The purpose of this article is to analyze the influence of social effects on the decision to practice excision in Burkina Faso households. We are particularly interested in social determinants, and make use of the heterogeneity of behaviors according to area of residence, ethnicity and religion. We believe that understanding the reasons that allow this plague to propagate may help identify means of combating it. To implement our trials, we use data from the Burkina Faso Enquête Démographique et de Santé 2003 (EDS), which supplies information on the prevalence of FGM and on the characteristics of Burkina Faso households. This paper’s main contribution is that it takes into account the impact of social variables on the decision to practice excision on girls. In addition, the methodology used allows us to get around certain problems arising from the omission of variables during the estimate of network impacts. Our results show that social pressure is strongly correlated to the decision to practice excision in Burkina Faso households.

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female genital mutilation (FGM) //physical violence//psychological violence//health care//women rights//gender based violence