Table 6 Means and standard deviations for pre and post Likert Measures taken from Somali Community intervention participants living in the Netherlands (Source: REPLACE fieldwork, 2014-2015)
From: Transforming social norms to end FGM in the EU: an evaluation of the REPLACE Approach
Likert scale measure | Means and (SDs) pre-intervention | Means and (SDs) post-intervention |
|---|---|---|
Belief that FGM is required by Islam (Increase is positive for this item) | 4.24 (2.59) | 5.2 (2.55) |
Perception that FGM is approved of by the community in general (Decrease is positive for this item) | 2.47 (1.66) | 2.4 (1.59) |
Perception that FGM is approved of by people known well to them (Decrease is positive for this item) | 2.14 (1.61) | 1.87 (1.45) |