Variable | Weighted (n) | Percentage (%) | FGM | X2, p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  | Continued (%) | Discontinued (%) |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No education | 8597 | 56.5 | 84.4 | 15.6 | 172.3, p < 0.001 |
Primary | 2116 | 13.9 | 77.0 | 23.0 | Â |
Secondary | 4067 | 26.7 | 58.7 | 41.3 | Â |
Higher | 448 | 2.9 | 34.5 | 65.5 | Â |
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 | Â |
Christianity | 3185 | 20.9 | 55.5 | 44.5 | Â |
Other | 37 | 0.2 | 82.1 | 17.9 | Â |
None | 9 | 0.1 | 100 | 0.0 | Â |
FGM required by religion |  |  |  | 271.6, p < 0.001 | |
Yes | 8917 | 58.6 | 90.6 | 9.4 | Â |
No | 5051 | 33.2 | 47.8 | 52.2 | Â |
Don’t know | 1260 | 8.2 | 69.6 | 30.4 |  |
Wealth |  |  |  |  | 875.3, p < 0.001 |
Poorest | 2875 | 18.9 | 85.1 | 14.9 | Â |
Poorer | 2767 | 18.2 | 82.3 | 17.7 | Â |
Middle | 2895 | 19.0 | 81.2 | 18.8 | Â |
Richer | 3063 | 20.1 | 73.8 | 26.2 | Â |
Richest | 3628 | 23.8 | 57.1 | 42.9 | Â |
Marital status |  |  |  |  | 786.4, p < 0.001 |
Never in union | 4212 | 27.7 | 59.3 | 40.7 | Â |
Currently in union | 10,085 | 66.2 | 81.2 | 18.8 | Â |
Formerly in union | 931 | 6.1 | 80.1 | 19.9 | Â |
Residential status |  |  |  |  | 542.6, p < 0.001 |
Urban | 5387 | 35.4 | 64.9 | 35.1 | Â |
Rural | 9841 | 64.6 | 81.6 | 18.4 | Â |
Daughters at home |  |  |  | 422.8, p < 0.001 | |
0 | 7930 | 52.1 | 68.3 | 31.7 | Â |
1 | 4269 | 28.0 | 80.0 | 20.0 | Â |
2 | 2097 | 13.8 | 84.5 | 15.5 | Â |
3 | 735 | 4.8 | 87.0 | 13.0 | Â |
4 | 159 | 1.0 | 89.0 | 11.0 | Â |
5 or more | 38 | 0.3 | 84.2 | 15.8 | Â |
Circumcised |  |  |  |  | 201.9, p < 0.001 |
No | 1467 | 9.6 | 39.8 | 60.2 | Â |
Yes | 13,761 | 90.4 | 78.6 | 21.4 | Â |
Social acceptance of FGM/C |  |  |  | 301.2, p < 0.001 | |
No | 7018 | 46.1 | 58.0 | 42.0 | Â |
Yes | 8210 | 53.9 | 89.1 | 10.9 | Â |
Region |  |  |  |  | 807.6, p < 0.001 |
Eastern | 3388 | 22.3 | 78.4 | 21.6 | Â |
Northern | 5774 | 37.9 | 79.3 | 20.7 | Â |
Southern | 3132 | 20.6 | 79.9 | 20.1 | Â |
Western | 2934 | 19.3 | 52.1 | 47.9 | Â |