. 2023 Jul 17;23:376. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02537-3

Table 5.

Factors associated with the intention to perform female genital mutilation on a girl child among married women in Abakaliki

Independent Variable	Intention to genitally mutilate a future daughter		Bivariate Analysis	Logistic Regression
Independent Variable	No (N = 390) n (%)	Yes (N = 31) n (%)	χ² (p-value)	AOR	95% CI for AOR
Age in years
< 40	220 (56.4)	6 (19.4)	15.859 (< 0.001*)	1
≥ 40	170 (43.6)	25 (80.6)	15.859 (< 0.001*)	0.862	0.179–4.158
Level of education
<Secondary	112 (28.7)	26 (83.9)	39.644 (< 0.001*)	1
≥Secondary	278 (71.3)	5 (16.1)	39.644 (< 0.001*)	0.537	0.108–2.677
Husband education
<Secondary	114 (29.2)	25 (80.6)	34.325 (< 0.001*)	1
≥Secondary	276 (70.8)	6 (19.4)	34.325 (< 0.001*)	0.746	0.149–3.745
Employment status
Unemployed	119 (30.5)	5 (16.1)	2.859 (0.091)	1
Employed	271 (69.5)	26 (83.9)	2.859 (0.091)	1.346	0.389–4.660
Husband employment status
Unemployed	25 (6.4)	0 (0.0)	2.113 (0.146)	NA	NA
Employed	365 (93.6)	31 (100)	2.113 (0.146)	NA	NA
Number of female children
None	68 (17.4)	2 (6.5)	29.153 (0.001*)	1
1–4	290 (74.4)	17 (54.8)		0.328	0.043–2.489
≥ 5	32 (8.2)	12 (38.7)		0.756	0.081–7.091
Socio-economic class
Low	184 (47.2)	27 (87.1)	18.303 (< 0.001*)	1
High	206 (52.8)	4 (12.9)	18.303 (< 0.001*)	1.046	0.222–4.938
History of being genitally mutilated
No	205 (52.6)	4 (12.9)	18.070 (< 0.001*)	1
Yes	185 (47.4)	27 (87.1)	18.070 (< 0.001*)	0.128	0.008–2.078
Knowledge of Female Genital Mutilation
Poor^{^}	178 (45.6)	27 (87.1)	19.755 (< 0.001*)	1
Good^{^^}	212 (54.4)	4 (12.9)	19.755 (< 0.001*)	0.600	0.141–2.549
Ever genitally mutilated a female child
No	333 (85.4)	3 (9.7)	102.147 (< 0.001*)	1
Yes	57 (14.6)	28 (90.3)	102.147 (< 0.001*)	141.786	9.584-209.592*

AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval; *Statistical significance; ^Below mean score; ^^Mean score and above