Intention toward the continuation of female genital mutilation in Bale Zone, Ethiopia

Figures & data

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents; Bale Zone, Oromia region, southeast Ethiopia, May 2014

	Frequency	Percent
Age of respondent, years
15–20	101	16.3
21–25	163	26.3
26–30	128	20.7
31–35	57	9.2
36–49	170	27.5
Total	619	100.0
Marital status
Single	6	1
Married	574	92.7
Divorced	25	4
Widowed	14	2.3
Religion
Muslim	366	59.1
Orthodox Christian	226	36.5
Protestant	27	4.4
Ethnicity
Oromo	540	87.2
Amhara	79	12.8
Respondents’ educational status
Unable to read and write	229	37
Read and write	9	1.5
Primary-level education	233	37.6
Secondary-level education and above	148	23.9
Husband’s education
Unable to read and write	129	22.5
Read and write	25	4.4
Primary-level education	206	35.9
Secondary-level education and above	214	37.3
Respondents’ occupation
Housewife	448	72.4
Government employee	33	5.3
Self-employed	10	1.6
Farmer	24	3.9
Merchant	84	13.6
Other	20	3.2
Husband’s occupation
Farmer	250	43.6
Government employee	118	20.6
Self-employed	44	7.7
Merchant	115	20.0
Other	47	8.2
Residence
Rural	129	20.8
Urban	490	79.2
Income
<500	159	34
500–1,000	151	32.3
1,001–2,000	114	24.4
>2,000	44	9.4

Table 2 Intention for the continuation of FGM/C of the respondents; Bale Zone, Oromia region, southeast Ethiopia, May 2014

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Plan for daughter(s) circumcision
Yes	120	19.4
No	279	45.1
All circumcised	49	7.9
Has no daughter	171	27.6
Support the continuation of FGM/C
Yes	169	27.3
No	450	72.7
Circumcised woman does not practice premarital sex
Yes	112	18.1
No	401	64.8
Has no idea	106	17.1
Uncircumcised woman is promiscuous
Yes	139	22.5
No	371	59.9
Has no idea	109	17.6
Uncircumcised woman cannot manage her marriage
Yes	97	15.7
No	459	74.2
Has no idea	63	10.2
FGM is a religious requirement
Yes	269	43.5
No	302	48.8
Does not know	48	7.8
Males support FGM
Yes	102	16.5
No	385	62.2
Does not know	132	21.3
To stop FGM is going against the norm
Yes	128	20.7
No	462	74.6
Has no idea	29	4.7
FGM/C exposes females for HIV/AIDS
True	439	70.9
False	93	15.0
Does not know	87	14.1

Abbreviation: FGM/C, female genital mutilation/cutting.

Table 3 Factors associated with the intention for the continuation of FGM among the respondents; Bale Zone, Oromia region, southeast Ethiopia, May 2014

Variable	Intention for FGM continuation		COR (95% confidence interval)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
	Yes, N (%)	No, N (%)
Residence
Rural	85 (65.9)	44 (34.1)	9.90 (6.40, 15.31)**	5.73 (3.44, 9.55)**
Urban	80 (16.3)	410 (83.7)	1	1
Age, years
15–20	26 (25.7)	75 (74.3)	1	1
21–25	32 (19.6)	131 (80.4)	0.71 (0.39, 1.27)	0.83 (0.42, 1.66)
26–30	36 (28.1)	92 (71.9)	1.13 (0.63, 2.03)	0.92 (0.44, 1.92)
31–35	18 (31.6)	39 (68.4)	1.33 (0.65, 2.72)	0.78 (0.32, 1.93)
36–49	53 (31.2)	117 (68.8)	1.31 (0.75, 2.27)	0.92 (0.44, 1.88)
Religion
Muslim	143 (39.1)	223 (60.9)	2.82 (1.05, 7.62)*	1.46 (0.45, 4.71)
Orthodox	17 (7.5)	209 (92.5)	0.36 (0.12, 1.06)	0.42 (0.12, 1.48)
Protestant	5 (18.5)	22 (81.5)	1	1
Education				1
Unable to read and write	115 (48.3)	123 (51.7)	12.90 (6.47, 25.73)**	7.58 (3.47, 16.54)**
Primary-level education	40 (17.2)	193 (82.8)	2.86 (1.38, 5.91)**	1.97 (0.88, 4.40)
Secondary-level education	10 (6.8)	138 (93.2)	1	1
Circumcised
Yes	156 (32.1)	330 (67.9)	6.51 (3.22, 13.15)**	2.89 (1.33, 6.20)*
No	9 (6.8)	124 (93.2)	1	1

Notes:

* Significant at P<0.05,

** significant at P<0.01.

Abbreviation: FGM, female genital mutilation; COR, crude odds ration.