Knowledge, attitudes and practices of young people in Zimbabwe on cervical cancer and HPV, current screening methods and vaccination

Table 4 Factors associated with knowledge of cervical cancer among high school students

Factors associated with knowledge of cervical cancer among high school students
High school students*		Univariate model		Adjusted Odds Ratio (AORs)
Main variable		Odds Ratio	p	AOR	p	95% Conf. Interval
parents education	Reference grp (University degree**)
	O-levels	2.86	0.007	2.51	0.017	1.28	4.92
	Qualification below degree	3.01	0.029	3.13	0.033	1.15	8.49
	A-levels	3.18	0.048	3.01	0.069	0.88	10.25
	No formal education	3.20	0.351	3.00	0.406	0.13	68.02
Province	Reference grp (Harare)
	Mashonaland West	2.28	0.019	2.56	0.005	1.59	4.80
	Midlands	1.76	0.052	1.64	0.034	1.06	2.95
	Manicaland	1.31	0.280	1.63	0.094	0.89	2.98
	Masvingo	1.24	0.374	1.45	0.127	0.86	2.43
Residence	Reference grp (High-density)
	Rural	1.36	0.402
	Low-density	0.89	0.565
age***		1.21	0.494
drinking alcohol		0.72	0.670
Gender		1.06	0.900

*Clustering inherent in the study design was taken into account and regression was done using Stata’s survey (“svy”) module for high school students
**Primary level was combined with University degree since there was no difference between the two levels of education
***Age as a continuous variable is liner in relation to the logit (Box-Tidwell test p-value = 0.735)
Post regression test, using the Pearson’s goodness-of-fit test was carried out without factoring the complex sample design- Pearson’s GOF p-value = 0.430

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