Community Influences on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in Kenya: Norms,Opportunities,and Ethnic Diversity (2019)

This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:

Author(s): Grose,R. G.,Hayford,S. R.,Cheong,Y. F.,Garver,S.,Kandala,N. B.,& Yount,K. M.
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.

Objective: We propose an integrated theory about contextual factors and test it using multilevel discrete-time hazard models in a nationally representative sample of 7,535 women with daughters who participated in the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey
Study Population: The 2014 KDHS collected FGMC information in two ways: (1) reports from all women about their attitudes about and experiences with FGMC and (2) reports from women with daughters aged 0 to 15 about daughters’ experiences with FGM
Findings: A daughter’s adjusted hazard of FGMC was lower if she had an uncut mother who disfavored FGMC,lived in a community that was more opposed to FGMC,and lived in a more ethnically diverse community. Unexpectedly,a daughter’s adjusted FGMC hazard was higher if she lived in a community with more extrafamilial opportunities for women. Other measures of women’s opportunities warrant consideration,and interventions to shift FGMC norms in more ethnically diverse communities show promise to accelerate abandonment

Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Kenya

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