Table 2 The trend in FGM practice among reproductive-age women by selected characteristics based on 2000, 2005, and 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys
Characteristics | EDHS 2000 | EDHS 2005 | EDHS 2016 | Point difference in the prevalence of FGM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phase 1 (2005–2000) | Phase 2 (2016–2005) | Phase 3 (2016–2000) | ||||
Place of residence | ||||||
 Urban | 79.8 | 68.5 | 55.5 | −11.3 | −13.0 | −24.3 |
 Rural | 79.9 | 75.5 | 74.8 | −4.4 | −0.7 | −5.1 |
Religion | ||||||
 Orthodox | 76.8 | 67.5 | 58.8 | −9.5 | −8.7 | −18.0 |
 Muslim | 91.8 | 88.9 | 84.9 | −2.9 | −4.0 | −6.9 |
 Catholic | 66.9 | 76.9 | 73.7 | 10.0 | −3.2 | 6.8 |
 Protestant | 71.9 | 71.3 | 73.2 | −0.6 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
 Traditional | 66.8 | 49.2 | 62.1 | −17.6 | 11.9 | −4.7 |
Age of women (in years) | ||||||
 15–19 | 70.7 | 62.2 | 51.6 | −8.5 | −10.6 | −19.1 |
 20–24 | 78.3 | 73.0 | 63.3 | −5.3 | −9.7 | −15.0 |
 25–29 | 81.4 | 77.6 | 73.4 | −3.8 | −4.2 | −8.0 |
 30–34 | 86.2 | 78.0 | 82.2 | −8.2 | 4.2 | −4.0 |
 35–39 | 83.6 | 81.2 | 80.8 | −2.4 | −0.4 | −2.8 |
 40–44 | 85.8 | 81.6 | 77.2 | −4.2 | −4.4 | −8.6 |
 45–49 | 86.8 | 80.8 | 81.5 | −6.0 | 0.7 | −5.3 |
Maternal education | ||||||
 No education | 80.4 | 77.3 | 81.0 | −3.1 | 3.7 | 0.6 |
 Primary | 78.4 | 70.8 | 66.3 | −7.6 | −4.5 | −12.1 |
 Secondary | 77.7 | 65.1 | 50.7 | −12.6 | −14.4 | −27.0 |
 Higher | 85.5 | 55.6 | 50.7 | −29.9 | −4.9 | −34.8 |
Women occupation | ||||||
 Not working | 79.6 | 74.2 | 72.9 | −5.4 | −1.3 | −6.7 |
 Professional | 85.5 | 65.2 | 61.9 | −20.3 | −3.3 | − 23.6 |
 Clerical | 73.5 | 65.8 | 44.8 | −7.7 | −21.0 | −28.7 |
 Sales | 83.8 | 74.6 | 69.6 | −9.2 | −5.0 | −14.2 |
 Agricultural employee | 77.6 | 78.0 | 70.5 | 0.4 | −7.5 | −7.1 |
 Services | 86.2 | 67.5 | 72.2 | −18.7 | 4.7 | −14.0 |
 Skilled manual | 83.9 | 68.1 | 63.0 | −15.8 | −5.1 | −20.9 |
 Unskilled manual | 80.6 | 55.9 | 58.2 | −24.7 | 2.3 | −22.4 |
Media exposure | ||||||
 Yes | 80.5 | 72.8 | 62.9 | −7.7 | −9.9 | −17.6 |
 No | 79.7 | 75.5 | 76.5 | −4.2 | 1.0 | −3.2 |