All in the family: Explaining the persistence of female genital cutting in West Africa (2015)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Marc F. Bellemare,Lindsey Novak,Tara L. Steinmetz
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To study the persistence of FGC—proxied for by whether survey respondents are in favor of the practice continuing—in West Africa
Study Population: women aged 15 to 49 in 13 West African countries for the period 1995–2013
Findings: The data exhibited sufficient within-household variation to allow controlling for the unobserved heterogeneity between households,which in turn allowed determining how much variation was due to factors at the levels of the individual,household,village,and beyond. Study results indicated that on average,87% of the variation in FGC persistence could be attributed to household- and individual-level factors,with contributions from those levels of variation ranging from 71% in Nigeria in 2011 to 93% in Burkina Faso in 2006. Results also suggested that once invariant factors across women aged 15 to 49 in the same household were accounted for,women who reported having undergone FGC in West Africa were on average 16 percentage points more likely to be in favor of the practice
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Not specified
Country(ies):Not specified