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Table 7 Association between socio-demographic characteristics and practice

From: Knowledge, attitude and practice about cancer of the uterine cervix among women living in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo

  

N (%) with score ≥4§

Crude OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR

95% CI

Age, years

10 – 19

35 (53.8)

1.00*

 

1.00

 
 

20 – 29

124 (55.9)

1.08

0.62 - 1.89

0.74

0.40 - 1.35

 

30 – 39

93 (62.0)

1.40

0.78 - 2.52

0.41**

0.19 - 0.89

 

40 – 49

35 (66.0)

1.67

0.79 - 3.52

0.47

0.18 - 1.22

 

50 – 59

18 (81.8)

3.86

1.18 - 12.65

1.66

0.36 - 7.75

 

60 – 69

6 (85.7)

5.14

0.59 - 45.15

1.05

0.10 - 10.59

 

70 -79

4 (80.0)

3.43

0.36 - 32.36

1.54

0.11 - 21.00

Residence

Centre

147 (60.7)

1.00**

 

1.00

 
 

East

36 (48.0)

0.48

0.28 - 0.82

0.39**

0.22 - 0.70

 

West

47 (62.7)

0.88

0.51 - 1.51

0.92

0.52 - 1.63

 

South

46 (61.3)

0.83

0.48 - 1.43

0.98

0.54 - 1.79

 

North

39 (52.0)

0.57

0.33 - 0.96

0.58

0.33 - 1.04

Marital status

Married

153 (75.7)

1.00***

 

1.00

 
 

Single

138 (49.3)

0.31

0.21 - 0.46

0.24***

0.13 - 0.41

 

Widowed

10 (58.8)

0.46

0.17 - 1.27

0.22**

0.06 - 0.86

 

Divorced

11 (61.1)

0.50

0.19 - 1.37

0.50

0.18 - 1.42

Education

No school/primary

63 (60.0)

1.00

   
 

Secondary

185 (61.3)

1.05

0.67 - 1.66

  
 

Higher

63 (56.3)

0.86

0.50 - 1.47

  

Occupation

Non-formal income

194 (64.9)

1.00**

 

1.00

 
 

Student

59 (48.0)

0.50

0.33 - 0.76

0.77

0.45 - 1.31

 

Formal income

59 (60.2)

0.82

0.51 - 1.31

1.09

0.64 - 1.85

Religion

Catholic

88 (59.1)

1.00

   
 

Protestant

43 (65.2)

1.30

0.71 - 2.37

  
 

Other

182 (59.3)

1.01

0.68 - 1.50

  

Parity

0 births

56 (53.3)

1.00***

   
 

1 to 2 births

84 (56.0)

1.12

0.69 - 1.80

  
 

3 or more births

121 (74.7)

2.59

1.57 - 4.28

  
  1. OR: odds ratio; crude OR: odds ratio by bivariate analysis.
  2. 95% CI: confidence interval at the 95% level.
  3. *: 0.05 ≤ p < 0.2; **: 0.001 ≤ p < 0,05; ***: p < 0.001.
  4. 1Absolute number and proportion of women belonging to a specific category who got a sufficient score on practice, e.g. out of 65 women aged 10 to 19 years, 35 (53.8%) had a score of ≥4 points.
  5. 2Adjusted OR: odds ratio by multiple logistic regression (variables in the model: age, residence, marital status, and occupation).