The determinants of female circumcision among adolescents from communities that practice female circumcision in two Nairobi informal settlements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3635489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Netsayi Noris Mudege, Netsayi Mudege (0000-0002-0389-1967, Royal Tropical Institute, corresponding author), Thaddaeus Egondi (African Population and Health Research Center), Donatien Beguy (African Population and Health Research Center), Eliya M Zulu (0000-0002-8680-4311, African Institute for Development Policy) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 242-250 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5172/hesr.2012.21.2.242 |
| OpenAlex | W2068759146 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 24 |
Using data from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS), this paper seeks to understand the characteristics of adolescent girls who are circumcised in Kenya. The paper discusses the determinants of female circumcision in two Nairobi informal settlements. It is based on detailed information collected from young persons aged 12–24 targeting major transition events such as first sex, childbirth, marriage, and circumcision. Out of 4058 adolescents and young people interviewed 2010 were adolescent girls and young women. Out of the total number of interviewees, the 527 girls and young women on whom this paper is based are from ethnic communities that practice circumcision. We used the life-table technique to estimate the median age at circumcision and logistic regression to analyse the relationship between female circumcision and adolescent sexuality, controlling for other characteristics. The type of stay within the demographic surveillance area (DSA), religion, ethnicity, residential location and mother’s education were associated with being circumcised. Current school attendance was not associated with being circumcised but if one had never attended school then they were more likely to be circumcised. For policy making, it is imperative to explore the nature of social networks within which circumcision decisions are taken and enforced
Adolescent health · Attendance · Childbirth · Economic growth · Ethnic group · Geography · Human sexuality · Informal settlements · Population · Reproductive health · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Gender Studies · Genital Health and Disease · Law in Society and Culture · Medicine · Nursing
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Female Circumcision
Social Ties and Perceived Support
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Dualisms and female bodies in representations of African female circumcision
The decline of female circumcision in Egypt
Male complications of female genital mutilation
"The medicalization of female "circumcision
Female Genital Cutting
Female Circumcision in Africa
Attitudes Surrounding the Continuation of Female Circumcision in the Sudan
Circumcision and Excision in Egyptian Nubia
Female Circumcision and Genital Operations in Egypt and the Sudan
Female genital mutilation, fertility control, women's roles, and the patrilineage in modern Sudan
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |