Table 3.
Percentage of women circumcised in Burkina Faso by socio-economic and demographic characteristics
| Socio-economic characteristics | 1999 (N = 5522) | N | Chi square P value | 2003 (N = 12059) | N | Chi square P value | 2010 (N = 17008) | N | Chi square P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth cohort | |||||||||
| 1950-1959 | 87.5 | 1,078 | <0.001 | 86.3 | 1,252 | <0.001 | |||
| 1960-1969 | 85.4 | 1,665 | 84.2 | 2,856 | 89.3 | 2,493 | <0.001 | ||
| 1970-1979 | 83.1 | 2,228 | 81.0 | 3,702 | 85.1 | 4,254 | |||
| 1980-1989 | 79.0 | 1,474 | 72.8 | 4,667 | 74.8 | 6,210 | |||
| 1990-1995 | 60.7 | 4,130 | |||||||
| Education Level | |||||||||
| No education | 84.2 | 5,240 | 0.005 | 81.3 | 9,901 | <0.001 | 80.7 | 12,469 | <0.001 |
| Primary or Higher | 80.3 | 1,205 | 70.8 | 2,573 | 63.7 | 4,611 | |||
| Residence | |||||||||
| Urban | 84.6 | 1,651 | 0.37 | 75.9 | 3,014 | <0.001 | 69.0 | 5,368 | <0.001 |
| Rural | 83.4 | 4,794 | 80.2 | 9,463 | 78.7 | 11,719 | |||
| Age at Marriage | |||||||||
| Early (Before age 18) | 85.8 | 3,416 | 0.03 | 82.9 | 6,219 | 0.04 | 81.0 | 7,913 | 0.09 |
| After age 18 | 83.2 | 1,818 | 81.0 | 3,823 | 79.7 | 6,054 | |||
| Religion | |||||||||
| Muslim | 88.4 | 3,601 | <0.001 | 84.6 | 6,982 | <0.001 | 81.7 | 10,239 | <0.001 |
| Christian | 74.5 | 1,871 | 69.5 | 3,723 | 65.0 | 5,251 | |||
| Traditional and other religions | 84.1 | 740 | 76.5 | 1,516 | 75.9 | 1,423 | |||
| Ethnicity 1 | |||||||||
| Mossi | 84.3 | 3,847 | <0.001 | 81.2 | 6,552 | <0.001 | 78.8 | 8,948 | <0.001 |
| Bobo, Dioula, Senoufu | 92.5 | 334 | 87.2 | 1,149 | 69.4 | 802 | |||
| Fulfuldé, Peul, Touareg, Bella | 92.0 | 416 | 75.7 | 862 | 73.1 | 1,607 | |||
| Gourmatché | 69.6 | 460 | 70.6 | 698 | 64.5 | 1,048 | |||
| Gourounsi and Bissa | 66.3 | 435 | 51.0 | 575 | 71.1 | 1,466 | |||
| Lobbi and Dagara | 87.6 | 338 | 79.0 | 1,591 | 76.4 | 1,178 | |||
| Others | 89.0 | 614 | 79.2 | 1,027 | 80.1 | 2,008 |
Sources of data: DHS 1999, 2003, 2010 1The Mossi make up 50% of all ethnicities.