Table 3 Logistic regression analyses for the associations between demographic variables and female genital mutilation/cutting
From: Health care-seeking patterns for female genital mutilation/cutting among young Somalis in Norway
Female genital mutilation/cutting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic variables | Univariate analysis (unadjusted) | Model 1 (Adjusted) | Model 2 (Adjusted) | |||
|  |  | aAIC = 118.34 | aAIC = 116.70 | |||
OR (95% CI) | P -value | OR (95% CI) | P -value | OR (95% CI) | P -value | |
Age | ||||||
 16 to 20 years | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 21 to 25 years | 1.04 (0.53–2.06) | 0.89 | 0.80 (0.23, 2.70) | 0.71 | 1.20 (0.37, 3.84) | 0.76 |
Age at migration to Norway | ||||||
 0 to 11 years | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
  ≥ 12 years | 12.16 (4.99–29.62) | <  0.01 | 4.78 (1.53, 15.00) | 0.01 | 4.84 (1.57, 14.91) | 0.01 |
Marital status | ||||||
 Single | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Married | 1.07 (0.46–2.51) | 0.86 | 0.86 (0.23, 3.21) | 0.82 | 0.71 (0.20, 2.51) | 0.60 |
 Divorce | 0.92 (0.05–15.07) | 0.95 | – | – | – | – |
Support of FGM/C practice | ||||||
 No | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Yes | 5.15 (1.41–18.72) | 0.01 | 2.06 (0.38, 11.10) | 0.40 | 2.10 (0.39–11.43) | 0.39 |
Education | ||||||
 University | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Secondary | 1.51 (0.57–4.02) | 0.40 | 1.44 (0.32, 6.42) | 0.64 | 1.73 (0.40, 7.43) | 0.46 |
 Primary | 2.53 (0.86–7.48) | 0.09 | 2.72 (0.48, 15.51) | 0.26 | 3.06 (0.57, 16.38) | 0.19 |
 No formal education | 3.25 (0.48–21.9) | 0.22 | 10.34 (0.17, 618.48) | 0.26 | 10.19 (0.46, 227.76) | 0.14 |
Place of birth of women | ||||||
 Born out of Norway | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Born in Norway | 0.02 (0.01, 0.07) | < 0.01 | 0.01 (0.001, 0.10) | <  0.01 | 0.02 (0.005, 0.12) | <  0.01 |
Stigmatized of FGM/C practice | ||||||
 No | 1 |  | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 1.53 (0.69–3.38) | 0.28 | 2.58 (0.59, 11.28) | 0.21 |  |  |