Table 4: Significant factors associated with the practice of Pap smear test among studied women as estimated by the multiple logistic regression analysis1.
Factor | Odds ratio (adjusted) | 95% C.I2 | p-value | |
Lower | Upper | |||
Practice 1: Have you ever done Pap smear | ||||
Age | 1.081 | 1.012 | 1.155 | 0.020 |
Educational level | 0.265 | 1.050 | 2.281 | 0.015 |
Marriage | 0.450 | 0.027 | 7.568 | 0.579 |
Age of marriage | 0.920 | 0.830 | 1.109 | 0.236 |
Occupation | 1.002 | 0.217 | 4.628 | 0.947 |
Place of living | 2.639 | 0.419 | 16.626 | 0.301 |
Health insurance | 2.218 | 0.356 | 13.825 | 0.012 |
Number of pregnancies | 0.682 | 0.365 | 1.275 | 1.275 |
Source of information | 2.241 | 0.707 | 7.097 | 0.170 |
Knowledge | 1.224 | 1.033 | 1.452 | 0.020 |
Attitude | 1.355 | 1.044 | 1.759 | 0.022 |
Practice 2: Do you do it frequently | ||||
Age | 1.027 | 0.982 | 1.074 | 0.237 |
Educational level | 0.483 | 1.108 | 2.154 | 0.024 |
Marriage | 1.411 | 0.153 | 2.214 | 0.163 |
Age of marriage | 1.052 | 0.937 | 1.182 | 0.393 |
Occupation | 2.314 | 0.744 | 7.190 | 0.147 |
Place of living | 2.317 | 0.212 | 25.328 | 0.491 |
Health insurance | 0.762 | 0.075 | 2.258 | 0.999 |
Number of pregnancies | 0.786 | 0.473 | 1.228 | 0.265 |
Source of information | 0.721 | 1.252 | 2.064 | 0.011 |
Knowledge | 1.221 | 1.077 | 1.385 | 0.002 |
Attitude | 1.245 | 0.968 | 1.603 | 1.603 |
1The variables age, education level, place of living, occupational status, marital status, the age of marriage, number of pregnancies, health insurance,
source of information about of Pap smear, knowledge and attitude were included in the model as independent variables. 95% CI2 = 95% confidence interval for adjusted odds ratio.