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Table 1 Overview of somali and sudanese informants for in-depth interviews

From: Virility, pleasure and female genital mutilation/cutting. A qualitative study of perceptions and experiences of medicalized defibulation among Somali and Sudanese migrants in Norway

Gender

Total

Somalia

Sudan

Length of stay

Marital status

Women

23

14

9

New (6): 3–12 months

Single −2

Settled (17): 3–30 years

Married −13

Divorced/Widowed −8

Men

13

8

5

New (2): 3 months

Single 5

Settled (11):10–34 years

Married 6

Divorced/Widowed-2

Total

36

22

14

Average 15 years

 

(Sudanese 6 years, Somali 18 years)