Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms among women in a refugee settlement: a cross-sectional study in northern Uganda

Table 5 Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors and socio-demographic correlates

Socio-demographic variables	Knowledgeable on cervical cancer risk factors		Odds ratios (OR)
Socio-demographic variables	Yes N (%)	No N (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR^b (95% CI)
Age (Years), N = 325
18–29	82 (49.7)	84 (52.5)	Ref	Ref
30–44	66 (40.0)	56 (35.0)	1.20 (0.76–1.93)	1.15 (0.70–1.87)
45–60	17(10.3)	20 (12.5)	0.87 (0.43–1.78)	0.89 (0.42–1.88)
Marital status, N = 325
Married/Living together	109 (66.1)	117 (73.1)	Ref	Ref
Separated/Divorced	23 (13.9)	11 (6.9)	2.24 (1.05–4.82)	2.06 (0.94–4.53)
Single	15 (9.1)	14 (8.7)	1.15 (0.53–2.17)	1.31 (0.59–2.96)
Widowed	18 (10.9)	18 (11.3)	1.07 (0.72–1.21)	1.04 (0.48–2.28)
Level of education, N = 325
None	29 (17.6)	30 (18.8)	Ref	Ref
Primary	116 (70.3)	108 (67.5)	1.11 (0.62–1.97)	1.13 (0.60–2.12)
Secondary	17 (10.3)	21 (13.1)	0.84 (0.37–1.90)	0.83 (0.34–2.04)
Tertiary	3 (1.8)	1 (0.6)	3.10 (0.30–31.58)	2.10 (0.19–23.19)
Tribe, N = 325
Acoli	161 (97.6)	156 (97.5)	Ref	Ref
Others	4 (2.4)	4 (2.5)	0.97 (0.24–3.94)	1.09 (0.26–4.55)
Employment, N = 325
No	132 (80.0)	147 (91.9)	Ref	Ref
Yes	33 (20.0)	13 (8.1)	2.82 (1.43–5.60)	2.77 (1.36–5.62)
Distance to the nearest HF in Sudan, N = 325
< 1 km	108 (65.5)	96 (60.0)	Ref	Ref
1–5 km	41 (24.8)	37 (23.1)	0.99 (0.58–1.68)	0.93 (0.54–1.60)
> 5 km	16 (9.7)	27 (16.9)	0.53 (0.59–1.68)	0.50 (0.54–1.60)
Don’t know	1 (0.6)	0 (0.0)	–	-^a

^aDropped because of a cell has < 5 observations. Bold face = statistically significant results
^bAdjustment conducted for variables on the table

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