Table 7.

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with knowledge of BSE among women aged 20–70 at Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021

Variables	Knowledge of BSE		P-value	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Adequate	Inadequate
Age of the women
20–29 years	81	72	1.0	1.0	1.0
30–39 years	66	45	0.293	1.30 (0.80–2.14)	1.12 (0.61–2.06))
40–49 years	28	16	0.210	1.56 (0.78–3.11)	2.12 (0.92–4.86))
50–70 years	25	24	0.815	0.93 (0.49–1.76)	1.21 (0.51–2.89)
Marital status
Single	39	33	1.0	1.0	1.0
Married	128	96	0.658	1.13 (0.66–1.92)	0.51 (0.16–1.68)
Widowed	15	12	0.902	1.06 (0.44–2.57)	1.42 (0.43–4.69)
Divorced	18	16	0.906	0.95 (0.42–2.16)	1.53 (0.53–4.36)
Level of education
Illiterate	9	22	1.0	1.0	1.0
Primary school	21	39	0.834	0.91 (0.38–2.17)	0.67 (0.26–1.71)
Secondary	72	66	0.154	1.74 (0.81–3.75)	1.41 (0.59–3.31)
College& above	98	30	0.000	5.53 (2.49–12.28) **	3.80 (1.43–10.14) **
Occupation
Maid	11	20	1.0	1.0	1.0
Merchant	28	19	0.040	2.68 (1.05–6.85) *	1.56 (0.51–4.71)
Student	26	17	0.036	2.78 (1.09–7.24) *	1.86 (0.65–5.29)
Gov’t employee	53	15	0.000	6.42 (2.53–16.33) **	2.11 (0.65–6.85)
Housewife	82	86	0.175	1.73 (0.78–3.84)	1.38 (0.49–3.90)
Spouse educational level
Illiterate	9	17	1.0	1.0	1.0
Primary	19	17	0.159	2.1 (0.75–5.97)	2.60 (0.83–8.20)
Secondary	32	37	0.304	1.63 (0.64–4.17)	1.94 (0.68–5.54)
College and above	68	25	0.001	5.14 (2.03–13.01) **	3.03 (1.04–8.84) **
Women monthly income
< 500 Birr	7	12	1.0	1.0	1.0
500–1000 Birr	7	16	0.661	0.75 (0.21–2.72)	1.43 (0.36–5.68)
> 1001 Birr	186	129	0.064	2.47 (0.95–6.45)	2.31 (0.81–6.59)
History of breast cancer
No, I don’t have	191	149	1.0	1.0	1.0
Yes, I have	9	8	0.361	1.45 (0.65–3.25)	1.77 (0.71–4.44)

^**Indicates P-value < 0.001 strongly associated, *Indicates P-value < 0.05 weakly associated, 1.0 indicates reference