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 4 The association between socio-demographic characteristic profile and intentional practice of female genital mutilation among women of reproductive health in Dodoma Region (n = 324)

Variables	COR	p-value	95%CI		AOR	p-value	95%CI
Variables	COR	p-value	Lower	Upper	AOR	p-value	Lower	Upper
Age group
18–35 yrs	1
36–49 yrs	2.814	0.005	1.688	5.257	2.053	0.014	0.704	4.325
Marital status
Single	3.679	0.015	1.468	5.348	2.443	0.029	1.376	4.572
Married	2.975	0.055	1.264	4.174	1.362	0.063	0.573	3.059
Cohabiting	2.549	0.060	1.564	4.164	1.467	0.072	0.783	3.474
Divorce	1
Educational level
Primary	2.651	0.053	1.255	4.492	1.742	0.069	0.605	3.843
Secondary	2.629	0.056	1.263	4.258	1.362	0.060	0.864	3.436
Collage and above	1
Never gone to school	3.632	0.002	2.423	5.144	2.042	0.011	1.726	4.937
Occupation
Employed	1
Housewives	2.596	0.006	1.654	4.139	1.236	0.012	0.582	3.826
Self employed	2.765	0.031	1.596	4.748	1.031	0.057	0.761	3.674
Types of family
Nuclear	1
Extended family	2.283	0.002	1.453	4.562	1.436	0.015	0.762	3.658
Head of the family
Father	1
Mother	3.216	0.009	1.253	5.435	2.148	0.021	1.641	4.146
Father and mother	2.854	0.058	1.136	4.586	1.264	0.073	0.673	3.572
Knowledge
Adequate	1
Inadequate	3.258	0.021	1.286	6.261	2.041	0.038	0.734	4.358
Attitude
Positive	1
Negative	3.546	0.023	1.041	5.476	2.241	0.042	1.008	4.503

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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