Decision-making in the practice of female genital mutilation or cutting in Sudan: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Households’ characteristics and bivariate associations with FGM/C final decision (N = 403)

	Total		Final Decision
			Cut the girl		Leave girl uncut		P-value
	N	%	n	%	n	%	P-value
State
Gedaref	152	37.7	83	32.4	69	46.9	.004
Khartoum	251	62.3	173	67.6	78	53.1	.004
Area of residence
Urban	244	60.5	144	56.3	100	68	.020
Rural	159	39.5	112	43.8	47	32	.020
Mother’s age
< 30	71	17.6	41	16	30	20.4	.466
30–39	113	28.0	77	30.1	36	24.5
40–49	120	29.8	72	28.1	48	32.7
50 and above	77	19.1	50	19.5	27	18.4
Missing	22	5.5	16	6.3	6	4.1
Mother’s education
None/illiterate	59	14.6	47	18.4	12	8.2	.000
Khalwa (religious school)	31	7.7	19	7.4	12	8.2
Primary/elementary	148	36.7	103	40.2	45	30.6
Secondary	91	22.6	46	18.	45	30.6
University/post graduate	50	12.4	23	9	27	18.4
Missing	24	6.0	18	7	6	4.1
Perceived wealth status
High	16	4.0	8	50	8	50	.013
Medium	323	80.1	197	61	126	39
Low	62	15.4	49	79	13	21
Missing	2	0.5	2	100	0	0
Wealth index
Very rich	81	20.1	47	18	34	23.1	.323
Rich	65	16.1	37	14	28	19.0
Middle	95	23.6	63	24	32	21.8
Poor	81	20.1	51	20	30	20.4
Very poor	80	19.9	57	22	23	15.6
Mothers’ FGM/C status
Cut	347	86.1	228	89	119	81	.023
Not cut	56	13.9	28	10.9	28	19	.023
Exposure to any pro-FGM/C campaign, information or materials
No	252	62.5	149	58.2	103	70.1	.018
Yes	151	37.5	107	41.8	44	29.9	.018
Exposure to any anti-FGM/C campaign, information or materials
No	103	25.6	84	32.8	19	12.9	.000
Yes	300	74.4	172	67.2	128	87.1	.000

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