Knowledge, attitude and practice towards cervical cancer prevention among mothers of girls aged between 9 and 14 years: a cross sectional survey in Zimbabwe

Table 3 Logistic regression of factors affecting KAP in CC prevention (n = 406)

Variable	CC knowledge predictors		CC attitude predictors		CC practice predictors
Variable	Odds ratio [95% CI]	p-value	Odds ratio [95% CI]	p-value	Odds ratio [95% CI]	p-value
Age	1.023(0.95–1.10)	0.536	0.99(0.94–1.03)	0.546	0.98(0.92–1.06)	0.560
Marital status
Married	Ref			0.422
Divorced	0.59(1.19–1.80)	0.351	1.55 (0.53–4.52)	0.515	0.67(0.24–1.87)	0.441
Widowed	0.11(0.02–0.68)	0.017	0.55(0.09–3.31)		0.95(0.20–4.47)	0.948
Employed
Yes	Ref
No	0.73(0.31–1.72)	0.469	1.37(0.65–2.92)	0.410	1.20(0.56–2.55)	0.640
Medical aid
Yes	Ref
No	0.17(0.05–0.59)	0.005	1.23(0.51–2.95)	0.640	0.66 (0.28–1.59)	0.357
Residential
Urban	Ref
Rural	1.31(0.79–2.19)	0.297	1.35(0.84–2.17)	0.215	0.90(0.57–1.43)	0.653
Education
Primary	Ref
Secondary	4.20(2.25–7.84)	< 0.001	0.39 (0.20–0.78)	0.007	3.78(1.99–7.18)	< 0.001
Tertiary	7.75(2.04–29.45)	0.003	0.12(.04–0.33)	p < 0.001	9.26(3.33–25.70	< 0.001
Religion
Christianity	Ref
Traditional	0.42(0.022–7.75)	0.557	–		1.24(0.06–24.12)	0.887

Each of the results are discussed under related heading: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice respectively

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