Table 3. Correlates of women's willingness to self-collect a vaginal sample for HPV testing.
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | |
| Age | 1.04 | (1.02, 1.06)* | ||
| Education | ||||
| < 2 years | 0.69 | (0.41, 1.18) | ||
| 2-4 years | 0.71 | (0.48, 1.04) | ||
| 5-8 years | Ref | |||
| ≥ Some secondary | 1.07 | (0.79, 1.45) | ||
| Relationship status | ||||
| Single | Ref | |||
| Married | 1.20 | (0.87, 1.64) | ||
| Household incomea | ||||
| <5,000 MWK | Ref | |||
| 5,000-19,999 MWK | 1.06 | (0.74, 1.51) | ||
| >20,000 MWK | 1.37 | (0.95, 1.96) | ||
| Lifetime # of sexual partners | ||||
| 0 partners | 0.76 | (0.57, 1.03) | ||
| 1 partner | Ref | |||
| 2 partners | 0.91 | (0.62, 1.34) | ||
| ≥ 3 partners | 1.40 | (1.02, 1.91)* | ||
| Parity | 1.13 | (1.04, 1.23)* | ||
| Awareness of cervical cancer | 1.83 | (1.36. 2.45)* | 1.81 | (1.25, 2.62)* |
| Worry about cervical cancer | 1.12 | (0.97, 1.29) | ||
| Subjective norms | 3.34 | (2.71, 4.12)* | 2.00 | (1.55, 2.59)* |
| Clinician recommendation | 2.84 | (2.31, 3.49)* | 1.34 | (1.00, 1.78)* |
| Perceived behavioral control | 3.49 | (2.61, 4.66)* | 1.90 | (1.30, 2.78)* |
a
5000 MWK=US $11.37
*
p<0.05
USD=United States dollar; MWK= Malawian kwacha