Table 3. Women's support for FGM continuation and geographic variation in Ethiopia, EDHS 2000–2005.
| Geographic location | EDHS 2000 | EDHS 2005 | Percentage changes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted total number of women | Weighted prevalence to be continued (95%CI) | Weighted total number of women | Weighted prevalence to be continued (95%CI) | ||
| Region | |||||
| Tigray | 694 | 35.4(31.95,39.06) | 762 | 21.6(18.84,24.68) | -39.0 |
| Afar | 177 | 76.8(70.19,82.61) | 143 | 65.7(57.67,73.17) | -14.5 |
| Amhara | 3380 | 68.1(66.52,69.66) | 3094 | 39.1(37.40,40.84) | -42.6 |
| Oromia | 5835 | 70.9(69.72,72.05) | 4866 | 29.8(28.53,31.10) | -58.0 |
| Somali | 175 | 77.3(70.48,82.91) | 476 | 74.5(70.52,78.34) | -3.6 |
| Benishangul- Gumz | 141 | 60.9(52.76,68.78) | 99 | 40.1(31.08,50.28) | -34.2 |
| SNNPR | 2892 | 67.9(66.19,69.59) | 2597 | 26.0(24.33,27.70) | -61.7 |
| Gambella | 22 | 47.8(29.78,70.22) | 20 | 21.0(6.70,41.49) | -56.1 |
| Harari | 40 | 51.6(37.12,67.53) | 39 | 21.6(10.01,35.26) | -58.1 |
| Addis Ababa | 679 | 16.3(13.71,19.27) | 753 | 5.6(4.10,7.40) | -65.6 |
| Dire Dawa | 79 | 45.6(34.84,56.61) | 69 | 13.8(7.60,24.31) | -69.7 |
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 2704 | 32.0(30.25,33.77) | 2445 | 10.4(9.23,11.65) | -67.5 |
| Rural | 11410 | 72.9(72.08,73.71) | 10473 | 36.3(35.39,37.23) | -50.2 |
| Total | 14114 | 65.0(64.21,65.78) | 12918 | 31.4(30.60,32.20) | -51.7 |