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