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Table 4 Distribution of respondents by FGC status, daughter’s circumcision and opinion about its discontinuation and socio-demographic factors

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

Background

uOR (95% CI)

uOR (95% CI)

uOR (95% CI)

Characteristics

Respondent circumcised

Daughter’s circumcised

Circumcision discontinuation

Cohort

 1959–1963

3.2(2.83–3.69)*

7.7(4.08–12.5)*

1.1(0.93–1.26)

 1964–1968

2.4(2.12–2.69)*

4.2(3.33–5.34)*

1.4(1.16–1.62)*

 1969–1973

2.1(1.84–2.40)*

5.1(3.96–6.47)*

1.3(1.06–1.47)**

 1974–1978

1.7(1.45–1.89)*

6.4(5.03–8.13)*

1.3(1.12–1.55)**

 1979–1983

1.3(1.15–1.49)*

6.8(5.39–8.62)*

1.2(1.03–1.41)***

 1984–1988

1.1(1.01–1.30)***

6.9(5.44–8.67)*

1.1(0.88–1.19)

 1989–1993

0.9(0.87–1.13)

5.9(4.67–7.42)*

1.1(0.88–1.20)

 1994–1998

0.9(0.75–0.98)***

4.4(3.46–5.58)*

1.2(1.01–1.37)***

 1999–2003 (R.C)

1.0

1.0

1.0

Religion

 Christian

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Islam

0.6(0.57–0.65)*

2.7(2.49–2.92)*

0.3(0.24–0.29)*

 Others

1.2(0.90–1.58)

1.9(1.29–2.70)**

0.3(0.20–0.36)*

Ethnicity

 Hausa/F

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Igbo

2.9(2.63–3.11)*

0.4(0.36–0.46)*

3.9(3.48–4.28)*

 Yoruba

4.3(3.95–4.75)*

0.6(0.57–0.71)*

2.1(1.88–2.29)*

 Others

0.6(0.58–0.69)*

0.2(0.19–0.24)*

4.2(3.79–4.56)*

Region

 North Central

1.0

1.0

1.0

 North East

0.3(0.19–0.26)*

1.6(1.35–1.86)*

0.7(0.56–0.75)*

 North West

1.4(1.24–1.56)*

3.6(3.14–4.22)*

0.3(0.24–0.31)*

 South East

3.5(3.10–3.90)*

1.5(1.23–1.71)*

1.2(1.01–1.34)***

 South South

1.4(1.27–1.62)*

0.7(0.59–0.88)**

1.6(1.39–1.93)*

 South West

3.8(3.32–4.20)*

1.9(1.52–2.10)*

0.8()0.66–0.88*

Residence

 Urban

1.5(1.40–1.58)*

0.6(0.53–0.62)*

1.0

 Rural

1.0

1.0

0.6(0.51–0.59)*

Education

 None

 

6.2(5.21–7.46)*

1.0

 Primary

 

3.8(3.15–4.62)*

2.6(2.35–2.87)*

 Secondary

 

1.9(1.60–2.34)*

3.2(2.97–3.51)*

 Higher

 

1.0

6.8(5.89–7.97)*

Wealth Ind.

 Poorest

 

3.8(3.32–4.30)*

1.0

 Poorer

 

2.8(2.43–3.17)*

1.7(1.50–1.85)*

 Middle

 

2.1(1.87–2.45)*

2.6(2.30–2.85)*

 Richer

 

1.6(1.43–1.88)*

3.3(2.96–3.66)*

 Richest

 

1.0

5.2(4.65–5.87)*

Marital Stat.

 Never married

 

0.2(0.10–0.41)*

1.5(1.24–1.71)*

 Curr. married

 

1.4(1.21–1.60)*

0.7(0.58–0. 76)*

 Separated/D

 

1.0

1.0

Partner’s Ed.

 None

 

1.0

2.7(2.39–2.97)*

 Primary

 

0.7(0.59–0.74)*

3.1(2.79–3.39)*

 Secondary

 

0.5(0.43–0.53)*

4.6(4.07–5.28)*

 Higher

 

0.4(0.32–0.42)*

0.9(0.64–1.45)

 Don’t know

 

1.03(0.68–1.55)

1.0

CRR

 No

 

1.0

1.0

 Yes

 

3.9(3.65–4.32)*

0.1(0.08–0.81)*

 Don’t know

 

0.8(0.55–1.28)

0.5(0.35–0.72)*

CSR

 No

 

1.0

4.5(4.15–4.81)*

 Yes

 

6.0(5.53–6.54)*

1.0

  1. 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%