Table 4 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 | 1.199(0.209) | 0.852 1.689 |
Secondary | 1.414(0.209) * | 1.058 1.891 |
Tertiary | 4.178(0.713) *** | 2.990 5.838 |
Current age (Continuous) | 1.037(0.006) *** | 1.025 1.049 |
Wealth (Poorest) | Â | Â |
Poorer | 1.248(0.222) | 0.880 1.770 |
Middle | 1.617(0.313) * | 1.106 2.365 |
Richer | 1.960(0.398) *** | 1.316 2.921 |
Richest | 2.491(0.541) *** | 1.627 3.813 |
Marital status (Reference: Never in a union) | Â | Â |
Married/living with partner | 1.827(0.238) *** | 1.415 2.358 |
Widowed/divorced/separated | 1.935(0.353) *** | 1.353 2.768 |
Religion (Reference: Christianity) | Â | Â |
Islam | 0.725(0.095) * | 0.560 0.938 |
Traditional/spiritualist | 0.249(0.180) | 0.060 1.027 |
No religion/other | 0.630(0.292) | 0.253 1.566 |
Ethnicity (Reference: Akan) | Â | Â |
Ga/Dangme | 1.136(0.254) | 0.732 1.762 |
Ewe | 0.777(0.149) | 0.533 1.134 |
Guan | 1.296(0.299) | 0.824 2.038 |
Mole-Dagbani | 1.487(0.233) * | 1.093 2.022 |
Grusi | 1.740(0.375) * | 1.140 2.657 |
Gurma | 0.952(0.203) | 0.626 1.446 |
Mande | 1.356(0.393) | 0.767 2.396 |
Other | 1.079(0.522) | 0.417 2.789 |
Has a valid health insurance (Reference: No) | Â | Â |
Yes | 1.346(0.152) ** | 1.078 1.679 |
Visited health facility in the past 12 month (Reference: No) | Â | Â |
Yes | 1.318(0.129) * | 1.088 1.597 |
Times visited health facility (Reference: None) | Â | Â |
Once | 1.092(0.128) | 0.868 1.374 |
More than once | 1.304(0.136) * | 1.062 1.600 |
Frequency watching television (Reference: not at all) | Â | Â |
Less than once a week | 1.362(0.222) | 0.989 1.876 |
At least once a week | 1.408(0.200) * | 1.065 1.861 |
Frequency listening to radio (Reference: not at all) | Â | Â |
Less than once a week | 1.268(0.152) * | 1.001 1.606 |
At least once a week | 1.539(0.160) *** | 1.254 1.888 |
Region of residence (Reference: Western) | Â | Â |
Central | 1.787(0.502) * | 1.029 3.102 |
Greater Accra | 1.509(0.425) | 0.868 2.620 |
Volta | 3.280(1.016) *** | 1.787 6.020 |
Eastern | 2.231(0.612) ** | 1.303 3.820 |
Ashanti | 1.953(0.516) * | 1.163 3.280 |
Western North | 1.680(0.509) | 0.927 3.043 |
Ahafo | 2.466(0.709) ** | 1.403 4.336 |
Bono | 1.610(0.469) | 0.909 2.851 |
Bono East | 2.064(0.602) * | 1.165 3.656 |
Oti | 2.413(0.752) ** | 1.309 4.447 |
Northern | 4.237(01.221) *** | 2.408 7.456 |
Savannah | 1.451(0.510) | 0.728 2.891 |
North East | 3.616(1.127) *** | 1.962 6.663 |
Upper East | 1.810(0.545) * | 1.002 3.269 |
Upper West | 1.958(0.599) * | 1.075 3.566 |
Type of place of residence (Urban) | Â | Â |
Rural | 0.8920081 0.093) | 0.725 1.096 |