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Table 6 Association between socio-demographic characteristics and attitude

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

  

N (%) with score ≥41

Crude OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR2

95% CI

Age, years

10 - 19

23 (35.4)

1.00*

 

1.00

 
 

20 - 29

116 (52.3)

2.00

1.13 - 3.54

1.50

0.78 - 2.87

 

30 - 39

82 (54.7)

2.20

1.21 - 4.02

1.74

0.84 - 3.57

 

40 - 49

30 (56.6)

2.38

1.31 - 5.01

2.00

0.85 - 4.72

 

50 - 59

15 (68.2)

3.91

1.40 - 10.97

2.57

0.80 - 8.25

 

60 - 69

4 (57.1)

2.43

0.50 - 11.83

0.87

0.15 - 5.13

 

70 -79

2 (40.0)

1.22

0.19 - 7.82

0.34

0.03 - 3.88

Residence

Centre

136 (60.7)

1.00**

 

1.00

 
 

East

27 (36.0)

0.36

0.21 - 0.63

0.49**

0.27 - 0.86

 

West

34 (45.3)

0.54

0.32 - 0.91

0.64

0.37 - 1.12

 

South

32 (42.7)

0.48

0.28 - 0.82

0.48**

0.27 - 0.85

 

North

43 (57.3)

0.87

0.51 - 1.48

0.72

0.41 - 1.27

Marital status

Married

112 (55.4)

1.00

   
 

Single

135 (48.2)

0.75

0.52 - 1.08

  
 

Widowed

9 (52.9)

0.9

0.34 - 2.44

  
 

Divorced

11 (61.1)

1.26

0.47 - 3.39

  

Education

No school/primary

52 (49.5)

1.00**

 

1.00

 
 

Secondary

143 (47.4)

0.92

0.59 - 1.43

1.01

0.61 - 1.65

 

Higher

72 (64.3)

1.83

1.07 - 3.16

1.57

0.78 - 3.14

Occupation

Non-formal income

146 (48.8)

1.00

 

1.00

 
 

Student

64 (52.0)

1.14

0.75 - 1.73

0.93

0.52 - 1.68

 

Formal income

59 (60.2)

1.59

1.00 - 2.52

1.30

0.78 - 2.17

Religion

Catholic

95 (63.8)

1.00**

 

1.00

 
 

Protestant

35 (53.0)

0.64

0.36 - 1.15

0.68

0.37 - 1.27

 

Other

142 (46.3)

0.49

0.33 - 0.73

0.55**

0.35 - 0.86

Parity

0 births

58 (47.5)

1.00*

   
 

1 to 2 births

71 (47.3)

0.99

0.61 - 1.60

  
 

3 or more births

94 (58.0)

1.53

0.95 - 2.45

  
  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 attitude, e.g. out of 65 women aged 10 to 19 years, 23 (35.4%) had a score of ≥4 points.
  5. 2Adjusted OR: odds ratio by multiple logistic regression (variables in the model: age, residence, education, occupation, and religion).