Table 3.
Factors associated with acceptance of cervical cancer screening among women in Dabat district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017.
| Variables | Acceptance accepted (%) | Not accepted % | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
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| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 88 (15.8) | 469 (84.2) | 1.3 (0.9–2.0) | 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) |
| Single | 47 (25.2) | 184 (74.8) | 1 | 1 |
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| Parity | ||||
| Nulliparous | 51 (26.8) | 139 (73.2) | 1 | 1 |
| Have 1–4 children | 64 (16.3) | 328 (83.7) | 3.4 (1.9–6.0)∗ | 1.9 (1.2, 2.9) ∗ |
| Have 4+ children | 20 (9.7) | 186 (90.3) | 1.8 (1.2–2.9) | 3.1 (1.7, 5.5) ∗∗ |
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| Educational status | ||||
| Have formal education | 82 (23.6) | 266 (76.4) | 2.3 (1.5–3.3) | 1.0 (0.6–1.9) |
| Have no formal education | 53 (12.0) | 387 (88.0) | 1 | 1 |
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| Resident | ||||
| Urban | 71 (22.3) | 247 (77.7) | 1.8 (1.3–2.6)∗ | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) |
| Rural | 64 (13.6) | 406 (86.4) | 1 | 1 |
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| Occupation | ||||
| Housewives | 65 (13.0) | 434 (87.0) | 1 | 1 |
| Employee and student | 70 (24.2) | 219 (75.8) | 2.1 (1.5–3.1)∗∗ | 1.2 (0.6–2.3) |
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| Income situation | ||||
| Independent | 50 (21.7) | 180 (78.3) | 1.5 (1.0–2.3) | 0.9 (0.5–1.6) |
| Dependent | 85 (15.2) | 473 (84.8) | 1 | 1 |
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| Knowledge | ||||
| Knowledgeable | 79 (27.5%) | 208 (72.5) | 3.0 (2.0–4.4)∗∗ | 2.6 (1.7, 3.8) ∗∗ |
| Not knowledgeable | 56 (11.2) | 445 (88.8) | 1 | 1 |
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| Perceived severity | ||||
| Perceived as severe | 28 (10.8) | 232 (89.2) | 2.1 (1.3–3.3) ∗ | 1.9 (1.2, 3.1) ∗ |
| Perceived as not severe | 107 (20.3) | 421 (79.7) | 1 | 1 |
∗ p value <0.05 and ∗∗p value <0.001. COR = crude odds ratio, OR = adjusted odds ratio.