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Table 2. Odds ratios of FGM practice and of traditional circumcisions, Senegal, DHS 2019.
Variables Among all 8,649 women Among 3,303 FGM women
FGM practice versus no Traditional circumcision versus others
Age group (years)
15 – 24 ® 1.00 1.00
25 – 34 1.16 1.25
35 – 44 1.36* 1.24
45 – 49 1.77* 1.64
Place of residence
Rural ® 1.00 1.00
Urban 0.92 0.49***
Marital status
Never married ® 1.00 1.00
Married 1.36* 0.76
Others a 1.20 0.95
Religion
Muslim ® 1.00 1.00
Non-Muslim 0.07*** 1.43
Ethnic group
Poular ® 1.00 1.00
Wolof 0.01*** 1.00
Serer 0.01*** 0.91
Others 1.97*** 0.96
Levels of education
No education ® 1.00 1.00
Primary 1.11 0.16***
Secondary 1.23 0.45*
Tertiary 1.06 0.16**
Wealth index
Poorest ® 1.00 1.00
Poor 1.01 2.92***
Middle 0.68** 7.37***
Rich 0.44*** 2.11***
Richest 0.24*** 2.43***
Media exposure
No ® 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.35*** 0.77
N 8,649 3,303
Wald Chi square (df) 783.2 (18) *** 103.9 (17) ***
(1) Referring to widowed/divorced/separated and living with partner. (2) The numbers in the table refer to relative risk ratios based on binary logit
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regression models. All odds ratios were weighted. (3) Reference category. (4) Figures in the parentheses are the degree of freedom. In the analysis
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among FGM women, the degree of freedom was reduced to 17 due to zero weighted cases for Wolof ethnicity. (5) + P < 0.10, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01,
***P < 0.001
across age groups regarding who performed the FGM. Results further show that women from urban areas were associated
51% lower odds of experiencing FGM practice by a traditional practitioner than their rural counterparts, although there
was no difference in experiencing FGM practice between these two groups. Married women were associated with 36%
higher odds of experiencing FGM practice than never married women, but they had no difference in who performed the
FGM. Non-Muslim women were associated 93% lower odds of experiencing FGM practice than Muslim women, but

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