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Table 1 Comparison between the circumciser and non-circumciser midwives in Eastern Sudan, 2012

From: Knowledge and attitudes of female genital mutilation among midwives in Eastern Sudan

Variable

circumciser (N = 127)

Non-circumciser (N = 30)

P

Age, years

43.8 (8.9)

44.3 (8.7)

0.7

Duration of work, years

19.3 (10)

18.7 (11.3)

0.7

Illiteracy

80 (63%)

19 (63.3)

0.5

Rural residence

58 (45.7%)

14 (46.7%)

0.5

Identified all types of FGM correctly

8 (6.3%)

3 (10%)

0.3

  1. Data was shown in mean (SD) and number (%).