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Table 4 Multivariate predictors of having Pap smear and acceptance of HPV vaccine among FSW (N = 360)

From: HPV and cervical cancer related knowledge, awareness and testing behaviors in a community sample of female sex workers in China

  

Had a pap smear

Willing to have an HPV vaccinea

  

Unadjusted OR (95%CI)d

p-value

Adjusted ORb(95%CI) d

p-value

Unadjusted OR (95%CI)d

p-value

Adjusted ORb(95%CI)d

p-value

Age group

25 years of age and older

1.64 (0.90,2.99)

0.108

--

n/a

1.20 (0.79,1.83)

0.391

--

n/a

Younger than 25 years old

1.00

--

1.00

--

Ethnicity

Han

0.35 (0.08,1.53)

0.164

--

n/a

1.37 (0.64,2.93)

0.419

--

n/a

Non-Han

1.00

--

1.00

--

Residency

Rural

0.88 (0.48,1.62)

0.678

--

n/a

0.86 (0.56,1.34)

0.508

--

n/a

Urban

1.00

--

1.00

--

Marital status

Currently married

0.95 (0.52,1.73)

0.867

--

n/a

0.88 (0.57,1.35)

0.555

--

n/a

Not current married

1.00

--

1.00

--

Education

At least nine-year schooling

0.59 (0.32,1.09)

0.094

--

n/a

0.96 (0.63,1.47)

0.841

--

n/a

Less than nine-year schooling

1.00

--

1.00

--

Length of working (months) c

1.01 (1.00,1.02)

0.004

1.01 (1.00,1.02)

0.320

1.01 (1.00,1.01)

0.044

1.00 (1.00,1.01)

0.392

Length of working in commercial sex (months) c

1.03 (1.02,1.04)

0.000

1.01 (0.99,1.04)

0.224

1.02 (1.01,1.03)

0.005

1.01 (1.00,1.03)

0.044

Monthly income (per 100Yuan) c

1.02 (1.01,1.03)

0.005

1.00 (0.99,1.02)

0.605

1.00 (0.99,1.01)

0.437

--

n/a

Perceived risk of cervical cancer

High-perceived

1.15 (0.45,2.91)

0.768

--

n/a

0.86 (0.43,1.72)

0.669

--

n/a

Low perceived

1.00

--

1.00

--

Knowledge on HPV & cervical cancer c

1.52 (1.32,1.76)

0.000

1.35 (1.15,1.59)

0.000

1.08 (0.98,1.18)

0.133

--

n/a

Had regular health check-up

Yes

0.51 (0.24,1.12)

0.094

--

n/a

2.09 (1.09,4.00)

0.027

1.95 (1.01,3.77)

0.047

No

1.00

--

1.00

1.00

Had HIV testing

Yes

13.38 (6.88,26.02)

0.000

11.14 (5.36,23.15)

0.000

1.58 (0.87,2.85)

0.130

--

n/a

 

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

--

 
  1. Note: a Willingness to take an HPV vaccine combines those are willing to take the vaccine if free and those willing to take vaccine even if not for free; b Adjusted models only included statistically significant variables in the unadjusted analyses; c Serving as continuous variables in the regression models; d 95%CI means 95% confidence interval.