Table 4 Practices of FGM/C among Gambian health care professionals
| Â | Total HCP (%) | HCP by ethnic group (%) | HCP by sex (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Mandinka | Djola | Wolof | Fula | Serer | Men | Women | |
Is FGM/C practiced in your family/household? | Yes | 68.6 | 85.7 | 85.0 | 19.0 | 63.3 | 42.9 | 70.8 | 58.5 |
No | 31.4 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 81.0 | 36.7 | 57.1 | 29.2 | 41.5 | |
If you have a daughter in the future, do you intend to circumcise her? (a) | Yes | 47.2 | 64.3 | 47.5 | 8.6 | 43.6 | 23.8 | 48.8 | 40.8 |
No | 52.8 | 35.7 | 52.5 | 91.4 | 56.4 | 76.2 | 51.2 | 59.2 | |
As a health care provider, have you ever carried out FGM/C on a girl? | Yes | 7.6 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 7.4 |
| Â | No | 92.4 | 92.0 | 90.2 | 94.7 | 93.5 | 95.0 | 93.1 | 92.6 |