Circumcising daughters in Nigeria: To what extent does education influence mothers' FGM/C continuation attitudes?

ABSTRACT: Education has been adjudged as an important behavioural change intervention and a key player in combating Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). An assumed pathway is that it influences FGM/C attitudes. However, empirical evidence that explores this assumption is scarce. Hence, our study examines whether the associative effect of FGM/C continuation attitudes on circumcision of daughters is influenced by the level of a mother's education in Nigeria. We extracted data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). The study focused on youngest daughters that were born in the last five years preceding the survey. A sample of 5,039 children with complete data on variables of interest to the study were analysed. The main outcome variable for this study is "circumcision among yo

SUBMITTER: Ackah JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021453 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature