Table 6: Characteristics of respondents associated with uptake of screening for cervical cancer at Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 2014.

Variables

Cases (n = 122)

Controls (n = 488)

Crude OR

 (95%CI)

Adjusted OR

 (95%CI)

Age

 

 

 

 

18-27

12

154

1

1

28-37

48

225

2.7 (1.4,5.3)

1.3 (0.4,3.6)

38-49

62

109

7.3 (3.7,14.1)

3.1 (1.09,9.2)*

Educational status

 

 

 

 

Formal

115

448

1.4 (0.6,3.3)

***

Non formal

7

40

1

 

Marital status

 

 

 

 

Ever married

109

395

1.9 (1.06,3.6)

1.03 (0.32,3.2)

Unmarried

13

93

1

1

Parity

 

 

 

 

None

28

188

1

1

One

17

93

1.2 (0.6,2.3)

0.5 (0.1,1.5)

Two

40

118

2.2 (1.3,3.8)

0.6 (0.2,1.5)

≥ Three

37

89

2.7 (1.6,4.8)

0.7 (0.3,1.8)

Visited facility

 

 

 

 

Yes

30

169

0.6 (0.3,0.9)

0.35 (0.19,0.66)**

No

92

319

1

1

Ever screened

 

 

 

 

Yes

97

138

9.8 (6.0,15.9)

25.0 (11.1,55.9)**

No

25

350

1

1

Family member affected

 

 

 

 

Yes

7

15

1.9 (0.7,4.8)

***

No

115

473

1

 

Heard centers for screening

 

 

 

 

Yes

32

155

0.6 (0.3,0.9)

0.58 (0.31,1.06)

No

70

205

1

1

Source of information

 

 

 

 

Media

51

134

1

1

Family/friend

30

74

1.06 (0.6,1.8)

0.91 (0.4,1.8)

Health facility

21

152

0.3 (0.2,0.6)

0.24 (0.1,0.4)**

Mean score for knowledge

 

 

 

 

< 4.4

81

232

1

1

4.4+

41

256

0.4 (0.3,0.7)

0.25 (0.13,0.45)**

*P-value < 0.05; **p-value < 0.005; ***: Variables with p value of greater than 0.05 in crude analysis omitted from entering in to the multivariate model.