Table 2 Knowledge, attitudes and interest related to FGM according to gender.
2001 | 2004 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | p1 | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | ||
KNOWLEDGE | |||||||
State they know what FGM is | 98.4 | 98.1 | 98.0 | 94.7* | 98.2 | 96.5 | < 0.001 |
Correctly identify | 35.5 | 48.7 | 40.8 | 39.5* | 37.8 | 44.6 | 0.001 |
State they know the countries | 80.9 | 77.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.579 |
Correctly identify | 17.6 | 26.9 | 0.188 | ||||
Believe FGM performed for: | |||||||
Religious reasons | 19.7 | 13.2 | |||||
Tradition | 45.9 | 54.6 | |||||
Religious reasons and Hygiene | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.317 |
Religious reasons and Tradition | 29.6 | 27.0 | |||||
Hygiene and Tradition | 1.6 | 3.9 | |||||
All | 1.6 | 1.3 | |||||
Attend population from: | |||||||
Morocco | 90.0 | 89.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.661 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 86.8 | 77.1 | - | - | - | - | < 0.001 |
Have detected some case | 3.2 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 20.6* | 4.4 | 13.1 | 0.009 |
ATTITUDES | |||||||
Ignore | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.004 |
Educate | 44.4 | 51.6 | 18.0* | 36.6* | 32.7 | 44.8 | |
Report to authorities | 22.2 | 15.5 | 22.0 | 25.2 | 22.1 | 19.9 | |
Educate and report | 31.8 | 32.3 | 60.0* | 38.2* | 44.3 | 35.0 | |
INTEREST | 69.5 | 87.0 | 81.1* | 83.2 | 74.0 | 85.4 | 0.001 |
FORMATION | |||||||
Have received training | - | - | 10.0 | 15.3 | - | - | < 0.001 |
Know some protocol of action | - | - | 22.5 | 18.4 | - | - | 0.554 |