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

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Unadjusted odds ratios for the FGM/C risk factors among youngest daughters by men and women

	Women (N = 515)			Men (N = 256)
	FGM/C among youngest daughter
Variable	n	%	P-value	n	%	P-value
Respondent’s Age (years)			< 0.001			< 0.001
<30	43	65.2		12	44.4
30–39	142	78.9		42	68.8
≥40	225	88.6		135	81.3
Respondent’s education level			0.381			0.051
No education	319	83.7		77	77.8
Primary	59	81.9		49	83.0
Secondary and above	47	75.8		64	66.7
Respondent’s employment status			0.151			0.305
Employed	13	68.4		69	78.4
Not Employed	411	83.0		121	72.9
Mother has undergone FGM/C			< 0.001
Yes	414	89.2
No	9	18.7
Respondent’s knowledge of FGM/C			0.001			0.080
Good	106	74.1		94	68.6
Poor	309	85.6		96	80.7
Respondent’s opinions on continuing to practice FGM/C			< 0.001			< 0.001
Discontinue	73	51.1		32	40.0
Continue	350	94.6		158	89.8
Sex of the head of household			0.339			0.011
Male	389	82.1		190	75.1
Female	36	87.8		0	0.0
Place of residence			0.001			0.126
Urban	181	72.4		87	68.5
Rural	244	92.1		103	79.8
Governorate			< 0.001			< 0.001
Hadramout	359	88.4		153	80.5
Al-Hodeidah	46	69.7		28	60.9
Al-Mahrah	20	46.5		9	45.0

N, sample size; n, number; %, percentage; FGM/C, female genital mutilation/Cutting

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