Table 4a.
Association of Knowledge about Causes (Risk Factors) of Cervical Cancer and Sociodemographic Profile among Study Population
| Sociodemographic characteristics |
Urban college (n=240) | Rural college (n=180) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk factors (causes) | Risk factors (causes) | |||||||
| Some knowledge n (%) | No knowledge n (%) | Odds ratio | Adjusted odds ratio | Some knowledge n (%) | No knowledge n (%) | Odds ratio | Adjusted odds ratio | |
| Age (in years) | ||||||||
| <20 | 18 (14.3) | 108 (85.7) | 0.577 (0.254-1.308) | 1.530 (0.639-3.667) | 13 (13.7) | 82 (86.3) | 0.655 (0.258- 1.668) | 2.104 (0.669-6.615) |
| ≥20 | 10 (8.8) | 104 (91.2) | 8 (9.4) | 77 (90.6) | ||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 21 (18.9) | 90 (81.1) | 0.246 (0.100-0.603) | 3.653 (1.436- 9.293) | 15 (17.6) | 70 (82.4) | 0.315 (0.116-0.853) | 3.642 (1.231-5.772) |
| Male | 7 (5.4) | 122 (94.6) | 6 (6.3) | 89 (93.7) | ||||
| Religion | ||||||||
| Hindu | 20 (12.1) | 145 (87.9) | 0.866 (0.363-2.065) | 1.212 (0.462-3.182) | 18 (14.0) | 111 (86.0) | 0.385 (0.108-1.370) | 2.951 (0.752-11.582) |
| Muslim | 8 (10.7) | 67 (89.3) | 3 (5.9) | 48 (94.1) | ||||
| Father’s education | ||||||||
| ≤class 10 | 6 (8.7) | 63 (91.3) | 0.645 (0.250-1.667) | 1.094 (0.364- 3.283) | 5 (10.6) | 42 (89.4) | 0.871 (0.300-2.523) | 0.643 (0.175-2.360) |
| >class 10 | 22 (12.9) | 149 (87.1) | 16 (12.0) | 117 (88.0) | ||||
| Mother’s education | ||||||||
| ≤class 10 | 16 (11.5) | 123 (88.5) | 0.965 (0.435-2.140) | 0.705 (0.242-2.055) | 10 (9.9) | 91 (90.1) | 0.679 (0.273-1.691) | 0.816 (0.217-3.068) |
| >class 10 | 12 (11.9) | 89 (88.1) | 11 (13.9) | 68 (86.1) | ||||
| Father’s occupation* | ||||||||
| Non govt job | 20 (10.3) | 174 (89.7) | 1.646 (0.649-4.176) | 1.581 (0.474-5.274) | 14 (9.9) | 128 (90.1) | 2.065 (0.768-5.548) | 1.393 (0.315-6.158) |
| Govt job | 7 (15.9) | 37 (84.1) | 7 (18.4) | 31 (81.6) | ||||
| Mother’s occupation | ||||||||
| Unemployed | 25 (11.0) | 202 (89.0) | 2.424 (0.625-9.402) | 1.599 (0.286- 8.937) | 16 (9.7) | 149 (90.3) | 4.656 (1.415-5.320) | 6.910 (1.565-3.501) |
| Employed | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) | 5 (33.3) | 10 (66.7) | ||||
| Socioeconomic status | ||||||||
| ≤middle class (Rs 2729-4550) | 18 (15.1) | 101 (84.9) | 1.978 (0.872-4.486) | 0.574 (0.231- 1.429) | 12 (13.5) | 77 (86.5) | 1.420 (0.567-3.558) | 0.807 (0.277-2.350) |
| >middle class (Rs 4551-9097) | 10 (8.3) | 111 (91.7) | 9 (9.9) | 82 (90.1) | ||||
*father’s occupation (urban college) n=238 n=238, 2 expired