Table 1.
Description of study variables
| Variables | N = 3835 | % | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generational continuation of FGM | |||
| Continued | 1535 | 40.0 | |
| Not continued | 2300 | 60.0 | |
| Individual level | |||
| Women's characteristics | |||
| Years of education | 6 years | ||
| Exposure to mass media | 2 times (weekly) | ||
| Age | |||
| 15–24 | 702 | 18.3 | |
| 25–34 | 1321 | 34.5 | |
| 35–49 | 1812 | 47.2 | |
| Religion | |||
| Christianity | 1627 | 42.4 | |
| Islam | 2198 | 57.3 | |
| Others | 10 | 0.2 | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hausa/ Fulani | 1544 | 40.3 | |
| Igbo | 776 | 20.2 | |
| Yoruba | 996 | 26.0 | |
| Others | 519 | 13.5 | |
| Male partner's characteristics | |||
| Age | 43 (years) | ||
| Years of education | 6 (years) | ||
| Household-level factors | |||
| Wealth Index | |||
| Poor | 1378 | 35.9 | |
| Middle | 753 | 19.6 | |
| Rich | 1704 | 44.4 | |
| Female household headship | |||
| Yes | 339 | 8.8 | |
| No | 3496 | 91.2 | |
| Female decision-making ability in HH | 3 | ||
| Community-level factors | |||
| Type of place of residence | |||
| Urban | 2001 | 52.2 | |
| Rural | 1834 | 47.8 | |
| Region | |||
| North Central | 291 | 7.6 | |
| North East | 209 | 5.5 | |
| North West | 1371 | 35.7 | |
| South East | 668 | 17.4 | |
| South South | 351 | 9.2 | |
| South West | 945 | 24.7 | |
| Proportion of Yorubas | |||
| Low | 2441 | 63.7 | |
| High | 1394 | 36.4 | |
| Proportion of Igbos | |||
| Low | 2398 | 62.5 | |
| High | 1437 | 37.5 | |
| Proportion of Hausas | |||
| Low | 1912 | 49.9 | |
| High | 1923 | 50.2 | |
| Proportion of uneducated mothers | |||
| Low | 1351 | 35.2 | |
| Medium | 1054 | 27.5 | |
| High | 1430 | 37.3 | |
| Proportion of uneducated male partners | |||
| Low | 1217 | 31.7 | |
| Medium | 1157 | 30.2 | |
| High | 1461 | 38.1 | |
| Community poverty | |||
| Low | 1420 | 37.0 | |
| Medium | 1226 | 32.0 | |
| High | 1889 | 31.0 | |
| Proportion unexposed to media | |||
| Low | 1504 | 39.2 | |
| Medium | 1306 | 34.1 | |
| High | 1025 | 26.7 | |
| Proportion of women decision-makers in household | |||
| Low | 615 | 16.0 | |
| Medium | 1683 | 43.9 | |
| High | 1537 | 40.1 | |
| Community support for FGM | |||
| Low | 2370 | 61.8 | |
| Medium | 1230 | 32.1 | |
| High | 234 | 6.1 | |
IQR interquartile range