Effects of peer health education on perception and practice of screening for cervical cancer among urban residential women in south-east Nigeria: a before and after study

Table 4 Regression analysis of factors associated with screening for cervical cancer post-intervention in the study group

Variables		Unstandardized coefficient	OR	p-value	95% C.I. for OR
Variables		Unstandardized coefficient	OR	p-value	Lower	Upper
Age category	^a25–34			0.431
	35–44	0.083	1.086	0.847	0.468	2.525
	45–54	−0.044	0.957	0.922	0.395	2.318
	>54	−0.870	0.419	0.167	0.122	1.440
	Constant	−1.482	0.227	0.000	0.122	1.440
Marital status	^aWidowed			0.042
	Married	1.204	3.333	0.028	1.142	9.731
	Never married	1.764	5.833	0.018	1.361	24.996
	Constant	−2.639	0.071	0.000	1.361	24.996
Level of education	^aPrimary			1.000
	Secondary	0.000	1.000	1.000	0.000	.
	Tertiary	20.077	5.242	0.998	0.000	.
	Constant	21.203	0.000	0.998	0.000	.
Employment status	^aUnemployed			0.448
	Student	−1.878	0.153	0.104	0.016	1.473
	Self-employed	−20.247	0.000	0.997	0.000	.
	Paid employment	−0.333	0.717	0.547	0.242	2.121
	Constant	−0.956	0.385	0.385	0.242	2.121
Parity	^aNone			0.002
	1–2	0.896	2.449	0.414	0.285	21.032
	3–4	1.606	4.985	0.132	0.617	40.251
	5 or more	0.182	1.200	0.867	0.142	10.119
	Constant	−2.485	0.083	0.017	0.142	10.119

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