Table 4.

The detailed decomposition analysis of the change in FGM practice in Ethiopia, 2000 to 2016

Female Genital Mutilation		Difference due to characteristics (E)		Difference due to coefficient (C)
		Coef.	Pct.	Coef.	Pct.
Residence	Rural	0		0
	Urban	0.003 (− 0.006, 0.011)	−2.7	0.02 [0.01, 0.03]**	−20.6
Region	Somali	0		0
	Afar	0.003 [− 0.006, 0.012]	−2.8	− 0.0006[− 0.01, 0.009]	0.6
	Amhara	−0.005 [− 0.02, 0.01]	4.9	0.013 [− 0.005, 0.03]	−12.0
	Oromia	−0.015 [− 0.06, − 0.029]	14.1	0.006 [− 0.02, 0.03]	−0.5
	Tigray	0.013 [−0.025, 0.05]	− 12.2	0.01 [0.0008, 0.02]**	− 12.2
	Ben-Gumuz	0.0029 [−0.0058, 0.012]	−2.8	0.007 [−0.002, 0.016]	−6.5
	SNNPRs	−0.0046[− 0.018, − 0.009]	4.4	0.01 [− 0.009, 0.029]	−9.7
	Gambella	0.004 [− 0.009, 0.017]	−4.1	0.007 [− 0.0008, 0.015]	− 6.9
	Harari	−0.0004 [− 0.002, 0.0008]	0.37	0.003 [− 0.006, 0.011]	−2.4
	Addis Ababa	−0.005 [− 0.02, 0.01]	4.9	0.011 [− 0.007, 0.03]	−11.2
	Dire Dawa	0.001 [− 0.002, 0.004]	−1.0	−0.0013 [− 0.011, 0.009]	1.2
Women age (in years)	15–19	−0.0018 [− 0.007, 0.004]	1.7	−0.007 [− 0.015,0.0009]	6.7
	20–24	−0.0001[− 0.00002, 0.00001]	0.005	−0.002 [− 0.009, 0.004]	2.3
	25–29	0.0003 [−0.0006, 0.0012]	− 0.28	−0.002 [− 0.008, 0.0035]	2.4
	30–34	0.0001 [−0.0006, 0.001]	− 0.1	0.0007 [− 0.004, 0.005]	−0.6
	35–39	0		0
	40–44	−0.0001 [− 0.0003, 0.0002]	0.07	− 0.001 [− 0.005, 0.002]	1.2
	45–49	00002 [− 0.0008, 0.0013]	−0.2	0.0006 [− 0.003, 0.004]	−0.5
Educational status	No education	0		0
	Primary	0.0019[−0.007, 0.01]	−1.8	−0.002 [− 0.006, 0.002]	1.8
	Secondary	0.0005 [−0.001, 0.002]	−0.5	− 0.001 [− 0.006, 0.003]	1.2
	Higher	0.008 [−0.02, 0.033]	−7.6	− 0.0008 [− 0.001, − 0.00006]**	0.7
Occupation	Not working	0		0
	Gov’t employee	−0.0013 [− 0.0012, 0.0009]	0.1	− 0.0006 [− 0.001, 0.0003]	0.5
	Self -employee	0.0007 [− 0.003, 0.005]	0.7	−0.02 [− 0.03, − 0.009]**	19.7
Religion	Orthodox	− 0.0018 [− 0.011, 0.007]	1.8	−0.06 [− 0.11, − 0.02]**	61.9
	Muslim	− 0.006 [− 0.025,0.012]	5.8	−0.05 [− 0.08, − 0.01]**	43.6
	Protestant	0.0007 [− 0.0043, 0.0056]	−0.6	− 0.003 [− 0.016, 0.01]	3.1
	Traditional	−0.0038 [− 0.015, 0.0075]	3.6	−0.002 [− 0.006, 0.002]	1.5
	Catholic	0		0
Media exposure	Yes	−0.0006 [− 0.0025,0.0014]	0.5	− 0.012 [− 0.022, − 0.003]**	11.8
	No	0		0
Constant				0.02 [−0.15, 0.20]	−23.4

^**P-value < 0.01, Coef: Coefficient, Pct.: Percentage