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Table 1 Education, socio-demographic characteristics and FGM/C (n = 15,228)

From: Do educated women in Sierra Leone support discontinuation of female genital mutilation/cutting? Evidence from the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey

Variable

Weighted (n)

Percentage (%)

FGM

X2, p-value

   

Continued (%)

Discontinued (%)

 

Education

     

No education

8597

56.5

84.4

15.6

172.3, p < 0.001

Primary

2116

13.9

77.0

23.0

 

Secondary

4067

26.7

58.7

41.3

 

Higher

448

2.9

34.5

65.5

 

Age

    

424.4, p < 0.001

15–19

3426

22.5

65.0

35.0

 

20–24

2446

16.1

69.4

30.6

 

25–29

2603

17.1

75.0

25.0

 

30–34

2123

13.9

79.7

20.3

 

35–39

2097

13.8

81.1

18.9

 

40–44

1275

8.4

83.5

16.5

 

45–49

1258

8.2

85.8

14.2

 

Religion

    

858.1, p < 0.001

Islam

11,997

78.8

80.3

19.7

 

Christianity

3185

20.9

55.5

44.5

 

Other

37

0.2

82.1

17.9

 

None

9

0.1

100

0.0

 

FGM required by religion

   

271.6, p < 0.001

Yes

8917

58.6

90.6

9.4

 

No

5051

33.2

47.8

52.2

 

Don’t know

1260

8.2

69.6

30.4

 

Wealth

    

875.3, p < 0.001

Poorest

2875

18.9

85.1

14.9

 

Poorer

2767

18.2

82.3

17.7

 

Middle

2895

19.0

81.2

18.8

 

Richer

3063

20.1

73.8

26.2

 

Richest

3628

23.8

57.1

42.9

 

Marital status

    

786.4, p < 0.001

Never in union

4212

27.7

59.3

40.7

 

Currently in union

10,085

66.2

81.2

18.8

 

Formerly in union

931

6.1

80.1

19.9

 

Residential status

    

542.6, p < 0.001

Urban

5387

35.4

64.9

35.1

 

Rural

9841

64.6

81.6

18.4

 

Daughters at home

   

422.8, p < 0.001

0

7930

52.1

68.3

31.7

 

1

4269

28.0

80.0

20.0

 

2

2097

13.8

84.5

15.5

 

3

735

4.8

87.0

13.0

 

4

159

1.0

89.0

11.0

 

5 or more

38

0.3

84.2

15.8

 

Circumcised

    

201.9, p < 0.001

No

1467

9.6

39.8

60.2

 

Yes

13,761

90.4

78.6

21.4

 

Social acceptance of FGM/C

   

301.2, p < 0.001

No

7018

46.1

58.0

42.0

 

Yes

8210

53.9

89.1

10.9

 

Region

    

807.6, p < 0.001

Eastern

3388

22.3

78.4

21.6

 

Northern

5774

37.9

79.3

20.7

 

Southern

3132

20.6

79.9

20.1

 

Western

2934

19.3

52.1

47.9

 
  1. Source: 2013 SLDHS