Table 1.
Association of sociodemographic factors with beliefs and attitudes about cervical cancer among parents of adolescent girls in Mysore City, India, 2010/2011 (n = 778)
| Sociodemographic characteristics | n | It is possible that my daughter will get cervical cancer in the future | It is likely that my daughter may get cervical cancer someday | I believe that cervical cancer is a serious disease | I believe that cervical cancer can be extremely harmful | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree (vs disagree) (%)† |
aOR‡ (95% CI) | Agree (vs disagree) (%)† |
aOR‡ (95% CI) | Agree (vs disagree) (%)† |
aOR‡ (95% CI) | Agree (vs disagree) (%)† |
aOR‡ (95% CI) | ||
| Age | 778 | 16.1(22.7) | 0.95 (0.92, 0.99) | 15.2 (25.5) | 0.97 (0.91, 1.02) | 78.7 (5.3) | 0.98 (0.95, 1.01) | 79.3 (4.5) | 1.01 (0.98, 1.03) |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 241 | 12.0 (24.5) | — | 12.9 (24.1) | — | 78.0 (3.7) | — | 75.9 (2.1) | — |
| Female | 537 | 17.9 (21.8) | 0.86 (0.39,1.88) | 16.2 (26.1) | 0.75 (0.44, 1.31) | 79.0 (6.0) | 0.69 (0.18, 2.64) | 80.8 (6.0) | 0.40 (0.15,1.06) |
| Education | |||||||||
| No education | 116 | 19.8 (14.7) | — | 20.7 (19.8)) | — | 69.0 (6.9) | — | 76.7 (3.5) | — |
| Grade 1 to 10 | 394 | 17.5 (24.4) | 0.52 (0.31, 0.88) | 15.8 (26.5) | 0.54 (0.29, 0.99) | 79.4 (5.3) | 1.56 (0.60, 4.03) | 80.7 (5.3) | 0.67 (0.30,1.48) |
| ≥High school | 268 | 12.3 (23.5) | 0.55 (0.31, 0.97) | 11.9 (26.5) | 0.54 (0.29, 1.02) | 81.7 (4.5) | 1.66 (0.76, 3.63) | 78.4 (4.5) | 0.54 (0.22, 1.34) |
| Employment | |||||||||
| Unemployed | 369 | 18.4 (20.1) | — | 16.3 (26.1) | — | 77.5 (6.0) | — | 80.0 (6.0) | — |
| Employed | 409 | 13.9 (24.9) | 0.76 (0.41, 1.44) | 14.2 (24.9) | 1.13 (0.73, 1.69) | 79.7 (4.4) | 1.24 (0.39, 3.95) | 78.7 (3.7) | 0.94 (0.54, 1.66) |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Unmarried§ | 41 | 17.1 (17.1) | — | 14.6 (26.8) | — | 78.1 (4.9) | — | 82.9 (0.0) | — |
| Married | 737 | 16.0 (22.9) | 0.70 (0.23, 2.10) | 15.2 (25.4) | 1.13 (0.41, 3.11) | 78.7 (5.3) | 1.02 (0.22, 4.76) | 79.1 (5.3) | 6.35 (2.11, 1.91e) |
| Religion | |||||||||
| Hindus | 607 | 12.5 (23.1) | — | 11.2 (26.8) | — | 16.3 (4.3) | — | 79.1 (3.3) | — |
| Muslim | 146 | 31.7 (20.7) | 2.73 (1.55, 4.80) | 31.7 (20.0) | 4.13 (2.92, 5.82) | 75.3 (8.2) | 0.57 (0.33, 1.00) | 80.1 (11.0) | 0.33 (0.15, 0.74) |
| Christians | 25 | 12.0 (24.0) | 1.67 (0.39, 3.43) | 16.0 (24.0) | 1.81 (0.91, 3.61) | 80.0 (12.0) | 0.34 (0.09, 1.21) | 80.0 (4.0) | 0.90 (0.22, 3.66) |
| Ever heard of HPV | |||||||||
| No | 557 | 15.5 (21.6) | — | 14.2 (25.0) | — | 75.4 (5.6) | — | 76.3 (5.0) | — |
| Yes | 221 | 17.6 (25.3) | 1.13 (0.86,1.48) | 17.6 (26.7) | 1.43 (0.81, 2.52) | 86.9 (4.5) | 1.34 (0.74, 2.43) | 86.9 (4.1) | 1.22 (0.60, 2.49) |
†
Percent agree and disagree do not sum up to 100% as some of the participants in each group responded ‘do not know’.
‡
aOR (adjusted odds ratio) after controlling for age, gender, religion, education, employment status, marital status and awareness about HPV based on multinomial regression analysis.
§
Reference category: ‘Disagree’; Unmarried = divorced/separated/widowed. Bold values are statistically significant at P<0.05. CI, confidence interval; HPV, human papillomavirus.