Table 2 Proportion of circumcised women across demographic variables
From: Health care-seeking patterns for female genital mutilation/cutting among young Somalis in Norway
Socio- demographic characteristic of women | Women FGM/C status | Statistics | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Circumcised (n = 82) | Not circumcised (n = 77) |  |  |
Health care-seeking for FGM/C-related health problems | 16 (20.3) | – | – | – |
Place of birth: |  |  | X2 = 64.12 | < 0.0001 |
 Born in Norway | 3 (3.8) | 48 (64.9) |  |  |
 Born out of Norway | 76 (96.2) | 26 (35.1) |  |  |
Age distribution (years): |  |  | X2 = 0.01 | 0.89 |
 16 to 20 | 56 (69.1) | 54 (70.1) |  |  |
 21 to 25 | 25 (30.9) | 23 (29.9) |  |  |
Age at migration to Norway |  |  | X2 = 37.82 | < 0.0001 |
 0 to 11 years | 37 (45.1) | 70 (90.9) |  |  |
  ≥ 12 years | 45 (54.9) | 7 (9.1) |  |  |
Education: |  |  | Fisher’s Exact | 0.27 |
 University | 8 (10.0) | 13 (16.9) |  |  |
 Secondary | 43 (53.8) | 46 (59.7) |  |  |
 Primary | 25 (31.3) | 16 (20.8) |  |  |
 Informal education | 4 (5.0) | 2 (2.6) |  |  |
Marital status: |  |  | Fisher’s Exact | 0.98 |
 Single | 64 (81.0) | 59 (81.9) |  |  |
 Married | 14 (17.7) | 12 (16.7) |  |  |
 Divorce | 1(1.3) | 1 (1.4) |  |  |
Women in support of FGM/C: |  |  | X2 = 7.63 | 0.007 |
 No | 67 (82.7) | 74(96.1) |  |  |
 Yes | 14 (17.3) | 3 (3.9) |  |  |
Women stigmatized of FGM/C practice: |  |  | X2 = 1.14 | 0.28 |
 No | 59 (75.6) | 62 (82.7) |  |  |
 Yes | 19 (24.4) | 13 (17.3) |  |  |