Changing prevalence and factors associated with female genital mutilation in Ethiopia: Data from the 2000,2005 and 2016 national demographic health surveys (2020)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): G Azeze
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: to assess changes in prevalence of FGM and associated factors among women of reproductive age and their daughters.
Study Population: women and their daughters
Findings: There was overall decline in FGM prevalence (from 79.9% to 74.3% to 65.2%,P<0.001),especially in younger women aged 15-19 years,and in the proportion of women who believed that the practice should continue (from 59.7% to 28.3% to 17.5%,P<0.001). There was also a decreasing trend of FGM in the daughters of the mothers who were interviewed,with prevalence significantly lower in mothers who had not themselves undergone FGM. Most (88.3%) women with FGM had the surgery as a child with the procedure mainly performed by a traditional circumciser (87.3%).
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Ethiopia