Intergenerational Transmission of Female Genital Cutting: Community and Marriage Dynamics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined how characteristics of households and communities are linked with the intergenerational transmission of gender inequality and particularly female genital cutting (FGC).

Background

Human capital perspectives suggest that socioeconomic inequality predicts FGC continuation. This study contributes to discussions of institutional change by examining the association of decisions to forego FGC with household decision-making patterns and community gender norms.

Method

Multilevel logistic regression was deployed to analyze a pooled sample (N = 12,144) of six Demographic and Health Surveys from Burkina Faso, Egypt, Guinea, Kenya, Mali and Nigeria. A series of models examined how decision-making styles, both at the household and community levels (2,

SUBMITTER: Boyle EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6860922 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature