Contextual determinants of generational continuation of female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age in nigeria: analysis of the 2018 demographic and health survey

Table 1 Description of study variables

Variables	N = 3835	%	Median
Generational continuation of FGM
Continued	1535	40.0
Not continued	2300	60.0
Individual level
Women's characteristics
Years of education			6 years
Exposure to mass media			2 times (weekly)
Age
15–24	702	18.3
25–34	1321	34.5
35–49	1812	47.2
Religion
Christianity	1627	42.4
Islam	2198	57.3
Others	10	0.2
Ethnicity
Hausa/ Fulani	1544	40.3
Igbo	776	20.2
Yoruba	996	26.0
Others	519	13.5
Male partner's characteristics
Age			43 (years)
Years of education			6 (years)
Household-level factors
Wealth Index
Poor	1378	35.9
Middle	753	19.6
Rich	1704	44.4
Female household headship
Yes	339	8.8
No	3496	91.2
Female decision-making ability in HH			3
Community-level factors
Type of place of residence
Urban	2001	52.2
Rural	1834	47.8
Region
North Central	291	7.6
North East	209	5.5
North West	1371	35.7
South East	668	17.4
South South	351	9.2
South West	945	24.7
Proportion of Yorubas
Low	2441	63.7
High	1394	36.4
Proportion of Igbos
Low	2398	62.5
High	1437	37.5
Proportion of Hausas
Low	1912	49.9
High	1923	50.2
Proportion of uneducated mothers
Low	1351	35.2
Medium	1054	27.5
High	1430	37.3
Proportion of uneducated male partners
Low	1217	31.7
Medium	1157	30.2
High	1461	38.1
Community poverty
Low	1420	37.0
Medium	1226	32.0
High	1889	31.0
Proportion unexposed to media
Low	1504	39.2
Medium	1306	34.1
High	1025	26.7
Proportion of women decision-makers in household
Low	615	16.0
Medium	1683	43.9
High	1537	40.1
Community support for FGM
Low	2370	61.8
Medium	1230	32.1
High	234	6.1

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