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ATTITUDE TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

2016 MIND THE GAP REPORT RANKINGS FOR ATTITUDE TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

RANK

STATE

PROPORTION OF WOMEN WHO THINK FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION SHOULD STOP*

PROPORTION OF MEN WHO THINK FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION SHOULD STOP*

Bayelsa

100%

Rivers

88.5%

95.9%

Akwa Ibom

87.2%

92.4%

Adamawa

82.9%

97%

Ogun

90.8%

85%

Kogi

85.6%

90.3%

Plateau

84%

95%

Katsina

91.8%

82.3%

Benue

86.6%

88.6%

Cross River

93.5%

81.3%

#11

Taraba

70.3%

98.6%

#12

Nasarawa

79.7%

84.5%

#13

Delta

83.2%

75.5%

#13

Abuja FCT

86.7%

66%

#15

Gombe

47.5%

97.2%

#16

Enugu

81.1%

68.2%

#16

Osun

73.3%

83.3%

#18

Niger

76.5%

67.1%

#19

Abia

83.4%

51.6%

#20

Ebonyi

75.2%

66.1%

#20

Sokoto

42.3%

89.4%

#22

Kaduna

41.1%

90.3%

#23

Lagos

76.1%

57.5%

#24

Edo

65.2%

65%

#24

Anambra

79%

37%

#24

Bauchi

50%

70.2%

#27

Borno

55.7%

61%

#27

Jigawa

32.6%

76%

#27

Yobe

41.2%

70.2%

#30

Ekiti

52.6%

63.3%

#31

Imo

55.7%

29.3%

#31

Ondo

52.8%

46.6%

#31

Kwara

65.5%

18.8%

#34

Oyo

46.4%

55.1%

#34

Kano

62.4%

21.7%

#36

Zamfara

45.7%

42%

#37

Kebbi

19.4%

24.3%

* - 2015 Estimates

Source:
National Bureau of Statistics
The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program
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