Prevalence and drivers of female genital mutilation/cutting in three coastal governorates in Yemen

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents

	Total
Variable	n	%	n	%	n	%
Respondent’s Age (years)
<30	203	20.9	138	22.0	65	19.0
30–39	303	31.2	213	34.0	90	26.2
≥ 40	464	47.8	276	44.0	188	54.8
Respondent’s education level
No education	563	56.9	443	68.6	120	35.0
Primary	171	17.3	98	15.2	73	21.3
Secondary and above	255	25.8	105	16.2	150	43.7
Respondent’s employment status
Employed	146	14.8	36	5.6	110	32.2
Not Employed	839	85.2	607	94.4	232	67.8
Marital status
Ever Married	909	91.8	602	93.3	307	89.0
Single	81	8.2	43	6.7	38	11.0
Sex of the head of household
Male	931	94.0	590	91.3	341	99.1
Female	59	6.0	56	8.7	3	0.9
Family had at least one daughter
Yes	776	86.7	515	86.7	261	86.7
No	119	13.3	79	13.3	40	13.3
Place of residence
Urban	494	49.8	324	50.2	170	49.3
Rural	497	50.2	322	49.8	175	50.7

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