Effects of Schooling on Female Genital Cutting The Case of Kenya (2014)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Frikk Hugo Bø Nesje
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: Study whether increased educational attainment for a sample of women born between
1950 and 1980 has had any effect on the probability that the genitals of their eldest daughter have been cut
Study Population: All data at the individual level comes from the three last rounds of the Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys (KDHS). These survey rounds are undertaken in the years 1998,2003,and 2008 to 2009
Findings: This change accounts for 11 % of the sample mean. Because educational attainment is measured with some noise,focused on the intention-to-treat effect by estimating a reduced-form model. On average,the reform led to a decrease in the probability that the eldest daughter of respondents was cut. This compares to 16 % of the sample mean. Demonstrated that the results might be consistent with an intra-household bargaining narrative. This finding differs from that of UNICEF (2013) where the role of family dynamics is downplayed. Because the intention-to-treat effect is heterogeneous across ethnic groups,the intra-household bargaining narrative might be consistent with convention theories since marriage markets are overlapping. My findings challenge the current practice by the policy community.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Kenya