Knowledge of Female Genital Cutting among parents in South West Nigeria (2010)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Olukunmi Lanre OLAITAN
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To find out the knowledge of FGC among parents in south west Nigeria.
Study Population: Parents
Findings: The study revealed that there is no significant difference in the knowledge of parents on FGC based on gender. The null hypotheses were not rejected,because the calculated value t=1.91 obtained,was less than the table value of 1.96 at 534 degrees of freedom at 5% level of significance. This shows respondents did not differ in their knowledge about FGC based on gender whereas,other null hypotheses were rejected,because there existed significant differences in the parents’ knowledge of FGC based on age and educational status with calculated F-values 7.62 and 7.62,while the table values were 2.08 and 2.12 respectively. Duncan Multiple Range Test was employed to determine the significant differences existed between and within the group of means where ANOVA was used
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Africa
Country(ies):Nigeria