Factors related to the practice of breast self examination (BSE) and Pap smear screening among Malaysian women workers in selected electronics factories

Table 6 Crude and adjusted odds ratios for breast self examination (BSE) and Pap smear screening by selected variables (n = 1720)

	Do BSE once a month				Have had Pap smear within last 3 years
	OR¹	95% CI	Adj OR²	95% CI	OR³	95% CI	Adj OR⁴	95% CI
Age (> 30 years, ≤ 30 years)	1.53	1.23–1.91	1.36	1.04–1.79	6.82	5.13–9.07	2.65	1.88–3.74
Ethnicity (Malay, Non-Malay)	1.33	1.00–1.77	1.55	1.13–2.12	1.90	1.44–2.49	1.31	0.93–1.86
Educational attainment (≥ upper sec, ≤ lower sec)	1.27	1.01–1.61	1.38	1.07–1.78	1.51	1.18–1.94	0.86	0.63–1.18
Marital status (ever married, never married)	1.58	1.27–1.98	1.25	0.92–1.71	153	48.7–478	66.6	20.8–213
Currently pregnant (yes, no)	1.22	0.78–1.89	1.10	0.68–1.78	2.41	1.57–3.69	1.28	0.79–2.07
Young children (at least one, none)	1.40	1.10–1.77	1.17	0.90–1.52	3.33	2.58–4.28	1.42	1.05–1.91
Contraceptive pill or IUD (currently using, not using)	1.21	0.86–1.72	0.79	0.54–1.17	4.57	3.29–6.33	1.62	1.12–2.33
Medical examination within last 5 years (yes, no)	1.31	1.05–1.63	1.17	0.93–1.47	2.25	1.75–2.89	1.97	1.47–2.64
Pap smear within last 3 years (yes, no)	2.07	1.59–2.69	1.70	1.24–2.31	–	–	–	–
Do BSE once a month (yes, no)	–	–	–	–	2.07	1.59–2.69	1.54	1.12–2.16
Answer to question on BSE (correct, incorrect)	1.41	1.05–1.90	1.42	1.05–1.92	–	–	–	–
Answer to question on Pap smear (correct, incorrect)	–	–	–	–	6.71	4.00–11.2	3.07	1.73–5.46

¹For all variables, the last category was the reference category. ²From a logistic regression model that consists of all ten covariates with values given below. For all the covariates, the last category was the reference category. ³For all variables, the last category was the reference category, except for ethnicity and educational attainment, for which the first category was the reference category. ⁴From a logistic regression model that consists of all ten covariates with values given below. For all the covariates the last category was the reference category, except for ethnicity and educational attainment, for which the first category was the reference category.

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