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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of circumcised girls (n = 130)

From: Socio-economic disparities in female genital circumcision: finding from a case-control study in Mahabad, Iran

Variables

 

Frequency

%

Age of circumcision (yr.)

1–4

59

45.4

5–9

52

40

10≤

19

14.6

Birth order

First

50

38.5

Second

32

24.6

Third

21

16.2

Fourth≥

27

20.8

Circumciser

Rural women

73

65.2

Rural midwife

18

13.8

Educated midwife

7

5.4

Relatives

5

3.8

Others

27

20.8

Place of circumcision

Home

122

93.8

Hospital

4

3.1

Health center

4

3.1

Having information about FGC

Yes

78

60.00

No

52

40.00

Source of information

about FGC

Book

26

20

Internet

31

23.8

Mother

9

6.9

Sister

6

4.6

Friends

5

3.8

Doctors

14

10.8

No response

39

30

Pain in scars

Yes

14

10.8

No

116

86.2