 0.968 |
Paternal | 29 (20.1) | 11 (20.8) | ||
Personal | 28 (19.4) | 11 (20.8) | ||
Income level | Insufficient | 55 (38.2) | 26 (49.1) | 0.271 |
Fair enough | 44 (30.6) | 16 (30.2) | ||
Sufficient | 45 (31.3) | 11 (20.8) | ||
Occupation | housewife | 125 (86.8) | 46 (86.8) | 0.415 |
Employee | 8 (5.6) | 5 (9.4) | ||
Self-employed | 11 (7.6) | 2 (3.8) | ||
Spouse`s Occupation | Employee | 18 (12.5) | 9 (17.0) | 0.417 |
Self-employed | 126 (87.5) | 44 (83.0) | ||
Type of delivery | vaginal | 99 (68.8) | 33 (62.3) | 0.391 |
C section | 45 (31.3) | 20 (37.7) | ||
Contraception method | Pill | 42 (29.2) | 16 (30.2) | 0.682 |
Condom | 14 (9.7) | 9 (17) | ||
Contraceptive injection | 4 (2.8) | 1 (1.9) | ||
Natural family planning methods | 72 (50) | 25 (47.2) | ||
tubal ligation | 7 (4.9) | 1 (1.9) | ||
Vasectomy | 2 (1.4) | 1 (1.9) | ||
No methods | 3 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Number of delivery | Nulliparous | 6 (4.2) | 2 (3.8) | 0.676 |
2≥ | 88 (61.1) | 36 (67.9) | ||
3≤ | 50 (34.7) | 15 (28.3) | ||
FGM/C age range(year) | 0–4 | 32(22.2) | 8(15.1) | 0.560 |
4–10 | 97(67.4) | 38(71.7) | ||
10–15 | 8(5.6) | 5(9.4) | ||
15–20 | 7(4.9) | 2(3.8) | ||
The reason for FGM/C performing | Tradition | 97(67.4) | 39(73.6) | 0.598 |
Chastity | 31(21.5) | 8(15.1) | ||
Both | 16(11.1) | 6(11.3) | ||
Other | 0 | 0 | ||
Age | Mean ± St.Deviation | 30.88 ± 8.79 | 30.03 ± 8.63 | 0.546 |
Duration of marriage | Mean ± St.Deviation | 12.49 ± 0.8.3 | 12.66 ± 8.59 | 0.901 |