Table 7.
Factors Associated with the Attitude Towards Cervical Cancer Screening in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2017 (n=516)
| Variable | Attitude Towards Cervical Cancer Screening | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Attitude | Negative Attitude | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 116 (73%) | 43 (27%) | 3.78 (1.56–9.14)* | 3.47 (1.03–11.75)** |
| Married | 97 (31.4%) | 212 (68.6%) | 0.64 (0.28–1.49) | 0.7 (0.23–2.19) |
| Divorced | 12 (50%) | 12 (50%) | 1.4 (0.45–4.38) | 1.28 (0.30–5.45) |
| Widowed | 10 (41.7%) | 14 (58.3%) | 1 | |
| Educational status | ||||
| Primary education | 50 (48.5%) | 53 (51.5%) | 0.73 (0.43–1.25) | 1.42 (0.55–3.67) |
| Secondary education | 59 (46.8%) | 67 (53.2%) | 0.68 (0.41–1.14) | 0.82 (0.36–1.86) |
| Diploma/or degree | 64 (36.2%) | 113 (63.8%) | 0.44 (0.27–0.71)* | 0.47 (0.21–1.05) |
| No formal education | 62 (56.4%) | 48 (43.6%) | 1 | |
| Occupation | ||||
| Student | 22 (40.7%) | 32 (59.3%) | 1.10 (0.58–2.12) | 0.95 (0.37–2.44) |
| Private employ | 42 (39.5%) | 65 (60.7%) | 1.04 (0.61–1.76) | 0.46 (0.19–1.15) |
| Daily labor | 15 (51.5%) | 14 (48.3%) | 1.72 (0.76–3.87) | 0.65 (0.17–2.45) |
| Merchant | 38 (37.6%) | 63 (62.4%) | 0.97 (0.56–1.66) | 0.4 (0.42–1.49) |
| Government employ | 70 (70%) | 30 (30%) | 3.74 (2.14–6.55)* | 1.07 (0.44–2.62) |
| House wife | 48 (38.4%) | 77 (61.6%) | 1 | |
| Income | ||||
| >2000 | 100 (53.5%) | 87 (46.5%) | 1.65 (1.15–2.37)* | 2.2 (1.16–4.19)* * |
| 50–2000 | 135 (41%) | 194 (59%) | 1 | |
| Knowledge of CC | ||||
| Poor | 81 (45.5%) | 97 (54.5%) | 1 | |
| Good | 117 (75%) | 39 (25%) | 3.59 (2.25–5.73)* | 4.76 (2.65–8.57)** |
| Residence | ||||
| Rural | 90 (52.6%) | 81 (47.4%) | 1 | |
| Urban | 145 (42% | 200 (58%) | 0.44 (0.27–0.71)* | 0.97 (0.54–1.73) |
Notes: *Statistically significant in COR, **statistically significant in AOR.