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. 2016 Jan 7;11(1):e0145329. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145329

Table 5. Factors associated with daughters’ circumcision among reproductive age women in Ethiopia, EDHS 2011.

Variables Unadjusted OR (95%CI) Adjusted OR (95%CI)
Wealth index
        Poorest Reference Reference
        Poorer 0.9(0.73,1.113) 1.0(0.81,1.31)
        Middle 1.0(0.76,1.19) 1.2(0.92,1.54)
        Richer 1.1(0.84,1.34) 1.4(1.06,1.83)*
        Richest 0.8(0.63,1.06) 1.3(0.90,1.0)
Women occupation
        Not working Reference Reference
        Professional/technical/managerial 0.4(0.23,0.78)* 0.7(0.31,1.69)
        Clerical 0.4(0.13,0.98)* 0.8(0.25,2.25)
        Sales 1.1(0.88,1.29) 1.0(0.81,1.28)
        Agriculture-employee 1.3(1.06,1.60)* 1.2(0.93,1.47)
        Services 0.6(0.11,3.50) 2.0(0.31,12.21)
        Skilled manual 1.5(0.99,2.24) 1.3(0.78,2.04)
        Unskilled manual 0.7(0.430,1.09) 0.6(0.335,0.97)*
Religion
        Orthodox Reference Reference
        Catholic 1.0(0.45,1.75) 0.7(0.33,1.49)
        Protestant 0.5(0.37,0.63)*** 0.6(0.40,0.75)***
        Muslim 1.8(1.46,2.25)*** 2.0(1.52,2.55)***
        Traditional 0.5(0.23,1.11) 0.4(0.15,0.96)*
        Others@ 0.8(0.32,1.79) 0.60(0.22,1.60)
Age
        15–19 Reference Reference
        20–24 1.1(0.65,1.84) 1.1(0.64,1.79)
        25–29 1.9(1.17,3.11)* 1.9(1.15,3.08)*
        30–34 4.3(2.64,7.08)*** 4.4(2.66,7.17)***
        35–39 9.3(5.70,15.24)*** 9.2(5.62,15.16)***
        40–44 20.5(12.38,33.90)*** 19.4(11.64,32.23)***
        45–49 32.6(19.60,54.37)*** 28.4(16.93,47.59)***
Maternal education
        No formal education Reference Reference
        Primary 0.4(0.35,0.52)*** 0.7(0.58,0.91)*
        Secondary 0.2(0.14,0.26)*** 0.3(0.23,0.50)***
        Higher 0.1 (0.07,0.27)*** 0.2(0.07,0.50)*

@ Jehovah, other unclassified

*P<0.05

***p<0.0001