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Table 3 Participant Characteristics

From: Assessing the reliability and validity of attitudes and confidence scales for the care of women and girls affected by female genital mutilation/cutting

 

All Health Care Providers Attitudes EFAb (n = 291)

Licensed Independent Providers Only Confidence EFAb (N = 143)

N (%)

N (%)

Gender

 Female

240 (82.5)

108 (75.5)

 Male

37 (12.7)

28 (19.6)

 Missing/ Declined/ Transgender/ Other

14 (4.8)

7 (4.9)

Race/ Ethnicity

 Person of Color

97 (33.3)

33 (23.1)

  Black/ African American

30 (10.3)

8 (5.6)

  Asian

31 (10.7)

15 (10.5)

  Latino/ Hispanic; Native American; Other (non-white)a

35 (12.0)

10 (6.8)

  White

194 (66.7)

109 (76.2)

Clinical Practice

 Licensed Independent Provider

138 (47.4)

 

  Resident

70 (24.1)

72 (50.3)

  Physician

38 (13.1)

37 (25.9)

  CNM

22 (7.9)

25 (17.5)

  NP

8 (3.4)

9 (6.3)

 Other Health Care Provider

153 (52.6)

–

  RN

38 (13.1)

–

  Social Work

9 (3.1)

–

  Mental Health

8 (2.7)

–

  Student

72 (24.7)

–

  Other/ Missing

11 (6.2)

–

Women’s Health Specialty

 Yes

86 (29.6)

74 (51.7)

 No

189 (64.9)

62 (43.4)

 Missing

16 (5.5)

7 (4.9)

Scope of Practice includes BIRTH (Ob/Gyn, Midwife)

 Yes

67 (23.0)

73 (51.0)

 No

208 (71.5)

63 (44.1)

 Missing

16 (5.5)

7 (4.9)

  1. aDue to small sample size for these demographic groups, they were combined to protect participant privacy
  2. bDemographics for participants who completed all items for the respective scale