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. 2020 Mar 18;20:228. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-5073-2

Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of ‘ever tested for breast cancer’ among women in Kenya

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR (95% CIs) OR (95% CIs) OR (95% CIs)
Level of education
 Higher education 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Secondary education 0.64 (0.59, 0.70)*** 0.73 (0.67, 0.80)*** 0.77 (0.70, 0.84)***
 Primary education 0.56 (0.51, 0.60)*** 0.69 (0.63, 0.76)*** 0.72 (0.65, 0.78)***
 No education 0.39 (0.34, 0.43)*** 0.55 (0.48, 0.62)*** 0.55 (0.48, 0.62)***
Marital status
 Currently married 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Never married 0.68 (0.64, 0.72)*** 0.70 (0.66, 0.74)*** 0.80 (0.74, 0.86)***
 Formerly married 0.99 (0.93, 1.07) 1.03 (0.96, 1.10) 1.02 (0.95, 1.10)
Province of residence
 North East 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Coast 1.34 (1.13, 1.60)*** 1.40 (1.17, 1.68)*** 1.40 (1.16, 1.68)***
 Eastern 1.47 (1.24, 1.75)*** 1.48 (1.24, 1.78)*** 1.49 (1.24, 1.79)***
 Central 2.40 (2.01, 2.87)*** 2.33 (1.94, 2.80)*** 2.34 (1.94, 2.82)***
 Rift Valley 1.52 (1.28, 1.80)*** 1.55 (1.30, 1.85)*** 1.57 (1.31, 1.87)***
 Western 1.39 (1.16, 1.66)*** 1.45 (1.21, 1.75)*** 1.48 (1.22, 1.79)***
 Nyanza 1.22 (1.02, 1.46)* 1.26 (1.05, 1.51)* 1.28 (1.06, 1.54)**
 Nairobi 1.63 (1.33, 1.99)*** 1.61 (1.31, 1.99)*** 1.61 (1.31, 1.99)***
Place of residence
 Urban 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Rural 0.83 (0.79, 0.89)*** 0.89 (0.85, 0.94)*** 0.89 (0.84, 0.94)***
Employment status
 Employed 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Unemployed 0.85 (0.81, 0.89)*** 0.88 (0.84, 0.93)*** 0.93 (0.88, 0.99)*
Household wealth quintiles
 Richest 1.00 1.00
 Richer 0.94 (0.88, 1.01) 0.95 (0.88, 1.02)
 Middle 0.88 (0.81, 0.95)** 0.88 (0.82, 0.96)**
 Poorer 0.89 (0.78, 0.93)** 0.86 (0.79, 0.94)**
 Poorest 0.70 (0.64, 0.78)*** 0.72 (0.65, 0.79)***
Health insurance
 Yes 1.00 1.00
 No 0.73 (0.69, 0.78)*** 0.74 (0.69, 0.79)***
Age of respondents
 45–49 1.00
 40–44 1.04 (0.94, 1.15)
 35–39 1.03 (0.93, 1.13)
 30–34 1.02 (0.93, 1.13)
 25–29 1.00 (0.91, 1.10)
 20–24 0.94 (0.85, 1.03)
 15–19 0.74 (0.65, 0.84)***
 Log pseudo-likelihood − 4629.853 − 4545.343 − 4522.237

***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05; OR for odds ratio; 95% CIs = 95% confidence intervals