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Table 1 Descriptive statistics, by EDHS wave

From: The decline of FGM in Egypt since 1987: a cohort analysis of the Egypt Demographic and Health Surveys

 

EDHS wave

 
 

2005

2008

2014

Total

Weighted N

20,851

18,164

23,491

62,506

Cohort

   

***

 1987–1990

17.6%

10.0%

0.0%

8.8%

 1991–1995

25.2%

21.9%

5.1%

16.7%

 1996–2000

29.3%

26.0%

19.7%

24.7%

 2001–2005

27.8%

27.7%

24.3%

26.5%

 2006–2010

0.0%

14.5%

28.8%

15.0%

 2011–2014

0.0%

0.0%

22.2%

8.3%

Region

   

***

 Urban governorates

14.6%

15.8%

11.5%

13.8%

 Urban LE

9.7%

10.8%

10.1%

10.1%

 Rural LE

31.0%

32.5%

36.1%

33.4%

 Urban UE

12.8%

10.9%

11.4%

11.7%

 Rural UE

30.6%

28.4%

30.1%

29.8%

 Frontier governorates

1.3%

1.5%

1.0%

1.2%

Mother’s education

   

***

 No education

39.7%

36.7%

26.7%

33.9%

 Incomplete primary

11.7%

9.7%

6.8%

9.3%

 Complete primary

4.2%

4.1%

4.6%

4.3%

 Incomplete secondary

9.1%

10.6%

12.4%

10.8%

 Complete secondary

26.7%

29.8%

37.4%

31.6%

 Higher

8.6%

9.2%

12.1%

10.1%

Mother’s occupation

   

***

 Not working

76.6%

82.8%

83.3%

80.9%

 Professional, Technical, Managerial.

7.6%

7.4%

7.6%

7.5%

 Clerical

2.5%

1.7%

1.5%

1.9%

 Sales

1.8%

0.9%

2.0%

1.6%

 Agriculture-self employed

4.0%

0.6%

1.1%

1.9%

 Agriculture-employee

3.4%

2.5%

1.9%

2.6%

 Services

2.1%

2.4%

1.5%

1.9%

 Skilled manual

1.1%

0.7%

1.0%

0.9%

 Unskilled manual

0.9%

1.1%

0.2%

0.7%

 Don’t know

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Mother’s religion

   

***

 Muslim

95.0%

95.8%

96.5%

95.8%

 Christian

5.0%

4.2%

3.4%

4.1%

Father’s education

   

***

 No education

25.2%

24.2%

18.3%

22.3%

 Primary

20.9%

18.6%

15.0%

18.0%

 Secondary

39.5%

42.9%

51.8%

45.1%

 Higher

14.5%

14.3%

14.9%

14.6%

Father’s occupation

   

***

 Not working

3.4%

3.2%

2.3%

3.0%

 Professional, Technical, Managerial.

22.9%

24.0%

22.0%

22.9%

 Clerical

5.7%

4.5%

4.6%

4.9%

 Sales

3.4%

2.2%

4.8%

3.6%

 Agriculture-self employed

9.8%

7.7%

5.9%

7.7%

 Agriculture-employee

8.2%

10.7%

8.7%

9.1%

 Services

11.6%

14.2%

12.1%

12.5%

 Skilled manual

24.8%

26.1%

30.9%

27.5%

 Unskilled manual

9.3%

6.9%

8.3%

8.2%

 Don’t know

0.9%

0.5%

0.4%

0.6%

  1. Significance: *: p < 0.050, **: p < 0.010, ***: p < 0.001