Table 4c.
Association of Knowledge about Modes of Prevention of Cervical Cancer and Sociodemographic Profile among Study Population
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Urban college (n=240) | Rural college (n=180) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modes of prevention | Modes of prevention | |||||||
| 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 | 15 (11.9) | 111 (88.1) | 0.634 (0.266-1.512) | 1.288 (0.514-3.228) | 11 (11.6) | 84 (88.4) | 0.580 (0.205-1.643) | 1.494 (0.494-4.521) |
| ≥20 | 9 (7.9) | 105 (92.1) | 6 (7.1) | 79 (92.9) | ||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 18 (16.2) | 93 (83.8) | 0.252 (0.096-0.660) | 3.586 (1.324-9.719) | 11 (12.9) | 74 (87.1) | 0.454 (0.160-1.285) | 2.081 (0.704-6.156) |
| Male | 6 (4.7) | 123 (95.3) | 6 (6.3) | 89 (93.7) | ||||
| Religion | ||||||||
| Hindu | 16 (9.7) | 149 (90.3) | 1.112 (0.454-2.725) | 0.956 (0.356-2.570) | 13 (10.1) | 116 (89.9) | 0.759 (0.236-2.449) | 1.421 (0.411-4.914) |
| Muslim | 8 (10.7) | 67 (89.3) | 4 (7.8) | 47 (92.2) | ||||
| Father’s education | ||||||||
| ≤class 10 | 5 (7.2) | 64 (92.8) | 0.625 (0.224-1.746) | 1.215 (0.376-3.920) | 5 (10.6) | 42 (89.4) | 1.200 (0.399-3.609) | 0.541 (0.145-2.024) |
| >class 10 | 19 (11.1) | 152 (88.9) | 12 (9.0) | 121 (91.0) | ||||
| Mother’s education | ||||||||
| ≤class 10 | 14 (10.1) | 125 (89.9) | 1.019 (0.433-2.397) | 0.683 (0.217-2.147) | 8 (7.9) | 93 (92.1) | 0.669 (0.246-1.822) | 1.347 (0.341-5.313) |
| >class 10 | 10 (9.9) | 91 (90.1) | 9 (11.4) | 70 (88.6) | ||||
| Father’s occupation* | ||||||||
| Non govt job | 17 (8.8) | 177 (91.2) | 1.644 (0.608-4.444) | 1.882 (0.518-6.845) | 12 (8.5) | 130 (91.5) | 1.641 (0.540-4.986) | 1.459 (0.330-6.464) |
| Govt job | 6 (13.6) | 38 (86.4) | 5 (13.2) | 33 (86.8) | ||||
| Mother’s occupation | ||||||||
| Unemployed | 22 (9.7) | 205 (90.3) | 1.694 (0.353-8.139) | 0.876 (0.98-7.873) | 16 (9.7) | 149 (90.3) | 0.665 (0.082-5.395) | 0.644 (0.070-5.926) |
| Employed | 2 (15.4) | 11 (84.6) | 1 (6.7) | 14 (93.3) | ||||
| Socioeconomic status | ||||||||
| ≤middle class (Rs 2729-4550) | 14 (11.8) | 105 (88.2) | 1.480 (0.630-3.477) | 0.799 (0.309-2.065) | 9 (10.1) | 80 (89.9) | 1.167 (0.429-3.175) | 0.796 (0.270-2.345) |
| >middle class (Rs 4551-9097)) | 10 (8.3) | 111 (91.7) | 8 (8.8) | 83 (91.2) | ||||
*father’s occupation (urban college) n=238 n=238, 2 expired