Table 2.

Distribution of factors associated with FGM in SSA

Variables	FGM among women			FGM among daughters
	Yes	No	χ2 (P value)	Yes	No	χ2 (P value)
Wealth quintile			7.9 (< 0.001)			8.0 (< 0.001)
Poorest	60.2	39.8		18.7	81.3
Poorer	54.9	45.1		15.1	84.9
Middle	52.8	47.2		13.7	86.3
Richer	50.5	49.5		11.7	88.3
Richest	42.9	57.1		6.8	93.2
Education			29.6 (< 0.001)			21.2 (< 0.001)
No education	65.8	34.2		20.8	79.2
Primary	39.2	60.8		5.6	94.4
Secondary	38.8	61.2		5.0	95.0
Higher	32.8	67.2		3.5	96.5
Age			973.3 (< 0.001)			21.5 (< 0.001)
15–19	46.0	54.0		1.2	98.8
20–24	47.9	52.1		5.9	94.1
25–29	51.9	48.5		11.7	88.3
30–34	53.7	46.3		17.7	82.3
35–39	55.9	44.1		21.4	78.6
40–44	56.0	44.0		21.8	78.2
45–49	59.7	40.4		22.7	77.3
Residence			875.0 (< 0.001)			6.3 (< 0.001)
Urban	46.5	53.5		8.6	91.4
Rural	54.9	45.1		15.4	84.6
Marital status			12.5 (< 0.001)			18.0 (< 0.001)
Single	40.7	59.4		0.5	99.5
Married	57.4	42.6		17.6	82.4
Cohabitation	31.5	68.5		3.3	96.7
Widowed/divorced/separated	47.1	52.9		10.9	89.1
Occupation			12.3 (< 0.001)			6.8 (< 0.001)
Not working	46.9	53.1		10.5	89.5
Managerial	35.7	64.3		6.6	93.4
Clerical	35.1	64.9		5.0	95.0
Sales	49.7	50.3		15.3	84.7
Agricultural	63.0	37.0		16.9	82.1
Household	27.4	72.6		2.6	97.4
Services	41.1	58.9		9.8	90.2
Manual	61.3	38.7		14.7	85.3
Other	64.0	36.0		7.3	92.7
Frequency of reading newspaper			17.7 (< 0.001)			9.5 (< 0.001)
Not at all	56.5	43.5		15.1	84.9
Less than a week	30.1	69.9		3.0	97.0
At least once a week	29.9	70.1		2.4	97.6
Frequency of listening to radio			7.6 (< 0.001)			832.3 (< 0.001)
Not at all	58.6	41.4		16.5	83.5
Less than once a week	52.7	47.3		12.6	87.4
At least once a week	45.7	54.3		10.2	89.8
Frequency of watching television			14.4 (< 0.001)			8.0 (< 0.001)
Not at all	59.3	40.7		16.3	83.7
Less than once a week	46.9	53.1		10.9	89.1
At least once a week	39.2	60.8		7.4	92.6