Reproductive Health

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of interviewees and association with FGM in Mali, 2006, n = 3997

From: Is female genital mutilation associated with eclampsia? Evidence from a nationally representative survey data

Variable		Reporting FGM
	Total	n	%	P-value
Age in years
15–24	1418	1302	91.8	0.9
25–36	1682	1540	91.6
37–49	897	824	91.9
Residence
Urban	2112	1919	90.9	0.04
Rural	1885	1747	92.7
Wealth quintile
Poorest	501	483	96.4	< 0.001
Poorer	569	540	94.9
Middle	613	554	90.4
Richer	930	838	90.1
Richest	1384	1251	90.1
Education level
None	2878	2677	93.0	< 0.001
Primary	648	577	89.0
Secondary	442	388	87.8
Higher	29	24	82.8
ANC
None	257	241	93.8	0.2
At least one	3740	3425	91.6
Parity
First birth	380	349	91.8	0.2
Second or more	3617	3317	90.3

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