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Table 5 Factors associated with breast self-examination among women in Wolaita Sodo, 2019 (n = 626)

From: Breast self-examination and associated factors among women in Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Perform BSE

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Yes

No

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Participant’s occupation status

 House wife

96 (15%)

217 (34.4%)

1.00

1.00

 Employee

76 (12%)

57 (9%)

2.07 (1.20, 3.59)

3.13 (1.14, 8.58)

 Merchant

26 (4%)

49 (7.7%)

6.25 (3.42, 11.41)

6.47 (2.31, 18.12)

 Student

19 (3%)

89 (14%)

2.49 (1.25, 4.94)

3.73(1.19, 11.73)

Duration breastfeeding

 Birth-12 months

39 (7.8%)

39 (7.8%)

1.00

1.00

 13–24 months

101 (20%)

181 (36.4%)

2.10 (1.18, 0.74)

2.43 (1.28, 4.59)

 25–34 months

46 (9.2%)

92 (18.4%)

1.16 (0.75, 0.78)

1.19 (0.74, 1.92)

Early detection method for breast cancer

 BSE

111 (32%)

9 (33%) 364

7.03 (4.14, 11.95)

6.36 (3.72, 10.71)

 I don’t know

106 (20%)

(59%)

1.00

1.00

Personal history of having benign breast lump

 Yes

21 (3.5%)

59 (10%)

2.31 (1.20, 4.46)

0.03 (0.08, 1.52)

 No

196 (33%)

315 (53%)

1.00

1.00

Women’s educational status

 Primary

82 (28.2%)

209 (71.8%)

1.00

1.00

 Secondary

135 (39.9%)

203 (60.1%)

1.70 (1.21, 2.37)

0.81 (0.29, 2.24)

Husband’s educational status

 Primary

51

118

1.00

0.62 (0.26, 1.49)

 Secondary

134

175

1.80 (1.21, 2.67)

 

Source of information

 Electronics media

151 (25.5%)

218 (36.8)

1.63 (1.14, 2.32)

1.5 9(1.01, 2.59)

 Other

66 (11%)

156 (26.3)

1.00

1.00

  1. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR), Significant at p- ≤ 0.05