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Table 3 Distribution of perception of women about FGC discontinuation according to 5-year birth cohort by background characteristics

From: Cohort analysis of the state of female genital cutting in Nigeria: prevalence, daughter circumcision and attitude towards its discontinuation

Background variables

5-year cohort according to year of birth

1959–1963

1964–1968

1969–1973

1974–1978

1979–1983

1984–1988

1989–1993

1994–1998

1999–2003

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total

1073(72.7)

1864(74.4)

1271(78.5)

1268(77.0)

1516(77.9)

1567(76.4)

1761(73.2)

1637(73.3)

1713(75.9)

Religion

36.3*

101.3*

53.1*

167.3*

196.3*

234.3*

250.8*

236.9*

174.4*

 Christian

714(77.8)

1148(82.1)

839(84.4)

809(88.9)

968(89.6)

971(89.9)

1022(88.0)

896(89.2)

954(88.3)

 Islam

329(65.9)

691(65.1)

425(69.1)

447(61.8)

536(63.0)

587(61.1)

727(59.3)

735(60.2)

750(64.5)

 Others

30(51.7)

25(54.3)

7(70.0)

12(85.7)

12(80.0)

9(81.8)

12(75.0)

6(66.7)

9(64.3)

Ethnicity

62.1*

99.8*

85.8*

185.9*

164.3*

264.1*

244.1*

245.7*

164.3*

 Hausa/F

167(68.4)

485(65.7)

253(64.9)

278(55.9)

335(59.3)

368(54.8)

473(54.5)

501(55.7)

531(61.6)

 Igbo

275(73.9)

376(78.2)

403(85.0)

321(89.7)

371(87.7)

376(87.4)

403(85.6)

346(88.7)

413(87.3)

 Yoruba

212(59.6)

330(66.1)

191(71.0)

241(80.6)

267(81.7)

255(81.0)

245(82.5)

259(80.7)

250(79.1)

 Others

419(83.3)

673(85.3)

424(87.2)

428(86.8)

543(86.1)

568(89.3)

640(83.2)

531(85.4)

519(85.8)

Region

47.3*

106.2*

76.5*

207.3*

186.6*

274.9*

262.4*

254.2*

157.9*

 North Cent

141(77.5)

187(83.1)

160(86.5)

157(84.4)

234(85.7)

194(81.2)

256(77.1)

237(81.2)

215(83.7)

 North East

135(90.0)

206(77.7)

189(80.1)

190(74.5)

252(75.0)

283(75.7)

373(71.9)

337(70.2)

290(72.5)

 North West

141(66.2)

425(64.1)

188(63.1)

182(50.3)

207(53.6)

223(49.1)

276(48.9)

309(51.4)

376(59.8)

 South East

246(74.1)

335(77.2)

368(85.4)

275(89.0)

303(86.8)

292(85.1)

326(85.3)

296(88.1)

351(87.1)

 South South

196(76.0)

389(88.2)

185(86.0)

227(88.7)

241(88.9)

296(94.6)

262(88.8)

196(92.5)

232(89.2)

 South West

214(62.9)

322(67.2)

181(71.3)

237(84.9)

279(84.3)

279(84.8)

268(85.6)

262(84.0)

249(81.1)

Residence

0.109NS

3.5NS

2.3NS

30.1*

43.9*

36.2*

78.9*

78.6*

69.8*

 Urban

397(73.2)

862(76.1)

621(80.1)

621(83.2)

789(84.4)

820(82.2)

886(82.1)

794(82.9)

888(83.9)

 Rural

676(72.5.)

1002(72.9)

650(77.0)

647(71.8)

727(71.9)

747(70.9)

875(66.0)

843(66.1)

825(68.9)

Education

24.1*

52.2*

66.8*

178.4*

222.2*

267.2*

256.7*

290.8*

192.9*

 None

469(67.9)

735(68.1)

392(69.1)

360(59.3)

364(58.0)

367(54.6)

423(53.2)

346(50.6)

292(54.4)

 Primary

313(74.0)

506(77.5)

400(85.3)

300(84.3)

290(84.1)

249(84.4)

220(77.5)

169(71.0)

164(74.2)

 Secondary

164(76.6)

393(76.8)

303(76.9)

398(86.1)

556(86.5)

602(85.8)

772(82.0)

799(83.4)

1187(83.4)

 Higher

127(86.4)

230(87.8)

176(93.1)

210(94.6)

306(92.7)

349(91.1)

346(89.9)

323(91.5)

70(93.3)

Wealth Ind.

7.21NS

84.3*

42.1*

155.1*

154.5*

177.7*

185.9*

244.0*

128.2*

 Poorest

149(73.4)

239(59.2)

169(66.0)

153(52.6)

197(57.8)

212(55.6)

240(51.1)

211(48.6)

243(60.6)

 Poorer

194(68.6)

320(69.7)

215(75.2)

203(71.7)

205(69.7)

213(65.9)

304(68.5)

280(64.8)

289(68.0)

 Middle

243(70.8)

386(77.7)

323(83.0)

247(77.7)

271(76.3)

286(78.8)

359(76.7)

345(77.7)

362(76.1)

 Richer

245(73.1)

488(77.0)

295(78.2)

292(87.2)

374(85.4)

362(83.2)

433(82.5)

427(84.6)

405(81.3)

 Richest

242(77.8)

431(84.0)

269(86.5)

373(88.8)

469(90.5)

494(89.8)

425(85.3)

374(89.5)

414(90.8)

Marital Stat.

0.120NS

5.61NS

11.1**

6.64***

18.3**

27.5*

71.1*

153.2*

108.9*

 Never mar.

10(76.9)

20(87.0)

35(89.7)

32(86.5)

83(90.2)

157(91.3)

364(90.1)

712(88.8)

1382(81.3)

 Curr. Mar.

891(72.7)

1534(73.5)

975(76.8)

1087(76.0)

1301(76.4)

1313(74.5)

1341(69.7)

890(64.5)

323(59.4)

 Separated/D

172(72.9)

310(78.1)

261(84.2)

149(83.2)

132(87.4)

97(82.9)

56(73.7)

35(67.3)

8(66.7)

Partner’s Ed.

30.1*

64.3*

33.5*

166.5*

240.1*

199.7*

174.9*

183.3*

29.0*

 None

375(67.1)

660(66.5)

265(67.4)

242(54.8)

218(50.0)

276(52.5)

305(49.8)

216(42.4)

143(51.6)

 Primary

328(72.2)

476(76.0)

257(80.8)

226(84.3)

253(83.2)

202(85.6)

182(76.8)

124(74.7)

38(54.3)

 Secondary

186(75.6)

357(79.2)

255(78.2)

370(82.4)

505(84.6)

515(82.7)

571(79.6)

403(78.4)

100(70.4)

 Higher

168(87.0)

339(85.4)

186(86.1)

242(92.0)

319(90.1)

314(85.8)

272(80.5)

144(80.0)

40(83.3)

 Don’t know

3(75.0)

5(83.3)

12(70.6)

7(77.8)

6(50.0)

6(50.0)

11(52.4)

3(30.0)

2(28.6)

CRR

284.2*

503.1*

374.2*

310.0*

472.1*

486.1*

657.4*

627.4*

702.6*

 No

899(84.0)

1571(84.1)

1144(87.3)

1124(85.7)

1379(87.0)

1408(86.3)

1571(85.1)

1467(85.4)

1540(88.0)

 Yes

101(34.8)

118(30.0)

84(32.9)

102(36.8)

99(31.4)

106(30.8)

127(26.7)

114(26.1)

103(25.6)

 Don’t know

71(62.8)

175(71.4)

43(79.6)

42(71.2)

38(82.6)

53(69.7)

63(74.1)

56(70.9)

70(68.0)

CSR

292.4*

132.1*

106.3*

76.7*

138.4*

198.7*

277.3*

302.4*

457.8*

 No

595(96.0)

1021(84.9)

760(88.4)

812(84.7)

1060(86.0)

1166(85.5)

1385(82.9)

1340(63.1)

1384(88.3)

 Yes

475(55.8)

779(64.6)

469(66.9)

414(65.8)

389(62.0)

345(56.5)

308(48.6)

230(44.4)

251(44.0)

  1. Bold values shows Chi square value of each variable
  2. CRR circumcision required by religion, CSR circumcision status of the respondent, n number of cases of females circumcised within the group; *p < 0.001; **p < 0.01, ***p<0.05; ns not statistically significant at 5%