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Table 3 Attitudes and knowledge regarding FGC and odds of supporting the continuation of pricking (n = 617)

From: Factors associated with the support of pricking (female genital cutting type IV) among Somali immigrants – a cross-sectional study in Sweden

 

Descriptive statisticsa

Odds of supporting the continuation of pricking

 

N (%)

Want pricking to continue n (%)

cOR

95% CI

aORb

95% CI

Definition of FGC

 All forms of FGC

414 (67.6)

46 (11.1)

1.00

Ref.

1.00

Ref.

 FGC excl. pricking

198 (32.4)

67 (33.8)

4.09**

2.68–6.26

4.18**

2.56–6.83

Accepted by religion

 Nothing

430 (70.0)

20 (4.7)

1.00

Ref.

1.00

Ref.

 Pricking

108 (17.6)

39 (36.1)

11.59**

6.38–21.04

16.17**

8.02–32.61

 FGC excl. pricking

76 (12.4)

53 (69.7)

47.24**

24.32–91.77

53.73**

24.96–115.68

Needed for respectability

 Nothing

386 (63.2)

22 (5.7)

1.00

Ref.

1.00

Ref.

 Pricking

64 (10.5)

22 (34.4)

8.67**

4.43–16.97

10.89**

5.05–23.48

 FGC excl. pricking

161 (26.4)

69 (42.9)

12.41**

7.29–21.12

15.28**

8.19–28.48

Violation of children’s rights

 All forms of FGC

378 (61.4)

24 (6.3)

1.00

Ref.

1.00

Ref.

 FGC excl. pricking

206 (33.4)

88 (42.7)

11.00**

6.69–18.08

15.42**

8.27–28.77

 Never

32 (5.2)

1 (3.1)

0.48

0.06–3.64

0.26

0.30–2.16

Long-term health complications

 All forms of FGC

267 (43.4)

9 (3.4)

1.00

Ref.

1.00

Ref.

 FGC excl. pricking

341 (55.4)

104 (30.5)

12.58**

6.23–25.42

14.55**

6.45–32.83

 Never

7 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

Legal in Sweden

 Nothing

560 (90.9)

96 (17.1)

1.00

Ref.

1.00

Ref.

 Pricking

20 (3.2)

2 (10.0)

0.54

0.12–2.35

0.52

0.11–2.38

 FGC excl. pricking

3 (0.5)

1 (33.3)

2.42

0.22–26.92

2.88

0.22–37.47

 Don’t know

33 (5.4)

13 (39.4)

3.14**

1.51–6.53

3.01**

1.33–6.82

  1. CI confidence interval, cOR crude odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio, Ref. referent category
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01
  3. aMissing data for each variable presented ranges from 1 to 6
  4. bAdjusted for gender, age, marital status, education, origin, years of residency in Sweden, employment, social capital: social participation, social capital: trust, and bridging social capital