Table 2.

Adherence to Pap test within the last three years by characteristics, source of information, attitudes, beliefs and opinions on Pap testing and cervical cancer of sampled women; crude and adjusted logistic regression analysis.

Questionnaire Items	Crude-OR	95% CI	P	Adjusted OR 1	95% CI	p
Age class
≥45	1
<45	1.10	0.69–1.77	0.69	1.31	0.78–2.21	0.31
School level
≤8 years	1
>8 years	1.40	0.89–2.18	0.14	0.97	0.59–1.58	0.89
Marital status
Not married	1
Married	1.42	0.84–2.41	0.19	1.25	0.70–2.24	0.44
Cohabitation
Not alone	1
Alone	1.96	0.63–6.09	0.25
Working activity
Not employed	1
Employed	1.27	0.81–1.99	0.31
Parity
No	1
Yes	1.20	0.69–2.09	0.51
Awareness to get a Pap test by invitation letter
No	1
Yes	1.44	0.91–2.26	0.12	1.26	0.77–2.05	0.35
Awareness to get a Pap test by GP’s advice
No	1
Yes	2.92	1.83–4.66	<0.01	2.55	1.57–4.14	<0.01
Awareness to get a Pap test by mass information campaign
No	1
Yes	0.75	0.48–1.18	0.21
Cervical cancer source of information
Friends, web	1
General pratictioner, gynaecologist, clinic	1.64	0.71–3.81	0.25	1.40	0.5–3.93	0.53
Perceived benefits
No	1
Yes	1.94	1.18–3.18	<0.05	1.58	0.89–2.81	0.12
Perceived severity
No	1
Yes	1.43	0.9–2.28	0.13	0.94	0.54–1.62	0.82
Perceived susceptibility
No	1
Yes	3.80	2.34–6.18	<0.01	3.24	1.92–5.48	<0.01

¹ Odds ratios (OR, with 95% confidence intervals) are adjusted for age, marital status, school level, invitation letter, GP’s advice, cervical cancer source of information, perceived susceptibility, severity and benefits.