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<p><u><strong>Short Name</strong></u><br>
Prevalence of female genital mutilation among young girls age 10-14<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Full Name</strong></u><br>
Percentage of girls aged 10 to 14 who have undergone female genital mutilation<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Domain</strong></u><br>
Gender equality<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Sub-domain</strong></u><br>
Female genital mutilation<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Definition</strong></u><br>
Proportion of girls aged 10-14 years who have undergone female genital mutilation. Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to “all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons".<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Method of Calculation</strong></u><br>
<br><em>Data source specific method of calculation:</em><br>
<br><strong>DHS:</strong><br> <br><em>Numerator:</em><br> Number of girls aged 10 to 14 years circumcised.
<br><em>Denominator:</em><br> Number of girls aged 10 to 14 years.
<br><em>Calculation:</em><br> Numerators are divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100. The data for the calculating prevalence of circumcision among girls aged 10 to 14 are based on reports of daughters from the female survey respondents.<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Expected Frequency of Data Dissemination</strong></u><br>
Annual<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Geospatial Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
Country (geolev0), Sub-national level 1 (geolev1)<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Time Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Disaggregation Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
Age group: <em>10 to 14 years old</em><br>Education level: <em>Higher, No education, No education or primary education, Primary education, Secondary education, Secondary education or higher</em><br>Place of residence: <em>Rural, Urban</em><br>Wealth index: <em>Middle, Poorer, Poorest, Richer, Richest</em><br></p>
<p><u><strong>Comments</strong></u><br>
The denominator includes all living daughters age 10-14 of all women who participate in the FGC module. The number of daughters age 10-14 is taken from the woman’s birth history. In the FGC module, no data is collected on the circumcision status of daughters of women who have never heard of FGC, though in this indicator they are all assumed to be ‘not circumcised.’ Circumcision status of girls is reported by their mothers.<br></p> |