Responses to questions about medical benefits and other common notions of circumcision
| Responses* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Questions | Yes | No | I don’t know |
| *Data presented are number (%) of answers. | |||
| Do you think that circumcision | |||
| can help penile hygiene? | 1190 (71.1) | 35 (2.1) | 449 (26.8) |
| can prevent penile cancer? | 743 (44.4) | 48 (2.9) | 883 (52.7) |
| can prevent urinary tract infection? | 694 (41.5) | 59 (3.5) | 921 (55.0) |
| can prevent sexually transmitted infection? | 669 (40.0) | 179 (10.7) | 826 (49.3) |
| can prevent AIDS? | 364 (21.7) | 365 (21.8) | 943 (56.3) |
| can prevent cervical cancer of your partner? | 398 (23.8) | 218 (13.0) | 1058 (63.2) |
| can prevent genital infection of your partner? | 538 (32.1) | 123 (7.3) | 1013 (60.5) |
| can prevent premature ejaculation? | 246 (14.7) | 285 (17.0) | 1143 (68.3) |
| can enhance sexual pleasure? | 199 (17.9) | 234 (14.0) | 1141 (68.2) |
| can enhance sexuality? | 246 (14.7) | 338 (20.2) | 1090 (65.1) |
| is a rite of passage to adulthood? | 679 (40.6) | 284 (17.0) | 710 (42.4) |