Table 5 Logistic regression analyses association of demographic variables, in relation to FGM/C health care-seeking
From: Health care-seeking patterns for female genital mutilation/cutting among young Somalis in Norway
Health care-seeking for FGM/C | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic variables | Univariate analysis (unadjusted) | Model 1 (Adjusted) | Model 2 (Adjusted) | |||
|  |  | aAIC = 89.97 | aAIC = 89.91 | |||
OR (95% CI) | P -value | OR (95% CI) | P -value | OR (95% CI) | P -value | |
Age at migration to Norway | ||||||
 0 to 11 years | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
  ≥ 12 years | 3.25 (1.13, 9.34) | 0.03 | 2.85 (0.87, 9.41) | 0.09 | 3.18 (1.02, 9.98) | 0.05 |
Marital status | ||||||
 Single | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Married | 2.54 (0.79, 8.13) | 0.12 | 3.99 (0.98, 16.24) | 0.053 | 3.43 (0.90, 13.17) | 0.07 |
 Divorce | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Education | ||||||
 University | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Secondary | 0.49 (0.13, 1.80) | 0.29 | 0.28 (0.06, 1.41) | 0.12 | 0.35 (0.08, 1.61) | 0.18 |
 Primary | 0.32 (0.06, 1.62) | 0.17 | 0.18 (0.03, 1.24) | 0.08 | 0.26 (0.04, 1.51) | 0.13 |
No formal education | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Stigmatized of FGM/C practice | ||||||
 No | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Yes | 3.75 (1.26, 11.14) | 0.02 | 5.03 (1.33, 18.94) | 0.02 | 5.10 (1.46, 17.79) | 0.01 |
Age | ||||||
 16 to 20 years | 1 |  | 1 |  |  |  |
 21 to 25 years | 1.10 (0.36, 3.36) | 0.87 | 0.44 (0.10, 1.87) | 0.27 |  |  |
Support of FGM/C practice | ||||||
 No | 1 |  | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 2.14 (0.54, 8.53) | 0.28 | 1.52 (0.29, 7.93) | 0.62 |  |  |