Table 5 Relation between female genital mutilation approval and various qualitative data (Chi square test)
From: Awareness of different forms of child abuse among Beni Suef University students: descriptive survey
FGM | Total | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Do not know or disapprove | Approve | |||
Type of college | ||||
Health science colleges | 652 (88.1%) | 88 (11.9%) | 740 | 0.027 |
Non-health science | 780 (82.6%) | 164 (17.4%) | 944 | |
Academic year | ||||
1 | 476 (85.3%) | 82 (14.7%) | 558 | 0.633 |
2 | 294 (84%) | 56 (16%) | 350 | |
3 | 374 (82.7%) | 78 (17.3%) | 452 | |
4 | 202 (88.6%) | 26 (11.4%) | 228 | |
5 | 36 (85.7%) | 6 (14.3%) | 42 | |
6 | 14 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 14 | |
Sex | ||||
Male | 502 (79.2%) | 132 (20.8%) | 634 | < 0.001 |
Female | 902 (88.8%) | 114 (11.2%) | 1016 | |
Residence | ||||
Rural | 696 (79.3%) | 182 (20.7%) | 878 | < 0.001 |
Urban | 660 (92.4%) | 54 (7.6%) | 714 | |
Father education | ||||
Elementary school | 200 (76.9%) | 60 (23.1%) | 260 | 0.010 |
High school | 494 (84.6%) | 90 (15.4%) | 584 | |
College | 644 (88%) | 88 (12%) | 732 | |
Mother education | ||||
Elementary school | 324 (77.9%) | 92 (22.1%) | 416 | < 0.001 |
High school | 438 (84.6%) | 80 (15.4%) | 518 | |
College | 544 (91.9%) | 48 (8.1%) | 592 | |
Abuse exposure | ||||
Infrequent | 990 (85.8%) | 164 (14.2%) | 1154 | 0.310 |
Frequent | 432 (83.1%) | 88 (16.9%) | 520 | |