Table 4b.
Association of Knowledge about Sgns and Symptoms of Cervical Cancer and Sociodemographic Profile among Study Population
| Sociodemographic characteristics |
Urban college (n=240) | Rural college (n=180) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signs and symptoms | Signs and symptoms | |||||||
| 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 | 16 (12.7) | 110 (87.3) | 0.450 (0.178-1.137) | 1.866 (0.696-5.001) | 12 (12.6) | 83 (87.4) | 0.525 (0.188-1.467) | 2.995 (0.758-11.840) |
| ≥20 | 7 (6.1) | 107 (93.9) | 6 (7.1) | 79 (92.9) | ||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 18 (16.2) | 93 (83.8) | 0.208 (0.075-0.582) | 4.370 (1.489-5.823) | 12 (14.1) | 73 (85.9) | 0.410 (0.147-1.146) | 2.756 (0.871-8.724) |
| Male | 5 (3.9) | 124 (96.1) | 6 (6.3) | 89 (93.7) | ||||
| Religion | ||||||||
| Hindu | 16 (9.7) | 149 (90.3) | 0.959 (0.377-2.438) | 1.232 (0.432-3.513) | 15 (11.6) | 114 (88.4) | 0.475 (0.131-1.716) | 2.493 (0.620-10.028) |
| Muslim | 7 (9.3) | 68 (90.7) | 3 (5.9) | 48 (94.1) | ||||
| Father’s education | ||||||||
| ≤class 10 | 6 (8.7) | 63 (91.3) | 0.863 (0.325-2.289) | 0.974 (0.313-3.035) | 5 (10.6) | 42 (89.4) | 1.099 (0.370-3.267) | 0.539 (0.135-2.163) |
| >class 10 | 17 (9.9) | 154 (90.1) | 13 (9.8) | 120 (90.2) | ||||
| Mother’s education | ||||||||
| ≤class 10 | 15 (10.8) | 124 (89.2) | 1.406 (0.572-3.456) | 0.429 (0.123-1.492) | 9 (8.9) | 92 (91.1) | 0.761 (0.287-2.017) | 0.410 (0.077-2.185) |
| >class 10 | 8 (7.9) | 93 (92.1) | 9 (11.4) | 70 (88.6) | ||||
| Father’s occupation* | ||||||||
| Non govt job | 17 (8.8) | 177 (91.2) | 1.335 (0.464-3.836) | 2.006 (0.482-8.357) | 11 (7.7) | 131 (92.3) | 2.689 (0.965-7.497) | 3.623 (0.582-22.566) |
| Govt job | 5 (11.4) | 39 (88.6) | 7 (18.4) | 31 (81.6) | ||||
| Mother’s occupation | ||||||||
| Unemployed | 20 (8.8) | 207 (91.2) | 3.105 (0.789-12.212) | 3.027 (0.496-18.469) | 13 (7.9) | 152 (92.1) | 5.846 (1.737-19.679) | 6.157 (2.130-8.433) |
| Employed | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) | 5 (33.3) | 10 (66.7) | ||||
| Socioeconomic status | ||||||||
| ≤middle class (Rs 2729-4550) | 13 (10.9) | 106 (89.1) | 1.361 (0.572-3.237) | 0.892 (0.329-2.416) | 9 (10.1) | 80 (89.9) | 1.025 (0.387-2.715) | 1.323 (0.410-4.269) |
| >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