Table 1.
Socio-demographic characters of women aged 15 – 49 by their support for the continuation of FGM, Ethiopia, 2005.
| Predictor variable |
Category of variables |
Should FGM be continued? | ||||
| No | Yes | |||||
| Number | % | Number | % | |||
| Education status |
No education | 4228 | 57.2 | 3168 | 42.8 | 0.000 |
| Primary | 2201 | 82.2 | 475 | 17.8 | ||
| Secondary | 2164 | 95.7 | 97 | 4.3 | ||
| Higher educ. | 349 | 98.0 | 7 | 2.0 | ||
| Religion | Orthodox | 4923 | 79.2 | 1294 | 20.8 | 0.000 |
| Catholic | 95 | 75.4 | 31 | 24.6 | ||
| Protestant | 1440 | 79.9 | 363 | 20.1 | ||
| Muslim | 2382 | 54.2 | 2013 | 45.8 | ||
| Traditional | 99 | 68.3 | 46 | 31.7 | ||
| Residence | Rural | 5049 | 60.3 | 3319 | 39.7 | 0.000 |
| Urban | 3893 | 90.1 | 428 | 9.9 | ||
| Partner's education status |
No education | 2807 | 53.7 | 2425 | 46.3 | 0.000 |
| Primary | 1489 | 72.6 | 561 | 27.4 | ||
| Secondary | 1242 | 87.1 | 184 | 12.9 | ||
| Higher | 345 | 96.6 | 12 | 3.4 | ||
| Region | Tigray | 798 | 77.6 | 231 | 22.4 | 0.000 |
| Afar | 240 | 31.0 | 535 | 69.0 | ||
| Amhara | 1059 | 61.2 | 672 | 38.8 | ||
| Oromiya | 1529 | 70.3 | 646 | 29.7 | ||
| Somali | 158 | 24.0 | 499 | 76.0 | ||
| Benshangul-G | 437 | 65.6 | 229 | 34.4 | ||
| SNNP | 1349 | 74.7 | 458 | 25.3 | ||
| Gambela | 271 | 79.7 | 69 | 20.3 | ||
| Harari | 650 | 77.2 | 192 | 22.8 | ||
| Addis Ababa | 1752 | 94.1 | 109 | 5.9 | ||
| Dire Dawa | 699 | 86.7 | 107 | 13.3 | ||