Table 1 Descriptive statistics for control variables
Variable | F | f |
|---|---|---|
Should FGM be discontinued | Â | Â |
 No | 75310 | 77.5 % |
 Yes | 21914 | 22.5 % |
Region | Â | Â |
 Urban Governorates | 16967 | 17.4 % |
 Lower Egypt - Urban | 11410 | 11.7 % |
 Lower Egypt - Rural | 32421 | 33.3 % |
 Upper Egypt - Urban | 11076 | 11.4 % |
 Upper Egypt - Rural | 24417 | 25.1 % |
 Frontier Governorate | 983 | 1.0 % |
De facto place of residence | Â | Â |
 Urban | 40053 | 41.2 % |
  Capital, large city | 16807 | 17.3 % |
  Small city | 11717 | 12.0 % |
  Town | 3905 | 4.0 % |
  Urban (2014) | 7623 | 7.8 % |
 Rural | 57221 | 58.8 % |
Current age | Â | Â |
 Mean & SD | 33.13 | 8.65 |
 15–19 | 3818 | 3.9 % |
 20–24 | 14359 | 14.8 % |
 25–29 | 19286 | 19.8 % |
 30–34 | 16721 | 17.2 % |
 35–39 | 16107 | 16.6 % |
 40–44 | 13816 | 14.2 % |
 45–49 | 13166 | 13.5 % |
Total number of children ever born | Â | Â |
 Mean & SD | 3.14 | 2.24 |
 0 | 9051 | 9.3 % |
 1 | 13559 | 13.9 % |
 2 | 20115 | 20.7 % |
 3 | 19792 | 20.3 % |
 4 | 13277 | 13.6 % |
 5 | 8216 | 8.4 % |
 6 | 5124 | 5.3 % |
 7+ | 8141 | 8.4 % |
Ever circumcised | Â | Â |
 No | 4328 | 4.5 % |
 Yes | 92894 | 95.5 % |
Religion | Â | Â |
 Muslim | 69049 | 71.0 % |
 Christian | 3447 | 3.5 % |
 Other/Missing | 24778 | 25.5 % |
Labor market participation | Â | Â |
 Not working | 78862 | 81.1 % |
 Prof., Tech., Manag. | 7260 | 7.5 % |
 Clerical | 2760 | 2.8 % |
 Sales | 1429 | 1.5 % |
 Agriculture-self employed | 1508 | 1.6 % |
 Agriculture-employee | 2382 | 2.4 % |
 Services | 1498 | 1.5 % |
 Skilled manual | 1094 | 1.1 % |
 Other | 481 | 0.5 % |
Basic amenities index | Â | Â |
 Mean & SD | 6.02 | 1.74 |
 Few (0–3) | 7987 | 8.2 % |
 Some (4–5) | 13415 | 13.8 % |
 Most (6–8) | 75875 | 78.0 % |
Highest educational level | Â | Â |
 No formal education | 33924 | 34.9 % |
 Primary | 15408 | 15.8 % |
 Secondary | 37894 | 39.0 % |
 Higher | 10049 | 10.3 % |
Literacy | Â | Â |
 Illiterate | 39217 | 40.4 % |
 Partially literate | 6878 | 7.1 % |
 Fully literate | 51088 | 52.6 % |