Association between maternal attitude towards female circumcision and daughter's circumcision status.
daughter's genital cutting
female circumcision
female genital cutting
female genital mutilation
parental attitude
Journal
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
ISSN: 1879-3479
Titre abrégé: Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0210174
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
Historique:
revised:
21
05
2021
received:
29
01
2021
accepted:
28
05
2021
pubmed:
2
6
2021
medline:
9
2
2022
entrez:
1
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Female genital mutilation is a public health problem resulting in multiple health complications. In Ethiopia, female circumcision is widely practiced, with women taking center stage in the perpetuation of the practice. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior for variable selection, the following study assessed the association between maternal attitude towards female circumcision and daughter's circumcision status. From the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, we analyzed a subsample of 6948 women. The outcome variable assessed daughter's circumcision status; the main independent variable assessed participant's opinion towards female circumcision. We conducted univariate, bivariate, and multiple logistic regression analyses. In the bivariate analysis, none of the variables, except for religion, showed any association with daughter's circumcision status. In the multivariable regression model, several variables showed a significant association with daughter's circumcision status. Older, rural, and circumcised women were more likely to have at least one daughter circumcised, but wanting female circumcision to stop, being a Muslim, and having at least a secondary education were negatively associated with daughter's circumcision status. Our findings suggest that eliminating female circumcision may require changing maternal attitudes towards the practice by targeting rural, circumcised, and older women with no formal education.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
546-551Informations de copyright
© 2021 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
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