Ethiopia Young Adult Survey A Study In Seven Regions (2010)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Erulkar,Annabel S.,Abebaw Ferede,Worku Ambelu,Woldemariam Girma,Helen Amdemikael,Behailu GebreMedhin,Berhanu Legesse,Ayehualem Tameru,M. Teferi
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To document knowledge,attitudes,and practices of adolescents and youth with respect to sexual and reproductive health (SRH),including HIV and gender-based violence (GBV); • To determine access to and utilization of services related to SRH,HIV prevention and GBV; and • To measure knowledge,attitudes,and experiences related to violence against women,such as domestic violence,coercion and rape,and FGM/C.
Study Population: Adolescent boys and girls
Findings: Fifty-eight percent of females in the sample are circumcised and 13 percent do not know their circumcision status. Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is more common in the older age groups,compared to younger age groups,suggesting that it is a practice that may be declining; among girls aged 21–24,66 percent are circumcised compared to 56 percent of girls aged 15–17. Large proportions of girls are circumcised in Afar (90 percent),Oromiya (77 percent),and SNNPR (75 percent).12 Among girls in Afar,33 percent report being infibulated,the most severe form of FGM/C. Girls with no education are more likely to be circumcised (66 percent) compared to girls with higher levels of education (52 percent). Likewise,girls with no education are more likely to be infibulated (6 percent) compared to girls with at least 7 years of education (<1 percent).
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Ethiopia