The relationship between women’s individual empowerment and the support to female genital cutting continuation: a study on 7 African countries

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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Demographic, social and economic indicators by country

	Age	Fert	Life exp	GGI	HDI	Income poor	Contr need	Contr prev	Ideal children	Fert adolescent
Burkina Faso	44	5	63	0.65	0.45	41.4	20	30	6	132
Burkina Faso	44	5	63	/124	0.45	41.4	20	30	6	132
Ivory Coast	41	5	59	0.64	0.54	39.5	21	26	6	123
Ivory Coast	41	5	59	/134	0.54	39.5	21	26	6	123
Egypt	34	3	73	0.64	0.71	22	9	44	3	52
Egypt	34	3	73	/129	0.71	22	9	44	3	52
Ethiopia	40	4	67	0.69	0.49	18	15	29	6	80
Ethiopia	40	4	67	/97	0.49	18	15	29	6	80
Mali	47	6	60	0.59	0.43	20	21	18	6	164
Mali	47	6	60	/164	0.43	20	21	18	6	164
Nigeria	43	5	55	0.63	0.54	15	15	17	6	106
Nigeria	43	5	55	/139	0.54	15	15	17	6	106
Togo	40	4	62	0.68	0.52	15	22	24	4	89
Togo	40	4	62	/105	0.52	15	22	24	4	89

Age = 0–14 population %*; Fert = total fertility rate*; Life exp = life expectancy at birth*; GGI = Gender Gap Index score and rank***; HDI = Human Development Index****; Income poor = % of the population living below the national poverty line**; Contr need = unmet need for contraception* (%); Contr prev = contraceptive prevalence* (%); Ideal children = ideal number of children (median)*; Fert adolescent = fertility adolescent rate* (/1000) recent years: *Unfpa; **World Bank indicators; *** World Economic Forum; ****Undp