Socio-Demographic and Economic Differentials in Female Genital Cutting in Tanzania (2011)
This study is a Explanatory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Ernest Afrifa – Anane
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To examine the socio-demographic and economic characteristics of Tanzanian women and their husbands’ educational status as they relate to the attitude of the women regarding with respect to the decision to discontinue or continue FGC in that country.
Study Population: individual woman aged between 15 and 49 years
Findings: Generally,a Nagelkerke R-square of 0.262 indicated that about 26% of the variation in decision to approve of female genital cutting is explained by the demographic and economic characteristics of the woman. In addition,an R-square of 0.223 and 0.168 for the showed variation decision to approve of FGC for the circumcised and uncircumcised respectively. It is implied from this that the characteristics of the circumcised influenced the decision on the approval of FGC more than the uncircumcised. But whiles uncircumcised women were more likely to approve of the discontinuation of FGC,circumcised women were more likely to approve of the continuation of FGC. Again,education was also found to influence the decision to approve of the discontinuation of FGC,and thus whether a woman had undergone the practice or not her educational level is likely to influence her decision to approve of FGC.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Tanzania