Nzelu Charles Echezona, Nzelu Uche Maureen, Ugwunze Amara Rita, Azodoh Ngozi
Department of Special Projects, Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.
National Examinations Council, Minna, Nigeria.
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025 Apr 7;5(4):e0004413. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004413. eCollection 2025.
Female Genital Mutilation/Circumcision (FGM/C) refers to the complete or incomplete removal of the female external genital or other injuries for non-medical or cultural reasons. It is a culturally harmful practice without health benefits with long-term complications to women's psychological, physical, and sexual health and well-being that violates the victims' rights because it is done without their consent. Despite International efforts to eradicate this harmful practice, it persists, therefore, this study examined the sociodemographic factors of mothers of reproductive age that affected the likelihood of their daughters undergoing female genital mutilation or circumcision. The 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) female genital mutilation response weighted data of women of reproductive age 15-49 years was used for this study. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were done to predict the determinants of female genital mutilation among daughters, and those with a p-value of ≤.05 were considered statistically significant determinants. Results showed a statistically significant difference between educational level, ethnicity of household head, household wealth index, geopolitical zone, ever circumcised, and daughter circumcised at Alpha =.05 in the multivariable regression analysis. Place of Residence and Marital Status were not statistically significant in the multivariable regression analysis at Alpha =.05. Considering that Nigeria has a population of over 200 million people, a figure of 14.2% of daughters circumcised is high and, therefore, requires concerted interventions by all stakeholders to address this harmful practice.
女性生殖器切割/环切术（FGM/C）是指出于非医疗或文化原因，完全或部分切除女性外生殖器或造成其他损伤。这是一种具有文化危害性的行为，对女性的心理、身体和性健康及福祉会产生长期并发症，且因未经受害者同意而实施，侵犯了她们的权利。尽管国际社会为根除这种有害行为做出了努力，但它仍然存在。因此，本研究调查了育龄母亲的社会人口学因素，这些因素影响其女儿接受女性生殖器切割或环切术的可能性。本研究使用了2021年多指标类集调查（MICS）中15至49岁育龄女性关于女性生殖器切割的加权应答数据。进行了双变量和多变量逻辑回归分析，以预测女儿中女性生殖器切割的决定因素，p值≤0.05的因素被视为具有统计学意义的决定因素。结果显示，在多变量回归分析中，教育水平、户主种族、家庭财富指数、地缘政治区、是否接受过环切术以及女儿是否接受环切术在α = 0.05时存在统计学显著差异。在α = 0.05的多变量回归分析中，居住地和婚姻状况没有统计学意义。鉴于尼日利亚人口超过2亿，14.2%的女儿接受环切术这一比例很高，因此需要所有利益相关者共同采取干预措施来解决这种有害行为。
