Table 4. Association of different variables with knowledge (n=357), attitude (n=357), and practice (n=360).
| Characteristics | Knowledge | Attitude | Practice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inadequate | Adequate | Unfavorable | Favorable | No | Yes | ||
| Age | |||||||
| ≤30 | 207 (58.0) | 35 (9.8) | 75 (21.0) | 167 (46.8) | 208 (57.8) | 34 (9.4) | |
| ≥31 | 105 (29.4) | 10 (2.8) | 26 (7.3) | 89 (24.9) | 103 (28.6) | 15 (4.2) | |
| OR (95% CI) | 0.56 (0.26–1.18) | 1.53 (0.91–2.57) | 0.89 (0.46–1.71) | ||||
| p-value | 0.125 | 0.101 | 0.728 | ||||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Unmarried | 35 (9.8) | 12 (3.4) | 27 (7.6) | 20 (5.6) | 43 (11.9) | 4 (1.0) | |
| Married | 277 (77.6) | 33 (9.2) | 74 (20.7) | 236 (66.1) | 268 (74.4) | 45 (12.5) | |
| OR (95% CI) | 0.34 (0.16–0.73) | 4.30 (2.28–8.12) | 1.80 (0.61–5.27) | ||||
| p-value | 0.004 | 0.000 | 0.274 | ||||
| Education | |||||||
| Illiterate | 144 (40.3) | 17 (4.8) | 35 (9.8) | 126 (35.3) | 133 (36.9) | 31 (8.6) | |
| Literate | 168 (47.1) | 28 (7.8) | 66 (18.5) | 130 (36.4) | 178 (49.4) | 18 (5.0) | |
| OR (95% CI) | 0.70 (0.37–1.34) | 0.54 (0.33–0.88) | 0.43 (0.23–0.80) | ||||
| p-value | 0.291 | 0.013 | 0.007 | ||||
| Ethnicity* | |||||||
| Brahmin & Chhetri | 213 (63.0) | 27 (8.0) | 70 (20.7) | 170 (50.3) | 223 (65.4) | 20 (5.9) | |
| Others | 83 (24.3) | 15 (4.4) | 24 (7.1) | 74 (21.9) | 69 (20.2) | 29 (8.5) | |
| OR (95% CI) | 1.42 (0.72–2.81) | 1.27 (0.74–2.17) | 4.68 (2.49–8.80) | ||||
| p-value | 0.305 | 0.384 | 0.000 | ||||
| Family history of cancer | |||||||
| Positive | 27 (8.7) | 2 (0.6) | 8 (2.6) | 21 (6.8) | 17 (5.4) | 12 (3.8) | |
| Negative | 242 (77.8) | 40 (12.9) | 74 (23.8) | 208 (66.9) | 254 (80.9) | 31 (9.9) | |
| OR (95% CI) | 2.23 (0.51–9.75) | 1.07 (0.45–2.52) | 0.17 (0.07–0.39) | ||||
| p-value | 0.274 | 0.876 | 0.000 | ||||
Values are presented as number (%).
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.
*Ethnicity-19 participants who did not want to answer their ethnicity were excluded; Others-Dalit and Janajati.