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Table 3 Associations between odds of pelvic and mammography examination uptake and socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Self-reported breast and cervical cancer screening practices among women in Ghana: predictive factors and reproductive health policy implications from the WHO study on global AGEing and adult health

Characteristics

Binary logistic regression

Ordered logistic regression

Pelvic Examination

Mammography

Pelvic Examination AND Mammography

COR (95% C.I)

COR (95% C.I)

AOR (95% C.I)

Residence

Urban (ref)

 Rural

0.61 (0.48–0.78) ***

0.65 (0.42–1.02)

1.10 (0.81–1.50)

Age group

<  50 years (ref)

 50 + years

0.49 (0.36–0.65) ***

0.47 (0.28–0.78) **

0.66 (0.45–0.98) *

Marital Status

Never (ref)

 Currently cohabiting

0.73 (0.38–1.40)

0.46 (0.17–1.23)

0.70 (0.35–1.41)

 Widowed

0.45 (0.23–0.87) *

0.27 (0.10–0.72) *

0.59 (0.28–1.23)

vSeparated/Divorced

0.72 (0.36–1.41)

0.59 (0.22–1.63)

0.87 (0.42–1.82)

Ever Schooled

No (ref)

 Yes

2.86 (2.22–3.69) ***

2.67 (1.68–4.23) ***

1.44 (1.05–1.98) *

Ethnicity

Akan (ref)

vEwe

1.46 (0.96–2.23)

1.01 (0.42–2.40)

1.48 (0.93–2.34)

 Ga Adangbe

1.12 (0.77–1.65)

1.13 (0.56–2.28)

1.15 (0.76–1.73)

 Gruma

1.46 (0.89–2.37)

1.44 (0.60–3.44)

1.10 (0.62–1.94)

 Others

0.37 (0.24–0.57) ***

0.73 (0.38–1.38)

0.53 (0.32–0.88) *

Religion

Others (ref)

 Christian

2.26 (1.57–3.27) ***

2.68 (1.28–5.60) **

1.02 (0.65–1.60)

Income Quintile

1 (ref)

 2

0.93 (0.58–1.48)

1.56 (0.60–4.06)

0.86 (0.52–1.42)

 3

1.28 (0.83–1.98)

1.59 (0.61–4.13)

1.09 (0.68–1.75)

 4

1.85 (1.23–2.79) **

3.61 (1.55–8.43) **

1.43 (0.90–2.27)

 5

2.69 (1.81–4.02) ***

4.22 (1.81–9.83) **

1.68 (1.04–2.71) *

Mother ever employed

No (ref)

 Yes

0.26 (0.16–0.40) ***

0.41 (0.18–0.91) *

0.33 (0.18–0.60) ***

Mother’s education

No (ref)

 Yes

2.16 (1.47–3.19) ***

2.59 (1.40–4.79) **

0.93 (0.58–1.48)

Father ever employed

No (ref)

 Yes

0.31 (0.17–0.58) ***

0.84 (0.20–3.50)

0.51 (0.22–1.15)

Father’s education

No (ref)

 Yes

3.05 (2.32–4.01) ***

2.84 (1.78–4.55) ***

1.70 (1.20–2.40) **

Health facility visited more often

Private facility (ref)

 Public facility

0.67 (0.47–0.95) *

1.45 (0.68–3.09)

0.94 (0.64–1.37)

 Charity facility

0.90 (0.50–1.63)

1.63 (0.52–5.08)

1.31 (0.70–2.44)

 Pharmacy

0.31 (0.18–0.53) ***

0.87 (0.32–2.35)

0.60 (0.35–1.05)

 Other

0.54 (0.29–0.99) *

1.48 (0.50–4.36)

0.94 (0.50–1.76)

Self-reported arthritis

No (ref)

 Yes

0.57 (0.38–0.87) **

1.03 (0.55–1.93)

0.76 (0.50–1.14)

Self-reported angina

No (ref)

 Yes

0.78 (0.39–1.57)

1.31 (0.47–3.67)

0.79 (0.36–1.72)

Self-reported hypertension

No (ref)

 Yes

1.64 (1.21–2.21) **

2.05 (1.24–3.39) **

1.13 (0.79–1.62)

  1. Ref: Reference category *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001