Journal of Population Sciences
Country | Women circumcised (FGC) | Women who believe that female circumcision should be continued | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Age (5-year groups) | Total | Age (5-year groups) | |||
15–19 | 45–49 | 15–19 | 45–49 | |||
Burkina Faso | 75.8 | 57.7 | 89.3 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 11.7 |
Ivory Coast | 36.7 | 27.4 | 41.5 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 9.1 |
Egypt | 87.2 | 69.6 | 97.1 | 53.9 | 37.9 | 64.8 |
Ethiopia | 65.2 | 47.1 | 78.7 | 17.5 | 13.6 | 21.7 |
Mali | 91.4 | 90.3 | 92.1 | 71.9 | 70.0 | 70.3 |
Nigeria | 24.8 | 15.3 | 35.8 | 23.1 | 23.2 | 23.3 |
Togo | 4.7 | 1.8 | 10.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.9 |