Skip to main content

Table 5 Association of socio-demographic and parental factors with the prevalence of FGC among high school girls in Hadiya zone, Ethiopia, 2011

From: Prevalence and belief in the continuation of female genital cutting among high school girls: a cross - sectional study in Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia

Variables

Circumcision status

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

 

Yes

No

  
 

N (%)

N (%)

  

Residence (n = 780)

    

 Urban

199(72.6)

75(27.4)

1

1

 Rural

442(87.4)

64(12.6)

2.6(1.79, 3.78)*

1.97(1.25, 3.09)*

Grade level (n = 780)

    

 Grade 9

263(78.3)

73(21.7)

1

1

 Grade 10

378(85.1)

66(14.9)

1.59(1.10, 2.29)*

1.79(1.20, 2.66)*

Religion (n = 772)

    

 All Christian religions

599(81.8)

133(18.2)

1

1

 Muslims

38(95.5)

2(5.0)

4.21(1.01,17.00)*

3.35(0.77, 14.5)

Father’s educational status (n = 774)

    

 Under high school

501(86.8)

76(13.2)

3.02(2.05, 4.45)*

2.04(1.25, 3.09)*

 High school and above

135(68.5)

62(31.5)

1

1

Mother’s educational status (n = 768)

    

 Under high school

566(85.1)

99(14.9)

3.20(2.03, 5.05)*

1.84(1.10, 3.38)*

 High school and above

66(64.1)

37(35.9)

1

1

Father’s occupation (n = 766)

    

 Farmer

474(85.1)

83(14.9)

2.09(1.42, 3.07)*

1.2(0.47, 1.44)

 Currently employed

153(73.2)

56(26.8)

1

1

Mother’s occupation (n = 780)

    

 House wife

452(82.3)

97(17.7)

1.45(0.92,2.27)

1.06(0.51, 1.46)

 Farmer

83(90.2)

9(9.8)

2.87(1.30, 6.33)*

1.49(0.63, 3.53)

 Currently employed

106(73.3)

33(23.3)

1

1

  1. *Significant at significance level of 0.05.