Research Article
Awareness of Cervical Cancer, Risk Perception, and Practice of Pap Smear Test among Young Adult Women of Dhulikhel Municipality, Nepal
Table 3
Factors associated with the perception of cervical cancer among the study participants.
| Variables | Perception category | value | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Positive (%) | Negative (%) |
| Level of perception | 130 (56.8) | 99 (43.2) | | | Age | | | | | 25 years and above | 103 (60.9) | 66 (39.1) | 0.03 | 1.9 (1.1-3.5) | Below 25 years | 27 (45.0) | 33 (55.0) | | | Family type | | | | | Nuclear | 79 (62.7) | 47 (37.3) | 0.04 | 1.7 (1.0-2.9) | Joint/extended | 51 (49.5) | 52 (50.5) | | | Education level | | | | | Formal education | 120 (58.5) | 85 (41.5) | 0.19 | 1.9 (0.8-4.5) | Illiterate/informal education | 10 (41.6) | 14 (58.4) | | | Marital status | | | | | Married | 107 (73.8) | 38 (26.2) | <0.001 | 7.4 (4.0-13.6) | Unmarried | 23 (26.4) | 61 (72.6) | | | Occupation | | | | | Housewife | 52 (54.7) | 43 (45.3) | 0.6 | 0.8 (0.5-1.5) | Nonhousewife | 78 (58.2) | 56 (41.8) | | |
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value less than 0.05. value less than 0.001 level. |