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. 2019 Jan 7;19:4. doi: 10.1186/s12905-018-0695-9

Table 2.

Association between socio-demographic factors and the awareness of women on breast cancer screening in Addis Ababa

Variables Mean Awareness of Screening COR(95%CI) AOR(95%CI)
unaware Aware
Educational status
 Primary or less 54 30 1.0
 Secondary 50 52 1.87(1.04–3.38)* 1.350 (0.66–2.75)
 Tertiary 36 114 5.7 (3.18–10.21)** 1.83 (0.77–4.33)
Occupation
 Merchant 14 8 1.0
 Government Employed 28 91 5.69 (2.16–14.95)** 2.58 (0.85–7.80)
 Private employed 18 25 2.43 (0.84–7.01)* 1.68 (0.53–5.32)
Income
 Low income 40 47 1.0 1.0
 High income 29 66 1.94 (1.06–3.55)* 2.48 (1.04–5.90)**
Husband education
 Primary education 27 12 1.0 1.0
 Secondary education 50 49 2.21 (1.01–4.84)** 1.56 (0.68–3.56)
 Tertiary education 38 73 4.32 (1.97–9.48)** 1.92 (0.78–4.74)
Family history of breast illness
 No 133 170 0.34 (0.15–0.82)* 0.34 (0.13–0.95)**
 Yes 7 26 1.0 1.0

NB: * for p-value < 0.2 and ** for p-value < .05