Table 5: Bivariable and Multivariable analysis of factors associated with knowledge about cervical cancer screening among women in Debremarkos town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Variable

Knowledge

Crude OR [95%CI]

AOR [95%CI]

Knowledgeable

Not Knowledgeable

 

 

Age of mothers

   40-49

   30-39

 

65

309

 

56

200

 

1.331 (0.893, 1.984)

1

 

Marital status

     Others*

     Married

 

64

310

 

62

194

 

1. 55 (1.05, 2.29)

1

 

0.746 (0.487, 1.141)

1

Religion

     Muslim

     Christian and protestant

 

19

 355

 

10

246

 

0.76 (0.35, 1.66)

1

 

Educational status

     Primary education

     Secondary education

     College and above

     No formal education

 

103

91

74

106

 

46

77

66

70

 

0.68 (0.427, 1.07)

1.28 (0.84, 1.97)

1.35 (0.821, 2.03)

1

 

 

Ethnicity

     Others**

     Amhara

 

9

365

 

2

254

 

0.319 (0.068, 1.49)

1

 

Occupation

     Self-employee

     Private employee

     Government employee

     Housewife

 

122

98

80

74

 

101

44

66

45

 

1.36 (0.864, 2.15)

0.74 (0.442, 1.234)

1.357 (0.828, 3.430)

1

 

Household income ***

     900-1600

     1601-2699

     > = 2700

     < 900

 

62

144

98

70

 

67

95

33

61

 

1.24 (0.762, 2.018)

0.757 (0.492, 1.164)

0.386 (0.245, 2.22)

1

 

Age started sexual intercourse for the first time

    < =16

      >16

 

 

77

297

 

61

195

 

 

1.207 (0.824, 1.767)

1

 

 

Multiple sexual partners

         Yes

          No

 

178

196

 

76

180

 

2.15 (1.54, 3.011)

1

 

1.768 (1.23, 2.55)

1

History of smoking

         Yes

          No

 

9

247

 

4

370

 

3.37 (1.03, 11.07)

1

 

3.057 (0.896, 10.429)

1

History of STD

         Yes

          No

 

48

208

 

40

334

 

1.926 (1.22, 3.034)

1

 

1.446 (0.875, 2.389)

1

Ever use a modern FP method

         Yes

         No

 

328

46

 

200

56

 

1.997 (1.30, 3.06)

1                                   

 

2.238 (1.41, 3.55)

1

Duration of modern FP method usage

          > 3 years

          1-3 years

 

65

263

 

37

162

 

1.08 (0.691, 1.695)

1

 

Family history of cervical cancer

           Yes

            No

 

45

329

 

25

231

 

1.26 (1.54, 2.12)

1

 

Ever had got pregnant

         Yes

          No

 

319

55

 

206

50

 

1.41 (0.924, 2.145)

1

 

Gravidity

          > 5

          1-5 

 

247

72

 

161

45

 

0.959 (0.629, 1.46)

1

 

Ever had given birth

           Yes

            No

 

309

65

 

197

59

 

1.42 (0.959, 2.114)

1

 

Parity

        > 5

         1-5

 

56

254

 

33

164

 

1.096 (0.683, 1.758)

1

 

*single, divorced and widowed; ** Oromo and Gurage; *** In Ethiopian Birr