Table 3 Community level characteristics and distribution of daughters’ circumcision by community level characteristics in Ethiopia, 2016
Background characteristics | Total number of daughters | Daughters circumcised | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | |
Residence | ||||
Urban | 794 | 11.4 | 70 | 8.8 |
Rural | 6191 | 88.6 | 1233 | 19.9 |
Region | ||||
Tigray | 390 | 5.6 | 52 | 13.3 |
Afar | 65 | 0.9 | 51 | 78.5 |
Amhara | 1473 | 21.1 | 581 | 39.4 |
Oromia | 3019 | 43.2 | 269 | 8.9 |
Somali | 238 | 3.4 | 76 | 31.9 |
Benishangul Gumuz | 72 | 1.0 | 17 | 23.3 |
SNNPR | 1532 | 21.9 | 247 | 16.1 |
Gambella | 10 | 0.1 | 1 | 10.0 |
Harari | 17 | 0.2 | 2 | 11.8 |
Addis Ababa | 140 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.4 |
Dire Dawa | 29 | 0.4 | 4 | 13.8 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Affar | 60 | 0.9 | 49 | 81.7 |
Somalie | 227 | 3.2 | 71 | 31.3 |
Amhara | 1749 | 25.0 | 547 | 31.3 |
Oromo | 2812 | 40.3 | 302 | 10.7 |
Tigrie | 394 | 5.6 | 51 | 12.9 |
Sidama | 340 | 4.9 | 49 | 14.4 |
Wolaita | 228 | 3.3 | 77 | 33.8 |
Guragie | 115 | 1.6 | 16 | 13.9 |
Siltie | 109 | 1.6 | 13 | 11.9 |
Dawuro | 62 | 0.9 | 27 | 42.9 |
Kembata | 61 | 0.9 | 12 | 19.7 |
Berta | 25 | 0.4 | 12 | 48.0 |
Agew Awi | 11 | 0.2 | 5 | 45.5 |
Hadiya | 218 | 3.1 | 42 | 19.4 |
Others* | 574 | 8.2 | 29 | 5.0 |
Women’s literacy rate of the community | ||||
Low | 4746 | 67.9 | 880 | 18.6 |
High | 2239 | 32.1 | 422 | 18.7 |
Proportion of community with regular media exposure | ||||
Low | 3465 | 49.6 | 791 | 22.8 |
High | 3520 | 50.4 | 511 | 14.5 |
Proportion of community in the poor wealth quantile | ||||
Low | 1735 | 24.8 | 359 | 20.6 |
High | 5250 | 75.2 | 943 | 17.9 |
Total | 6985 | 100.0 | 1302 | 18.6 |