| Practicing FGM | Medicalization of FGM | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Circumcised and intended to be circumcised | Not circumcised and Not intended to be circumcised | HCPs (Physician or Nurse) | Daya | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 868 (45.4) | 1046 (54.6)*** | 261 (84.7) | 47 (15.3)* |
Rural | 1897 (75.8) | 604 (24.2) | 435 (78.2) | 121 (21.8) |
Region | ||||
Urban governorates | 238 (36.5) | 414 (63.5)*** | 51 (83.6) | 10 (16.4)** |
Lower Egypt Urban | 152 (34.1) | 294 (65.9) | 30 (93.8) | 2 (6.3) |
Lower Egypt Rural | 646 (67.4) | 312 (32.6) | 127 (86.4) | 20 (13.6) |
Upper Egypt Urban | 361 (63.1) | 211 (36.9) | 144 (84.7) | 26 (15.3) |
Upper Egypt Rural | 1225 (84.6) | 223 (15.4) | 303 (75.6) | 98 (24.4) |
Frontier governorates | 143 (42.2) | 196 (57.8) | 41 (77.4) | 12 (22.6) |
Wealth index | ||||
Poorest | 842 (80.9) | 199 (19.1)*** | 256 (80.0) | 64 (20.0)*** |
Poorer | 639 (74.1) | 223 (25.9) | 139 (75.1) | 46 (24.9) |
Middle | 504 (71.5) | 201 (28.5) | 99 (83.9) | 19 (16.1) |
Richer | 493 (57.5) | 361 (42.3) | 121 (80.1) | 30 (19.9) |
Richest | 287 (30.1) | 666 (69.9) | 81 (90.0) | 9 (10.0) |
Mothers education | ||||
Below secondary | 1138 (74.8) | 383 (25.2)*** | 308 (74.0) | 108 (26.0)*** |
Above secondary | 1532 (55.7) | 1219 (44.3) | 362 (86.8) | 55 (13.2) |
Fathers education | ||||
Below secondary | 579 (69.0) | 260 (31.0)*** | 148 (75.5) | 48 (24.5)*** |
Above secondary | 1371 (59.9) | 916(40.1) | 356 (87.3) | 52 (12.7) |
Parental perceptions | ||||
Mothers’ attitude supporting the practice of FGM | 5.27 ± 1.69 | 2.04 ± 1.79*** | 4.91 ± 1.80 | 5.24 ± 1.84*** |
Mothers’ attitude against violence | 4.00 ± 1.41 | 4.50 ± 1.02*** | 4.01 ± 1.42 | 3.53 ± 1.52 |
Mothers’ decision making index | 3.79 ± 2.00 | 3.71 ± 1.81 | 3.88 ± 1.86 | 3.66 ± 1.89 |
Fathers’ attitude supporting the practice of FGM | 4.92 ± 1.67 | 3.02 ± 1.86*** | 4.80 ± 1.67 | 4.76 ± 1.53*** |
Fathers attitude against violence | 3.97 ± 1.45 | 4.37 ± 1.62*** | 4.09 ± 1.44 | 3.55 ± 1.49*** |
Fathers’ decision making index | 6.02 ± 1.57 | 5.76 ± 1.65*** | 5.78 ± 1.56 | 5.90 ± 1.59 |