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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics and participation in cervical screening during last 3 years: Logistic regression

From: Socio-demographic characteristics and associated factors influencing cervical cancer screening among women attending in St. Paul’s Teaching and Referral Hospital, Ethiopia

Characteristics

Unscreened

n (%)

Screened

n (%)

Odds ratios

Crude

(95% CI)

Adjusted

(95% CI)

Age

 18–29 year

172 (92.0)

15 (8.0)

1.00

1.00

 30–39 year

178 (88.1)

24 (11.9)

1.55 (0.79–3.05)

1.05 (0.48–2.30)

 40–49 year

23 (63.9)

13 (36.1)

6.48 (2.74–15.33)

3.58 (1.21–10.58)*

Marital status

 Single

70 (93.3)

5 (6.7)

1.00

1.00

 Married

291 (87.4)

42 (12.6)

2.02 (0.77–5.29)

1.44 (0.46–4.55)

 Divorce or Windowed

12 (70.6)

5 (29.4)

5.83 (1.46–23.25)

1.52 (0.27–8.46)

Educational level

 Primary and below level

121 (96.0)

5 (4.0)

1.00

1.00

 Secondary and above

252 (84.3)

47 (15.7)

4.51 (1.75–11.64)

2.71 (0.94–7.79)

Occupation

 Governmental

85 (90.4)

9 (9.6)

1.00

1.00

 Self-employed

135 (83.3)

27 (16.7)

1.89 (0.85–4.21)

2.58 (1.06–6.27)*

 Housewife

153 (90.5)

16 (9.5)

0.99 (0.42–2.33)

1.45 (0.56–3.78)

Parity

 Nulliparous

126 (94.0)

8 (6.0)

1.00

1.00

 1–2 birth

202 (86.0)

33 (14.0)

2.57 (1.15–5.75)

2.79 (1.05–7.39)*

 3 and above

45 (80.4)

11 (19.6)

3.85 (1.46–10.18)

3.31 (0.94–11.59)

Monthly income

 < 2000 Birr

221 (94.0)

14 (6.0)

1.00

1.00

 2000–3999 Birr

85 (81.0)

20 (19.0)

3.71 (1.79–7.69)

2.93 (1.32–6.51)*

 4000 and above Birr

67 (78.8)

18 (21.2)

4.24 (2.00–8.98)

2.97 (1.27–6.92)*

Residence

 Urban

249 (84.1)

47 (15.9)

1.00

1.00

 Rural

124 (96.1)

5 (3.9)

0.21 (0.08–0.55)

0.30 (0.11–0.85)*

  1. *statistically significant at P value < 0.05