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. 2019;20(6):1825–1831. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.6.1825

Table 2.

Adjusted ORs and 95%CI of the Overall B-CAS (Overall) and B-CAS Subscale of Knowledge of Risk Factors of Breast Cancer (KnowRF) and Knowledge of Symptoms of Breast Cancer (KnowS). Categories in brackets represent the referent

Effects Overall KnowRF KnowS
Age 10yrs 1.05 (0.90, 1.23) 1.01 (0.86,1.19) 1.22 (0.96,1.56)
Rural residence 0.43*** (0.29, 0.62) 0.40*** (0.27,0.59) 0.66 (0.37,1.17)
Education
Primary school and lower χ2=1.23 χ2=0.02 χ2=9.63
High School 1.03 (0.70.1.52) 1.09 (0.73,1.65) 1.71 (0.92,3.15)
Diploma or equal 1.17 (0.61, 2.22) 0.91 (0.48,1.73) 3.79* (1.22,11.82)
Bachelor degree 1.27 (0.70, 2.28) 1.92* (1.04,3.57) 2.46 (0.95,6.33)
Higher than Bachelor 0.67 (0.16, 2.80) 0.77 (0.14,4.11) 0.50 (0.08,3.26)
Occupation
Agriculture χ2=10.33 χ2=18.64** χ2=12.26
Trader 1.11 (0.72, 1.72) 0.99 (0.62,1.57) 1.34 (0.63,2.86)
Laborer 0.68 (0.41, 1.14) 0.61 (0.36,1.03) 0.50 (0.24,1.04)
Government official 0.49* (0.24, 0.99) 0.25*** (0.11,0.53) 0.32* (0.11,0.94)
Unemployment 0.46* (0.23, 0.95) 0.41*** (0.19,0.87) 0.46 (0.16,1.30)
Other 0.46 (0.38, 1.65) 0.97 (0.44,2.14) 1.31 (0.36,4.79)
Other religion 0.94 (0.66, 1.32) 0.68 (0.47,0.98) 1.05 (0.61,1.79)
Marital status
Single χ2=6.94* χ2=10.32** χ2=5.11
Married 1.60* (1.03, 2.48) 1.52 (0.94,2.46) 1.99 (1.07,3.71)
Widowed/Divorced/Separated 0.90 (0.42, 1.91) 0.57 (0.26,1.24) 1.30 (0.46,3.67)
Family income
enough and have savings χ2=7.35 χ2=5.78 χ2=1.73
Enough and no savings 0.71 (0.49, 1.02) 0.64 (0.44,0.93) 0.91 (0.51,1.60)
Not enough and no debt 0.84 (0.41, 1.69) 0.71 (0.32,1.56) 1.06 (0.36,3.15)
Not enough and have debt 0.49* (0.29, 0.85) 0.63 (0.35,1.12) 0.59 (0.26,1.35)
Family history of cancer 0.89 (0.56, 1.41) 0.72 (0.45,1.15) 0.38* (0.16,0.95)
Family history of breast cancer 2.12 (0.77, 5.86) 1.42 (0.50,4.02) 1.09 (0.21,5.78)

χ2, Likelihood ratio test; ***P<0.001, **P<0.01,*P<0.05