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Table 2 FGM/C prevalence and women who believe that female circumcision should be continued by country (%)

From: The relationship between women’s individual empowerment and the support to female genital cutting continuation: a study on 7 African countries

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

  1. Sources: DHS surveys, see Table 3 for details