An epidemiological study of cervical and breast screening in India: district-level analysis

BMC Women's Health

Table 3 Factors influencing Cervical and Breast Screening (Ordinary Least Square Model)

Characteristics	OLS Cervical	P value	OLS Breast	P value
Literate	− 0.015	0.877	0.130	< 0.001
Currently Married	0.262	0.009	0.162	< 0.001
Hindu	− 0.096	< 0.001	− 0.054	< 0.001
General Caste	0.103	0.001	0.054	0.005
Rural	0.127	< 0.001	0.023	0.120
Rich	0.251	< 0.001	0.134	< 0.001
Oral Contraception	−0.571	< 0.001	− 0.245	< 0.001
Tobacco Consumption	− 0.006	0.881	− 0.145	< 0.001
Insurance	0.079	0.004	0.034	0.051
Multiple Partners	−0.394	< 0.001	–	–
Parity> 3	− 0.403	< 0.001	–	–
Alcohol	–	–	− 0.015	0.901
Obese	–	–	− 0.325	< 0.001
Model Estimates
Multiple R Squared	0.389		0.342
Adjusted R Squared	0.379		0.331
AIC	4968		4314.4

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