Table 1 Bivariate analysis of cervical cancer screening uptake among the women

Women’s age (years)

0.594

 30–34

2,298 (30.86)

6.91 [5.53, 8.61]

 35–39

2,010 (28.21)

7.06 [5.65, 8.79]

 40–44

1,635 (22.95)

7.08 [5.39, 9.24]

 45–49

1,281 (17.98)

8.48 [6.59, 10.84]

Level of education

< 0.001

 No education

1,811 (25.41)

3.11 [2.24, 4.31]

 Primary

1,123 (15.76)

4.61 [3.13, 6.74]

 Secondary

3,378 (47.42)

6.84 [3.61, 8.31]

 Higher

812 (11.40)

22.04 [18.04, 26.63]

Marital status

0.192

 Never in union

505 (7.09)

7.87 [5.28, 11.58]

 Married

4,344 (60.97)

7.66 [6.53, 8.97]

 Cohabiting

1,064 (14.94)

5.11 [3.58, 7.24]

 Previously married

1,211 (17.00)

7.54 [5.54, 10.18]

Religion

0.004

 Christianity

5,474 (76.83)

8.03 [6.88, 9.35]

 Islamic

1,319 (18.52)

5.51 [4.10, 7.35]

 African Traditionalist

170 (2.39)

0.65 [0.15, 2.78]

 No religion or other

161 (2.25)

3.13 [0.75, 12.15]

Current working status

0.385

 Not working

714 (10.02)

6.29 [4.28, 9.14]

 Working

6,410 (89.98)

7.38 [6.43, 8.47]

Number of children

< 0.001

 None

429 (6.02)

13.53 [9.67, 18.61]

 One

2656 (9.22)

11.76 [8.32, 16.37]

 Two

1,075 (15.09)

9.44 [7.14, 12.40]

 Three

1,302 (18.27)

7.12 [5.52, 9.13]

 Four or more

3,662 (51.40)

5.16 [4.17, 6.36]

Covered by health insurance

0.003

 No

642 (9.01)

3.48 [1.96, 6.11]

 Yes

6,482 (90.99)

7.65 [6.68, 8.75]

Visited the health facility in last 12 months

< 0.001

 No

3,134 (43.99)

4.95 [3.81, 6.42]

 Yes

3,990 (5.01)

9.10 [7.72, 10.69]

Genital sore/ulcer in last 12 months

0.252

 No

6,579 (92.35)

7.41 [6.42, 8.54]

 Yes

545 (7.65)

5.63 [3.53, 8.84]

Genital discharge in the last 12 months

0.365

 No

5,877 (82.49)

7.09 [6.08, 8.26]

 Yes

1,247 (17.51)

8.12 [6.20, 10.58]

Watch television

< 0.001

 No

1,792 (25.15)

3.19 [2.32, 4.37]

 Yes

5,332 (74.85)

8.65 [7.51, 9.94]

Listen to radio

< 0.001

 No

2,203 (30.92)

4.62 [3.41, 6.22]

 Yes

4,921 (69.08)

8.46 [7.40, 9.67]

Read newspaper or magazine

< 0.001

 No

6,553 (91.99)

6.22 [5.30, 7.28]

 Yes

571 (8.01)

19.39 [15.07, 24.58]

Use Internet

< 0.001

 No

4,334 (60.83)

3.87 [3.18, 4.70]

 Yes

2,790 (39.17)

12.56 [10.71, 14.67]

Wealth index

< 0.001

 Poorest

1,142 (16.02)

2.07 [1.39, 3.07]

 Poorer

1,275 (17.90)

3.22 [2.29, 4.52]

 Middle

1,374 (19.28)

5.60 [3.86, 8.05]

 Richer

1,597 (22.42)

8.09 [6.09, 10.67]

 Richest

1,736 (24.37)

14.25 [11.92, 16.94]

Place of residence

< 0.001

 Urban

4,068 (57.10)

9.65 [8.14, 11.39]

 Rural

3,056 (42.90)

4.12 [3.30, 5.13]

Region

0.047

 Western

447 (6.4)

3.54 [1.81, 6.81]

 Central

749 (11.3)

6.21 [4.24, 9.00]

 Greater Accra

1209 (15.5)

9.71 [7.23, 12.92]

 Volta

362 (4.7)

9.33 [6.05, 14.13]

 Eastern

617 (8.1)

8.12 [5.85, 11.16]

 Ashanti

1395 (19.5)

8.62 [5.74, 12.74]

 Western North

188 (2.7)

4.99 [2.36, 10.24]

 Ahafo

149 (2.1)

6.12 [3.99, 9.27]

 Bono

255 (3.8)

5.60 [3.33, 9.28]

 Bono East

305 (4.5)

6.18 [3.63, 10.34]

 Oti

188 (2.7)

4.13 [2.37, 7.08]

 Northern

562 (7.7)

7.41 [4.33, 12.38]

 Savannah

134 (2.1)

1.71 [0.83, 3.46]

 North East

125 (1.9)

3.88 [2.00, 7.40]

 Upper East

264 (4.3)

6.25 [3.74, 10.27]

 Upper West

175 (2.7)

5.56 [3.26, 9.35]

National

7124 (100%)

7.27 [6.33, 8.35]