Mother’s educational attainment and age as correlate of their attitude towards female genital mutilation in Delta State, Nigeria: Counselling Implication
Abstract
This study assessed mother’s educational attainment and age as correlates of their
attitude towards female genital mutilation in Delta State, Nigeria: Counselling implication.
The design was the cross-sectional descriptive survey research design. Two questions
were raised with their correspondent hypotheses while the population comprised all
mothers and female secondary school students in Ika North East Local Government Area
(L.G.A) of Delta State, Nigeria. The instrument used for the study was a questionnaire
titled “Female Genital Mutilation Attitude Survey Scale” (FGMASS) adopted from Ismail,
(2009) and modified by the researchers. The data collected were analysed using Analysis
of Variance. The result showed that there was no significant difference in mother’s attitude
towards Female Genital Mutilation in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State
irrespective of their age differences and their educational attainments. It was, however,
recommended that more advocacies be carried out on FGM/C, as it has adverse effect
are numerous so that timely assistance be given to clients and awareness be carried out
among women both in a religious organization, social bodies, schools and market places.
Keywords: Mothers, Educational Attainment, Age, Attitude and Female Genital Mutilation.
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