Female circumcision and sexual activity: “any relationship’’ (2000)
This study is a Correlation research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Odimegwu CO; Okemgbo CN
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: N/A.
Objective: To examine the relationship between female circumcision and sexual activity of a group of teenage girls in Abakaliki area of Ebonyi State,Nigeria
Study Population: Teenage girls
Findings: The analysis shows that there is a high level of awareness of female circumcision and a majority of the girls have been circumcised. About one-third of the girls have initiated sexual activity. The paper shows that circumcised girls are 20% less likely to have initiated sex than the uncircumcised–an indication that the difference in sexual initiation between the circumcised and uncircumcised is minimal. The result also shows that the circumcised girls are 1.8 times more likely to have initiated sex before age 15. This is accountable by the incidence of early marriage and not the circumcision status.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Africa
Country(ies):Nigeria