Female genital cutting in the Demographic and Health Surveys: a critical and comparative analysis (2004)
This study is a Correlation research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Yoder P Stanley,Noureddine Abderrahim,Arlinda Zhuzhuni
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To summarizes the data on FGM/C from all DHS surveys implemented between 1989 and 2002 that included questions about FGM/C prevalence,in order to make more accessible the basic information about how and when FGM/C has been practiced,and to encourage country-specific analyses of DHS data on FGMC
Study Population: Women
Findings: Both DHS data and the literature on FGM/C indicated there was substantial variation in the prevalence of FGM/C among countries,in the manner in which FGM/C was practiced,and in the relative importance attached to the ritual aspects of the circumcision event. The average age at circumcision varied from a few weeks in Yemen to 12 years in Kenya and Tanzania. The amount of cutting varied from a symbolic nick to excision of external female genitalia and partial closure of the vaginal area (infibulation). The ritual aspects varied from the simple cutting of an infant in the household context to the cutting of a group of adolescent girls in a ritual context (coming-of-age ceremonies),followed by seclusion for a period of weeks or months
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Not specified
Country(ies):Not specified