Female Genital Mutilation in Ghana: Prevalence and Socioeconomic Predictors

Table 3

Association socioeconomic characteristics and female genital mutilation in Ghana.

		Circumcised			Df	value
		No	Yes
Area	Urban	4548	151	582.021	1	≤ .001
	Rural	5016	1121
Region	Western	992	44	2770.331	9	≤ .001
	Central	897	8
	Greater Accra	1087	28
	Volta	654	5
	Eastern	812	7
	Ashanti	1617	75
	Brong-Ahafo	876	38
	Northern	1065	86
	Upper East	871	275
	Upper West	693	706
Age at first marriage	Below 15	964	273	158.316	3	≤ .001
	15-24	6722	885
	25-34	1339	96
	35 years and above	118	10
Ethnicity	Akan	4021	14	1963.652	3	≤ .001
	GA/Damgme	662	2
	Ewe	897	3
	Guan	353	9
	Gruma	444	14
	Mole Dagbani	2073	902
	Grusi	325	135
	Mande	46	21
	Other	737	172
Educational level	Preprimary or none	3060	1041	1217.089	4	≤ .001
	Primary	1859	135
	JSS/JHS/middle	3299	67
	SSS/SHS/secondary	913	26
	Higher	431	3
Have health insurance	Yes	5420	608	35.802	1	≤ .001
	No	4144	664
Functional difficulties (age 18-49 years)	Has functional difficulty	1063	151	.608	1	.436
	Has no functional difficulty	8482	1121
Wealth index quintile	Poorest	2384	833	990.454	1	≤ .001
	Second	1574	217
	Middle	1761	115
	Fourth	1857	51
	Richest	1988	56