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Female genital mutilation practice in Senegal

Table 1. Distribution of 8,649 women by selected background characteristics, Senegal, DHS 2019.
Variables % Distribution of all % Women having FGM % Traditional circumcisers among
8,649 women among all 8,649 women 3,303 women having FGM
(A) (B) (C)
Total sample 100.0 25.2 96.4
Age group (years)
15 – 24 41.2 23.9 95.9
25 – 34 30.9 26.5 96.6
35 – 44 20.9 26.7 96.7
45 – 49 7.0 23.0 97.4
Place of residence
Rural 51.1 29.1*** 97.1+
Urban 48.9 21.1*** 95.4+
Marital status
Never married 29.8 20.3*** 96.3
Married 65.4 27.7*** 96.4
Others a 4.8 21.4*** 96.2
Religion
Muslim 97.2 25.7*** 96.4
Non-Muslim 2.8 7.5*** 97.6
Ethnic group
Poular 28.0 54.3*** 96.3
Wolof 40.2 0.8*** 100.0
Serer 15.3 1.1*** 97.3
Others 16.5 57.5*** 96.3
Levels of education
No education 47.2 27.1+ 98.4***
Primary 21.1 23.2+ 91.6***
Secondary 27.3 24.1+ 96.8***
Tertiary 4.4 21.9+ 90.3***
Wealth index
Poorest 16.3 47.6*** 95.8*
Poor 17.7 30.0*** 97.9*
Middle 19.5 23.2*** 98.7*
Rich 21.6 18.2*** 95.0*
Richest 24.9 14.7*** 94.1*
Media exposure
No 5.9 55.9*** 97.0
Yes 94.1 23.3*** 96.3
(1) Widowed/divorced/separated and living with partner. (2) All the percentages in the table were weighted. (3) The statistical tests for Columns B and
a
C were based on Pearson Chi–Square Tests. (4) +P < 0.1, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001
3.2. Factors associated with female genital mutilation

Table 2 presents odds ratios of practicing FGM and odds ratios of FGM performances by traditional practitioners for
study variables controlling for other factors from the binary logit regression models. The results show that controlling for
other covariates, women of older ages were more likely to experience FGM practice, but there no difference was found

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