Table 9.

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

Variables	Practices of BSE		P-value	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Good	Poor
Age of the women
20–29	30	63	1.0	1.0	1.0
30–39	28	49	0.574	1.20 (0.64–2.27)	0.92 (0.39–2.11)
40–49	11	24	0.929	0.96 (0.42–2.22)	0.93 (0.31–2.75)
50–70	8	35	0.103	0.48 (0.12–1.16)	0.47 (0.14–1.59)
Marital status
Single	12	32	1.0	1.0	1.0
Married	51	106	0.511	1.28 (0.61–2.70)	1.56 (0.27–8.97)
Widowed	7	16	0.785	1.17 (0.39–3.54)	2.07 (0.41–10.42)
Divorced	7	17	0.868	1.20 (0.37–3.31)	1.56 (0.34–7.08)
Level of education
Illiterate	5	17	1.0	1.0	1.0
Primary school	5	35	0.301	0.49 (0.12–1.91)	0.35 (0.07–1.78)
Secondary	16	66	0.739	0.82 (0.26–2.57)	0.88 (0.23–3.43)
College and above	51	53	0.030	3.27 (1.12–9.53)	3.15 (0.77–12.88)
Occupation
Maid	5	15	1.0	1.0	1.0
Merchant	12	19	0.314	1.89 (0.55–6.57)	1.64 (0.33–8.09)
Student	6	20	0.880	0.90 (0.23–3.52)	0.76 (0.16–3.65)
Gov’t employee	29	29	0.058	3.00 (0.96–9.34)	2.75 (0.57–13.39)
Housewife	25	88	0.777	0.85 (0.28–2.57)	1.27 (0.28–5.78)
Spouse educational level
Illiterate	5	12	1.0	1.0	1.0
Primary	5	15	0.764	0.80 (0.18–3.42)	0.68 (0.12–4.05)
Secondary	8	35	0.364	0.55 (0.15–2.00)	0.51(0.10–2.55)
College above	33	44	0.311	1.80 (0.58–5.61)	0.67 (0.15–2.92)
History of cancer
No, I don’t have	59	154	1.0	1.0	1.0
Yes, I have	18	17	0.006	2.76 (1.34–5.72) *	6.06 (2.19–16.74) **
Knowledge
Inadequate	13	67	1.0	1.0	1.0
Adequate	64	104	0.001	3.17 (1.62–6.20) **	2.67 (1.18–6.04) *
Attitudes
Unfavorable	9	39	1.0	1.0	1.0
Favorable	68	132	0.044	2.23 (1.02–4.88)	1.99 (0.76–5.27)

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