Prevalence, knowledge, attitude, motivators and intentional practice of female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age: a community-based analytical cross-sectional study in Tanzania

Table 3 The association between socio-demographic characteristic profile and attitude on female genital mutilation among women of reproductive health in Dodoma Region (n = 324)

Variable	COR	p-value	95%CI		AOR	p-value	95%CI
Variable	COR	p-value	Lower	Upper	AOR	p-value	lower	Upper
Age group
18–35	2.109	0.001	1.715	4.698	1.052	0.023	0.654	3.532
36–49	1
Marital status
Single	2.679	0.055	1.936	4.769	1.384	0.077	0.659	3.965
Married	2.657	0.006	1.615	4.693	1.235	0.034	0.637	3.349
Cohabiting	1
Divorce	2.598	0.056	1.924	4.286	1.225	0.072	0.752	3.971
Educational level
Primary	2.672	0.057	1.279	4.673	1.242	0.063	0.716	3.746
Secondary	3.275	0.051	1.284	5.445	1.939	0.069	0.569	2.849
Collage and above	2.885	0.002	1.582	4.749	1.102	0.024	0.748	3.162
Never gone to school	1
Occupation
Employed	2.452	0.031	1.903	4.042	1.243	0.042	0.649	3.788
Housewives	1
Self employed	3.092	0.043	1.404	5.941	1.086	0.057	0.595	3.393
Types of family
Nuclear	3.260	0.015	1.437	5.836	1.373	0.031	0.654	3.492
Extended family	1
Head of the family
Father	1
Mother	2.983	0.051	1.653	4.572	1.092	0.061	0.737	3.458
Father and mother	2.940	0.016	1.275	4.504	1.048	0.031	0.674	3.429
Own TV
Yes	3.084	0.017	1.482	5.142	1.930	0.034	0.538	3.048
No	1
Using social networking
Yes	2.168	0.022	1.053	4.253	1.402	0.043	0.564	3.054
No	1
Religion
Christian	2.562	0.052	1.476	4.109	1.073	0.061	0.975	3.427
Muslims	1
Sources of information
Have you ever heard information about FGM?
Yes	2.835	0.022	1.932	5.253	1.092	0.042	0.584	4.070
No	1

Source: Field Data (2022)
Key
COR ≥ 1 and p < 0.05: positive predictor of the outcome variable when not controlled with other factors
AOR ≥ 1 and p < 0.05: positive predictor of the outcome variable when controlled with other factors (The final finding to be reported)
p < 0.05: Significant association between variables

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