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Female genital mutilation practice in Senegal

Table 6. Sample distribution, proportion of women having knowledge about STIs, prevalence of STIs, and treatment seeking behaviors,
Senegal, 2010 – 2011 DHS.
Variables Among all 15,688 sampled women Among 1,417 women with
STIs and symptoms
% Sample % knowledge about STIs/STSs % Had any STIs/STSs in last 12 months % STIs/STSs treatment seeking a
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Total 100.0 94.5 9.20 59.8
No FGM 74.3 96.5*** 8.83* 42.5***
FGM, non-trad. 2.2 87.7*** 13.26* 50.9***
FGM, traditional 23.4 94.6*** 10.00* 63.7***
Age group (years)
15 – 24 42.4 95.1** 6.24*** 48.4***
25 – 34 31.2 96.4** 12.61*** 65.7***
35 – 44 20.4 96.6** 10.60*** 65.6***
45 – 49 6.0 95.6** 7.62*** 46.5***
Place of residence
Rural 50.7 93.4*** 9.87* 48.0***
Urban 49.3 98.4*** 8.40* 74.0***
Marital status
Never married 29.2 96.4+ 2.18*** 49.4
Married 66.0 95.6+ 12.19*** 60.8
Others b 4.8 96.2+ 10.80*** 57.0
Religion
Muslim 95.4 95.8 9.10 58.6**
Non-Muslim 4.6 96.5 11.28 78.5**
Ethnic group
Poular 26.5 93.5*** 9.82* 52.2*
Wolof 38.7 97.1*** 8.06* 63.3*
Serer 15.0 96.3*** 9.37* 61.4*
Others 19.8 96.2*** 10.45* 62.7*
Levels of education
No education 57.9 93.9*** 9.90* 51.6***
Primary 21.8 97.6*** 9.65* 70.0***
Secondary 18.3 99.4*** 6.54* 75.0***
Tertiary 2.0 99.5*** 8.45* 98.3***
Wealth index
Poorest 16.5 88.3*** 11.56* 40.3***
Poor 17.9 93.9*** 8.38* 50.5***
Middle 19.9 97.5*** 8.83* 58.5***
Rich 22.3 97.8*** 8.36* 68.7***
Richest 23.5 99.4*** 9.27* 76.5***
Media exposure
No 8.2 86.4*** 10.69+ 42.3***
Yes 91.8 96.7** 9.07+ 61.6***
a
(1) Among 1,417 women who answered the question of seeking treatment. It consists of all 197 women who reported having STIs and 1222 women
who had symptoms within the last 12 months. Widowed/divorced/separated and living with partner. (3) Levels of statistical significance were obtained
b
from Pearson Chi-square tests. (4) +P < 0.1, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001
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