Table 3.
Attitudes and knowledge regarding FGC and odds of supporting the continuation of pricking (n = 617)
| Descriptive statisticsa | Odds of supporting the continuation of pricking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Want pricking to continue n (%) | cOR | 95% CI | aORb | 95% CI | |
| Definition of FGC | ||||||
| All forms of FGC | 414 (67.6) | 46 (11.1) | 1.00 | Ref. | 1.00 | Ref. |
| FGC excl. pricking | 198 (32.4) | 67 (33.8) | 4.09** | 2.68–6.26 | 4.18** | 2.56–6.83 |
| Accepted by religion | ||||||
| Nothing | 430 (70.0) | 20 (4.7) | 1.00 | Ref. | 1.00 | Ref. |
| Pricking | 108 (17.6) | 39 (36.1) | 11.59** | 6.38–21.04 | 16.17** | 8.02–32.61 |
| FGC excl. pricking | 76 (12.4) | 53 (69.7) | 47.24** | 24.32–91.77 | 53.73** | 24.96–115.68 |
| Needed for respectability | ||||||
| Nothing | 386 (63.2) | 22 (5.7) | 1.00 | Ref. | 1.00 | Ref. |
| Pricking | 64 (10.5) | 22 (34.4) | 8.67** | 4.43–16.97 | 10.89** | 5.05–23.48 |
| FGC excl. pricking | 161 (26.4) | 69 (42.9) | 12.41** | 7.29–21.12 | 15.28** | 8.19–28.48 |
| Violation of children’s rights | ||||||
| All forms of FGC | 378 (61.4) | 24 (6.3) | 1.00 | Ref. | 1.00 | Ref. |
| FGC excl. pricking | 206 (33.4) | 88 (42.7) | 11.00** | 6.69–18.08 | 15.42** | 8.27–28.77 |
| Never | 32 (5.2) | 1 (3.1) | 0.48 | 0.06–3.64 | 0.26 | 0.30–2.16 |
| Long-term health complications | ||||||
| All forms of FGC | 267 (43.4) | 9 (3.4) | 1.00 | Ref. | 1.00 | Ref. |
| FGC excl. pricking | 341 (55.4) | 104 (30.5) | 12.58** | 6.23–25.42 | 14.55** | 6.45–32.83 |
| Never | 7 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | – | – | – | – |
| Legal in Sweden | ||||||
| Nothing | 560 (90.9) | 96 (17.1) | 1.00 | Ref. | 1.00 | Ref. |
| Pricking | 20 (3.2) | 2 (10.0) | 0.54 | 0.12–2.35 | 0.52 | 0.11–2.38 |
| FGC excl. pricking | 3 (0.5) | 1 (33.3) | 2.42 | 0.22–26.92 | 2.88 | 0.22–37.47 |
| Don’t know | 33 (5.4) | 13 (39.4) | 3.14** | 1.51–6.53 | 3.01** | 1.33–6.82 |
CI confidence interval, cOR crude odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio, Ref. referent category
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01
aMissing data for each variable presented ranges from 1 to 6
bAdjusted for gender, age, marital status, education, origin, years of residency in Sweden, employment, social capital: social participation, social capital: trust, and bridging social capital