Socio-economic disparities in female genital circumcision: finding from a case-control study in Mahabad, Iran

BMC Public Health

Table 3 The socioeconomic - related disparities in female genital circumcision

Variables		OR	CI, 95%	P-value*
Age	20>	5.77	1.86,17.84	0.002
	20–30	8.55	3.09,23.62	0.001
	30<	ref
Education	Elementary	6.68	1.34,33.22	0.020
	Guidance	2.25	0.80,6.29	0.120
	Diploma	2.20	0.95,5.09	0.065
	Academic	ref
Mother’s education	Elementary	5.75	1.23,26.76	0.026
	Guidance	1.41	0.29,6.79	0.665
	Diploma	2.35	0.44,12.64	0.316
	Academic	ref
Family history of FGC	Yes	9.90	5.03,19.50	0.001
Family history of FGC	No	ref

* Multivariate Logistic analysis backward method (Occupation, Father’s job, Father’s education, Mother’s job, Household members, Family income, housing status variable(s) removed on the step 9)

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