Table 3 Association between demographic characteristics and uptake of breast cancer screening
Variable | Uptake of breast cancer screening | Chi-square (p-value) | COR (95% CI) (p-value) | AOR (95% CI) (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Screened n (%) | Never screened n (%) | ||||
Age group | |||||
Less than 30 | 78(56.5) | 60(43.5) | |||
30–39 | 36(46.8) | 41(53.2) | |||
40 and above | 12(42.9) | 16(57.1) | 2.91(0.233) | ||
Educational level | |||||
No formal education | 17(34.7) | 32(65.3) | Ref | Ref | |
Primary | 28(57.1) | 21(42.9) | 0.40(0.03, 0.18) (0.027) | 0.46(0.20, 1.08) (0.074) | |
JHS | 26(37.7) | 43(62.3) | 0.88(0.41, 1.89) (0.740) | 1.16(0.50, 2.70) (0.737) | |
SHS/Technical | 25(61.0) | 16(39.0) | 0.34(0.14, 0.80) (0.014) | 0.48(0.18, 1.30) (0.151) | |
Tertiary | 30(85.7) | 5(14.3) | 29.32(< 0.001) | 0.09(0.03, 0.27) (< 0.001) | 0.10(0.02, 0.54) (0.008) |
Religion | |||||
Christianity | 113(53.6) | 98(46.4) | |||
Islamic | 12(40.0) | 18(60.0) | |||
Traditionalist | 1(50.0) | 1(50.0) | 1.94(0.380) | ||
Marital status | |||||
Never married | 28(51.9) | 26(48.1) | |||
Married | 98(51.9) | 91(48.1) | 0.00(1.000) | ||
Occupation | |||||
Civil servant | 21(84.0) | 4(16.0) | Ref | Ref | |
House Wife | 62(44.9) | 76(55.1) | 6.44(2.10, 19.74) (0.001) | 0.97(0.15, 6.45) (0.973) | |
Others | 12(46.2) | 14(53.8) | 6.13(1.64, 22.89) (0.007) | 0.86(0.11, 6.47) (0.883) | |
Unemployed | 31(57.4) | 23(42.6) | 14.01(0.003) | 3.89(1.18, 12.90) (0.026) | 0.62(0.09, 4.47) (0.636) |