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Table 3.

Contextual determinants of generational continuation of FGM (Full Model)

Individual factors		aOR (95% C.I.)
Age (in years)	15–24	0.34 (0.24—0.49)^a
	25–34	1.01 (0.80—1.27)
	35–49	0^b
Years of Education		1.00 (0.97—1.02)
Religion	Christianity	0.89 (0.64—1.23)
Religion	Islam	0^b
Ethnicity	Yoruba	1.17 (0.62—2.23)
	Hausa	0.64 (0.32—1.25)
	Igbo	0.72 (0.44—1.17)
	Others	0^b
Personal support for FGM	Yes	1.09 (1.04—1.15)^a
Personal support for FGM	No	0^b
Level of Exposure to Media	Low	0.99 (0.98—1.00)
	Medium	0.99 (0.97—1.01)
	High	0^b
Household factors
Wealth Status	Poor	1.05 (0.76 1.46)
	Middle	0.88 (0.63—1.25)
	Rich	0^b
Female Household Headship	Yes	1.15 (0.87—1.52)
Female Household Headship	No	0^b
Female Involvement in Household Decision	Yes	0.91 (0.85—0.96)^a
Female Involvement in Household Decision	No	0^b
Community factors
Zone	North Central	1.55 (0.99—2.42)
	North East	3.66 (1.72—7.81)^a
	North West	3.95 (1.94—8.04)^a
	South East	1.79 (0.89—3.60)
	South South	0.88 (0.50—1.53)
	South West	0^b
Residence	Urban	0.81 (0.63—1.03)
Residence	Rural	0^b
Proportion of Yoruba	High	1.41 (0.89—2.24)
Proportion of Yoruba	Low	0^b
Proportion of Igbo	High	1.17 (0.83—1.66)
Proportion of Igbo	Low	0^b
Proportion of Hausa	High	1.38 (0.71—2.67)
Proportion of Hausa	Low	0^b
Proportion of the Poor in the communities	Low	0.93 (0.67—1.31)
	Moderate	0.67 (0.41—1.09)
	High	0^b
Proportion of Uneducated Mothers	Low	1.14 (0.59—2.20)
	Moderate	0.60 (0.42—0.86)^a
	High	0^b
Proportion of Uneducated Partners	Low	1.03 (0.74—1.44)
	Moderate	1.16 (0.66—2.04)
	High	0^b
Proportion Unexposed to Media	Low	1.85 (1.35—2.53)^a
	Moderate	1.47 (0.93—2.33)
	High	0^b
Proportion of Women Participants in Household Decision	Low	1.13 (0.84—1.52)
	Moderate	1.35 (0.97—1.87)
	High	0^b
Proportion of Community Women who supported FGM	Low	0.76 (0.51—1.14)
	Moderate	0.70 (0.55—0.90)^a
	High	0^b

^asignificant at 5%; aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval; b. is set at zero for the reference category