Female genital cutting and mother’s age at birth are associated with the sex of offspring in Africa (2008)
This study is a Correlation research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Martin J,Williams R
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To find out the association between FGM/C and sex ratio at birth
Study Population: Females,Males
Findings: The study found that FGM/C was associated with and may contribute to increases in the sex ratio at birth (Odds Ratio = 1.019; 95% C.I. = 1.007,1.032) while mother’s age at birth was inversely associated with probability of male birth (Odds Ratio = 0.998; 95% C.I. = 0.997,0.999) in a generalized linear,logistic model with the probability of a male birth the dependent variable and eight potential explanatory variables applied to 413,384 births in 22 African countries
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Africa,Eastern Africa,Middle Africa,Northern Africa,Southern Africa
Country(ies):Benin,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Central African Republic,Chad,Ethiopia,Gabon,Guinea,Côte d’Ivoire,Kenya,Madagascar,Malawi,Mali,Namibia,Niger,Nigeria,Rwanda,South Africa,Sudan,Tanzania,Zambia,Zimbabwe