Table 3 Percentage of women circumcised in Burkina Faso by socio-economic and demographic characteristics

Birth cohort

1950-1959

87.5

1,078

<0.001

86.3

1,252

<0.001

1960-1969

85.4

1,665

84.2

2,856

89.3

2,493

<0.001

1970-1979

83.1

2,228

81.0

3,702

85.1

4,254

1980-1989

79.0

1,474

72.8

4,667

74.8

6,210

1990-1995

60.7

4,130

Education Level

No education

84.2

5,240

0.005

81.3

9,901

<0.001

80.7

12,469

<0.001

Primary or Higher

80.3

1,205

70.8

2,573

63.7

4,611

Residence

Urban

84.6

1,651

0.37

75.9

3,014

<0.001

69.0

5,368

<0.001

Rural

83.4

4,794

80.2

9,463

78.7

11,719

Age at Marriage

Early (Before age 18)

85.8

3,416

0.03

82.9

6,219

0.04

81.0

7,913

0.09

After age 18

83.2

1,818

81.0

3,823

79.7

6,054

Religion

Muslim

88.4

3,601

<0.001

84.6

6,982

<0.001

81.7

10,239

<0.001

Christian

74.5

1,871

69.5

3,723

65.0

5,251

Traditional and other religions

84.1

740

76.5

1,516

75.9

1,423

Ethnicity ¹

Mossi

84.3

3,847

<0.001

81.2

6,552

<0.001

78.8

8,948

<0.001

Bobo, Dioula, Senoufu

92.5

334

87.2

1,149

69.4

802

Fulfuldé, Peul, Touareg, Bella

92.0

416

75.7

862

73.1

1,607

Gourmatché

69.6

460

70.6

698

64.5

1,048

Gourounsi and Bissa

66.3

435

51.0

575

71.1

1,466

Lobbi and Dagara

87.6

338

79.0

1,591

76.4

1,178

Others

89.0

614

79.2

1,027

80.1

2,008