Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Prevalence and associated factors of circumcision among daughters of reproductive aged  
women in the Hababo Guduru District, Western Ethiopia: a c ross-sectional study  
 
Version: 0 Date: 09 Dec 2015  
 
Reviewer: Tamire Mulugeta  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
1. Lines 47 and 233 'knowing genital mutilations as a crime had a higher odds of having 
circumcised daughter'. I think it is 'not knowing' as the resul t in table 5 indicated and 
logically too.  
 
 
2. Lines 45 (237) and 50: Fathers being Protestant (AOR= 0.62, 95% CI: 0.29 -1.34) was put 
as a significant variable while the confidence interval includes '1' the null point.  
 
 
3. Line 231 (46): Primary education a nd above (AOR= 0.42, CI: 0.12 - 1.42) was also put as 
a significant variable while the confidence interval includes '1' the null point.  
 
 
4. Line 148: The authors mentioned that they did the pre -test in the three selected kebeles. 
How did they see the possib ility of information contamination and why didn't they 
choose non -selected kebeles from the same district?  
 
 
5. Under discussion part (line 249) the authors mentioned religion as possible reason for the 
difference in the prevalence of the practice with othe r studies. But, FGM is common 
among different religions and believed to be mostly a cultural/traditional practice and not 
significant factor or reason in most studies including this study (in the bar graph and 
'fathers being Protestant (AOR= 0.62, 95% CI: 0.29-1.34)').  
 
 
6. In the discussion section it was stated that 'female genital mutilation was significantly 
higher among mothers who had a negative attitude as compared to those who had a 
positive attitude'. Better to re -state this sentence as it doesn't s eem logical and resulted 
from use of negatively stated questions to assess level of attitude.  
 
 
7. Better to consider the three top 'reasons for conducting FGM' in recommendation.  
 
 
 
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