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Table 4 Responses for 154 individual school children from two primary schools in Mukulat (Engalaoni and Nengungu) endline survey

From: Eradicating female genital mutilation and cutting in Tanzania: an observational study

Gender

Class

Number

Knew FGM Health risks

Yes to FGM eradication

Marry uncut

Knew of girls undergoing ARP

Awareness of Anti-FGM Tanzania law

Knew of girls who rejected FGMb

Knew of FGM practitioners who publicly rejected FGMc

Girls

P6

12

12

12

12

A few

Nil

None

None

 

P5

24

24

24

24

02

Nil

None

None

 

P4

24

24

24

24

12

Nil

None

None

 

P3

24

24

24

24

05

Nil

None

2 knew of them

  

80

All knew

All said yes

All said yes

All were not aware

None were aware

-

-

Boys

P6

24

24

24

24

Not heard of it

0

24

4

 

P5

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

P4

22

24

20

15a

0

22

22

6

 

P3

24

24

24

24

0

1

24

0

  

70

       
  1. a2 said they won’t marry uncut woman and 5 did not declare any opinion
  2. bAll the boys stated that even though the girls objected to FGM/C, they are forced or coerced, punished and shamed
  3. cA few stated that they knew of ‘Ex-FGM practitioners that are back to practicing
  4. P stands for primary class