Table 2 Demographic characteristics by foreskin cutting type
| Â | Uncut % (n) | Longitudinal cut % (n) | Circumferential cut % (n) | All men (n) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall Sample | 43.2 (369) | 46.6 (398) | 10.2 (87) | 854 | <.001 | |||
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Under 25 | 34.8 (136) | 55.5 (217) | 9.7 (38) | 391 | <.001 | |||
25 and 0ver | 53.0 (210) | 36.6 (145) | 10.4 (41) | 396 | Â | |||
Site | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
DWU | 37.7 (78) | 49.8 (103) | 12.6 (26) | 207 | <.001 | |||
PAU | 31.3 (62) | 53.0 (105) | 15.7 (31) | 198 | Â | |||
Porgera | 58.6 (133) | 34.8 (79) | 6.6 (15) | 227 | Â | |||
Popondetta | 43.2 (96) | 50.0 (111) | 6.8 (15) | 222 | Â | |||
Region | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
New Guinea Islands | 26.5 (18) | 50.0 (34) | 23.5 (16) | 68 | <.001 | |||
Highlands | 47.4 (190) | 44.1 (177) | 8.5 (34) | 401 | Â | |||
Momase | 28.8 (44) | 58.2 (89) | 13.1 (20) | 153 | Â | |||
Southern | 50.4 (115) | 42.1 (96) | 7.5 (17) | 228 | Â | |||
Marital Status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Single | 35.1 (180) | 54.0 (277) | 10.9 (56) | 513 | <.001 | |||
Married | 56.5 (183) | 34.3 (111) | 9.3 (30) | 324 | Â | |||
Separated/Divorced | 35.3 (6) | 58.8 (10) | 5.9 (1) | 17 | Â | |||
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Anglican | 47.8 (44) | 45.7 (42) | 6.5 (6) | 92 | <.05 | |||
Catholic | 48.4 (62) | 42.2 (54) | 9.4 (12) | 128 | Â | |||
Lutheran | 40.2 (41) | 47.1 (48) | 12.7 (13) | 102 | Â | |||
Pentecostal | 42.9 (81) | 49.2 (93) | 7.9 (15) | 189 | Â | |||
Seventh day Adventist | 35.5 (92) | 50.6 (131) | 13.9 (36) | 259 | Â | |||
Other | 58.1 (43) | 35.1 (26) | 6.8 (5) | 74 | Â | |||
None | 62.5 (5) | 37.5 (3) | 0.0 (0) | 8 | Â | |||
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Primary School or less | 52.8 (121) | 42.8 (98) | 4.4 (10) | 229 | <.001 | |||
High/Secondary | 45.2 (122) | 44.4 (120) | 10.4 (28) | 270 | Â | |||
Vocational/College | 38.1 (37) | 48.5 (47) | 13.4 (13) | 97 | Â | |||
University | 34.4 (87) | 51.4 (130) | 14.2 (36) | 253 | Â | |||
Money earned by | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Subsistence | 37.2 (29) | 47.4 (37) | 15.4 (12) | 78 | <.001 | |||
Formal employment | 51.9 (208) | 38.2 (153) | 10.0 (40) | 401 | Â | |||
Dependent on family | 37.1 (111) | 53.2 (159) | 9.7 (29) | 299 | Â | |||
Student Scholarship | 25.0 (11) | 63.6 (28) | 11.4 (5) | 44 | Â | |||
Number of Wives | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
0 | 35.1 (184) | 54.0 (283) | 10.9 (57) | 524 | <.001 | |||
1 | 51.9 (140) | 37.4 (101) | 10.7 (29) | 270 | Â | |||
>1 | 74.1 (43) | 24.1 (14) | 1.7 (1) | 58 | Â | |||
Number of Children | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
0 | 35.8 (193) | 53.4 (288) | 10.8 (58) | 539 | <.001 | |||
1 | 44.6 (25) | 44.6 (25) | 10.7 (6) | 56 | Â | |||
>1 | 57.5 (146) | 33.5 (85) | 9.1 (23) | 254 | Â | |||