Table 3 Mean total percentage scores and levels of knowledge and perception about FGM/C among university students (n = 502)
Mean total percentage score of knowledge | Mean total percentage score of perception | Level of knowledge n (%) | Level of perception n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Na | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | Poor | Average | Good | Negative | Neutral | Positive |
Total | 501 | 66.3 (23.9) | 72.9 (16.2) | 68 (13.6) | 338 (67.5) | 95 (19.0) | 46 (9.2) | 217 (43.3) | 238 (47.5) |
Faculty | |||||||||
Non-medical | 290 | 63.2 (23.9) | 71.6 (15.3) | 48 (16.6) | 201 (69.3) | 41 (14.1) | 25 (8.6) | 142 (49.0) | 123 (42.4) |
Medical | 211 | 70.5 (23.1) | 74.7 (17.3) | 20 (9.5) | 137 (64.5) | 54 (25.6) | 21 (10.0) | 75 (35.5) | 115 (54.5) |
Statisticb | 2.109 | 3.041 | 13.300 | 9.072 | |||||
p-value | 0.001 | 0.032 | 0.001 | 0.011 | |||||
Gender | |||||||||
Males | 270 | 65.9 (24.9) | 70.8 (15.8) | 43 (15.9) | 171 (63.3) | 56 (20.7) | 26 (9.6) | 136 (50.4) | 108 (40.0) |
Females | 229 | 66.5 (22.5) | 75.4 (16.4) | 25 (10.9) | 166 (72.5) | 38 (16.6) | 20 (8.7) | 80 (34.9) | 129 (56.3) |
Statisticb | 4.617 | 0.207 | 4.950 | 13.887 | |||||
p-value | 0.795 | 0.002 | 0.084 | 0.001 | |||||
Residence | |||||||||
Rural | 292 | 65.3 (23.7) | 70.7 (16.9) | 40 (13.7) | 202 (69.2) | 50 (17.1) | 37 (12.7) | 131 (44.9) | 124 (42.5) |
Urban | 209 | 67.9 (24.1) | 75.9 (14.7) | 28 (13.4) | 136 (65.1) | 45 (21.5) | 9 (4.3) | 86 (41.1) | 114 (54.5) |
Statisticb | 0.008 | 6.906 | 1.561 | 13.413 | |||||
p-value | 0.297 | < 0.001 | 0.458 | 0.001 | |||||
Mother’s education | |||||||||
Completed secondary or higher | 235 | 69.7 (23.5) | 74.9 (16.4) | 24 (10.2) | 155 (66.0) | 56 (23.8) | 19 (8.1) | 89 (37.9) | 127 (54.0) |
Other | 265 | 63.5 (23.5) | 71.2 (15.9) | 43 (16.2) | 183 (69.1) | 39 (14.7) | 27 (10.2) | 127 (47.9) | 111 (41.9) |
Statisticb | 1.226 | 0.268 | 8.982 | 7.379 | |||||
p-value | 0.003 | 0.010 | 0.011 | 0.025 | |||||
Father’s education | |||||||||
Completed secondary or higher | 265 | 68.2 (24.3) | 74.4 (16.9) | 31 (11.7) | 173 (65.3) | 61 (23.0) | 21 (7.9) | 106 (40.0) | 138 (52.1) |
Other | 232 | 63.7 (23.2) | 71.3 (15.4) | 37 (15.9) | 163 (70.3) | 32 (13.8) | 25 (10.8) | 109 (47.0) | 98 (42.2) |
Statisticb | 0.017 | 3.778 | 7.713 | 5.000 | |||||
p-value | 0.035 | 0.032 | 0.021 | 0.082 | |||||