Table 3 Multivariable logistic regressions predicting cervical cancer screening among women in Ghana
From: Factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women of reproductive age in Ghana
Variable | OR (SE) | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
Education (Reference: No education) | Â | Â |
Primary | 1.216 (0.209) | 0.868 1.704 |
Secondary | 1.419(0.208) | 1.064 1.891 |
Tertiary | 4.140(0 0.708) *** | 2.960 5.789 |
Current age (Continuous) | 1.035(0.006) *** | 1.023 1.048 |
Wealth (Poorest) | Â | Â |
Poorer | 1.258(0 0.225) | 0.886 1.788 |
Middle | 1.629(0 0.318) * | 1.110 2.390 |
Richer | 1.968(0 0.404) *** | 1.316 2.944 |
Richest | 2.492(0 0.547) *** | 1.620 3.833 |
Marital status (Reference: Never in a union) | Â | Â |
Married/living with partner | 1.773(0.231) *** | 1.372 2.290 |
Widowed/divorced/separated | 1.888(0.344) *** | 1.320 2.701 |
Religion (Reference: Christianity) | Â | Â |
Islam | 0.737(0.096) * | 0.570 0.952 |
Traditional/spiritualist | 0.250(0.180) | 0.060 1.031 |
No religion/other | 0.639(0.296 | 0.257 1.587 |
Ethnicity (Reference: Akan) | Â | Â |
Ga/Dangme | 1.132(0.253) | 0.729 1.756 |
Ewe | 0.779(0.150) | 0.534 1.136 |
Guan | 1.304(0.301) | 0.829 2.051 |
Mole-Dagbani | 1.478(0.232) * | 1.086 2.011 |
Grusi | 1.740(0.375) * | 1.140 2.655 |
Gurma | 0.9397(0.200) | 0.618 1.428 |
Mande | 1.367(0.397) | 0.774 2.415 |
Other | 1.103(0 0.533) | 0.428 2.846 |
Currently employed (Reference: No) | Â | Â |
Yes | 1.268(0 0.153)8 | 1.000 1.607 |
Has a valid health insurance (Reference: No) | Â | Â |
Yes | 1.356(0 0.153) ** | 1.086 1.693 |
Distance to Health facility (Reference: a big problem) | Â | Â |
Not a big problem | 0.9741(0 0.106) | 0.785 1.207 |
Visited health facility in the past 12 month (Reference: No) | Â | Â |
Yes | 1.312(0 0.128) ** | 1.082 1.590 |
Times visited health facility (Reference: None) | Â | Â |
Once | 1.101(0 0.129) | 0.874 1.386 |
More than once | 1.321(0 0.138) ** | 1.075 1.624 |
Self-rated health (Reference: Bad) | Â | Â |
Good | 1.095(0 0.114) | 0.892 1.345 |
Frequency watching television (Reference: not at all) | Â | Â |
Less than once a week | 1.351(0 0.220) | 0.981 1.861 |
At least once a week | 1.395(0 0.199) * | 1.055 1.846 |
Frequency listening to radio (Reference: not at all) | Â | Â |
Less than once a week | 1.249(0 0.150) | 0.986 1.583 |
At least once a week | 1.509(0 0.158) *** | 1.228 1.853 |
Region of residence (Reference: Western) | Â | Â |
Central | 1.795(0 0.505) * | 1.034 3.118 |
Greater Accra | 1.536(0 0.433) | 0.884 2.669 |
Volta | 3.310(1.025) *** | 1.803 6.076 |
Eastern | 2.251(0 0.618) ** | 1.314 3.856 |
Ashanti | 1.967(0 0.520) * | 1.171 3.305 |
Western north | 1.684(0 0.511) | 0.929 3.053 |
Ahafo | 2.512(0 0.724) *** | 1.428 4.420 |
Bono | 1.609(0 0.469) | 0.908 2.851 |
Bono East | 2.080(0 0.607) * | 1.174 3.686 |
Oti | 2.391(0 0.746) ** | 1.297 4.408 |
Northern | 4.303(1.242) *** | 2.444 7.576 |
Savannah | 1.472(0.518) | 0.738 2.934 |
North East | 3.659(0 1.142) *** | 1.985 6.746 |
Upper East | 1.806(0 0.544) * | 1.000 3.263 |
Upper West | 1.998(0 0.611) * | 1.097 3.639 |
Type of place of residence (Urban) | Â | Â |
Rural | 0.884(0.093) | 0.7191 1.087 |