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Female Genital Cutting and Reproductive Experience in Minya, Egypt
Author(s) -
Yount Kathryn M.,
Carrera Jennifer S.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical anthropology quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.855
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1548-1387
pISSN - 0745-5194
DOI - 10.1525/maq.2006.20.2.182
Subject(s) - sex organ , gynecology , psychology , demography , medicine , sociology , biology , genetics
In African populations practicing female genital cutting (FGC), beliefs exist that these procedures enhance reproduction and that their medicalization may diminish adverse effects, yet available findings are mixed in part for methodological reasons. We use data from a representative sample of ever‐married women aged 17–55 years in Minya, Egypt, to examine the effects of type of FGC and type of circumciser on a woman's risks of primary infertility and pregnancy loss. Contrary to previous studies in Egypt, neither type of circumcision nor type of circumciser is associated with adverse fertility outcomes among circumcised women in Minya.