Table 3 Circumcision status and acceptability of voluntary medical male circumcision among participants attending form 4 in Shiselweni high schools, Eswatini, 2018 (n = 407)
Variable | Frequency (%)1 |
|---|---|
Are you circumcised? | Â |
Yes | 201 (48.98) |
No | 206 (51.02) |
Are any of your family members circumcised? | Â |
Yes | 276 (68.50) |
No | 92 (21.99) |
Do not know | 39 (9.51) |
Who is circumcised in the family? | Â |
Grandfather | 3 (0.70) |
Father | 40 (14.60) |
Brother | 163 (59.11) |
Cousin | 46 (16.34) |
Other ( uncle, nephew) | 25 (9.25) |
Do you have friends who are circumcised? | Â |
Yes | 287 (71.96) |
No | 60 (14.36) |
Not sure | 60 (13.68) |
If Not circumcised, given a chance would you be circumcised? | Â |
Yes | 52 (23.43) |
No | 87 (38.39) |
Not Sure | 67 (38.18) |
If yes, when? | Â |
Next school vacation | 17 (30.25) |
When I finish school | 9 (1.94) |
About to get married | 9 (18.54) |
Not sure | 17 (31.81) |