Table 6 Odds ratios and standard errors from multilevel random intercept logistic regression analysis assessing associations between empowerment indicators and the personal support to FGM/C continuation

Highest educational level: none

(ref.)

(ref.)

Highest educational level: primary

0.734***

0.024

Highest educational level: secondary

0.590***

0.019

Highest educational level: tertiary

0.385***

0.018

Experience of FGM/C: no

(ref.)

(ref.)

Experience of FGM/C: yes

8.221***

0.285

Experience of FGM/C: unsure

3.196***

0.232

Age at first cohabitation

0.988***

0.003

Intimate partner violence justification: never

(ref.)

(ref.)

Intimate partner violence justification: sometimes

1.505***

0.040

Intimate partner violence justification: often or always

1.737***

0.045

The ideal number of children

1.003***

0.000

The person who usually decides on visits to family or relatives: respondent and husband/partner

(ref.)

(ref.)

The person who usually decides on visits to family or relatives: respondent alone

1.104**

0.035

The person who usually decides on visits to family or relatives: someone else

1.163***

0.029

Unmet need for contraception: yes

(ref.)

(ref.)

Unmet need for contraception: no need

0.949

0.031

Unmet need for contraception: using method

1.004

0.025

Respondent Works: no

(ref.)

(ref.)

Respondent works: yes, unpaid work

0.958

0.040

Respondent works: yes, paid work

0.980

0.025

\(\sqrt{\widehat{\psi }}\) estimated residual standard deviation of the random intercept

0.574

0.059

\(\rho\) estimated residual intraclass correlation of the latent responses

0.091

0.017

Number of observations

73,985

Number of groups

59

Log-likelihood

− 32,005.862

AIC

64,073.72