Female genital mutilation/cutting among girls aged 0–14: evidence from the 2018 Mali Demographic and Health Survey data

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women and FGM/C in girls in Mali (Weighted, N = 5665)

Variables	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)	FGM/C in girls	Chi-square/p-value
Age groups				167.27/p < 0.001
15–19	178	3.1	44.3
20–24	655	11.6	57.9
25–29	1342	23.7	69.3
30–34	1325	23.4	76.2
35–39	1167	20.6	78.3
40–44	650	11.5	81.3
45–49	348	6.1	79.9
Level of education				3.72/0.156
No education	4361	77.0	72.7
Primary	595	10.5	73.7
Secondary+	709	12.5	71.8
Partner’s level of education				23.65/<0.001
No education	4090	72.2	72.9
Primary	459	8.1	74.1
Secondary+	816	14.4	72.4
Not known	300	5.3	67.7
Marital status				23.96/p < 0.001
Never in union	58	1.0	58.5
Married	5484	96.8	72.8
Cohabiting	24	0.4	59.7
Widowed/divorced/separated	98	1.7	74.0
Employment status				344.94/p < 0.001
Unemployed	2018	35.6	63.3
Employed	3647	64.4	77.8
Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine				8.58/0.014
Not at all	5446	96.1	73.0
Less than once a week	132	2.3	67.0
At least once a week	87	1.5	62.5
Frequency of listening to radio				22.98/p < 0.001
Not at all	1764	31.2	69.0
Less than once a week	1277	22.5	72.7
At least once a week	2624	46.3	75.1
Frequency of watching television				131.52/p > 0.001
Not at all	2331	41.1	68.3
Less than once a week	1210	21.4	75.5
At least once a week	2123	37.5	75.9
Circumcision status
Not circumcised	581	10.3	9.6
Circumcised	5084	89.7	79.9
Wealth quintile				58.19/p < 0.001
Poorest	1249	22.0	70.5
Poorer	1088	19.2	69.7
Middle	1174	20.7	69.1
Richer	1142	20.2	78.4
Richest	1012	17.9	76.2
Sex of household head				21.42/p < 0.001
Male	4982	87.9	72.7
Female	683	12.1	72.5
Place of residence				11.33/0.001
Urban	1235	21.8	74.4
Rural	4430	78.2	72.2

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