Table 8.

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

Variables	Attitude of BSE		P-value	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Positive	Negative
Age of the women
20–29 year	109	148	0.015	1.0	1.0
30–39 year	77	76	0.120	1.38 (0.92–2.06)	1.11 (0.61–2.01)
40–49 year	29	25	0.131	1.58 (0.87–2.84)	1.15 (0.48–2.74)
50–70 year	33	44	0.945	1.02 (0.61–1.70)	1.12 (0.47–2.66)
Marital status
Single	52	73	0.062	1.0	1.0
Married	156	180	0.355	1.22 (0.80–1.84)	1.29 (0.39–4.25)
Widowed	20	16	0.140	1.76 (0.83–3.71)	2.52 (0.72–8.78)
Divorced	20	24	0.657	1.17 (0.59–2.34)	1.43 (0.45–4.48)
Level of education
Illiterate	19	57	0.000	1.0	1.0
Primary school	27	78	0.913	1.04 (0.53–2.05)	1.15 (0.48–2.72)
Secondary	94	105	0.001	2.69 (1.49–4.84)*	2.80 (1.25–6.29) *
College and above	108	53	0.000	6.11 (3.31–11.30)*	4.18 (1.59–10.92) **
Occupation
Maid	12	42	1.0	1.0	1.0
Merchant	31	29	0.002	3.74 (1.65–8.47) *	1.79 (0.55–5.92)
Student	39	37	0.001	3.69 (1.69–8.08)**	3.17 (0.11–9.02)
Gov’t employee	51	30	0.000	5.95 (2.72–13.03) **	1.20 (0.35–4.17)
Housewife	115	155	0.006	2.59 (1.31–5.15)*	2.88 (0.96–8.66)
Spouse educational level
Illiterate	15	29	1.0	1.0	1.0
Primary	19	51	0.431	0.72 (0.32–1.63)	0.41 (0.14–1.19)
Secondary	46	59	0.272	1.51 (0.72–3.14)	0.93 (0.35–2.49)
College and above	76	41	0.001	3.58 (1.73–7.44) **	1.19 (0.42–3.38)
Women monthly income
< 500 Birr	10	12	1.0	1.0	1.0
500–1000 Birr	10	26	0.173	0.46 (0.15–1.40)	0.72 (0.16–3.17)
> 1001 Birr	228	255	0.872	1.07 (0.46–2.53)	0.71 (0.22–2.31)
History of cancer
No, I don’t have	226	280	1.0	1.0	1.0
Yes, I have	22	13	0.040	2.096 (1.03–4.26)	1.56 (0.62–3.94)

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