Table 2 Fixed and random effect analysis of predictors of breast cancer awareness among women of reproductive-age

Age (years)

15–19

1.00

1.00

20–24

2.02***[1.66,2.44]

1.74***1.34,2.24]

25–29

2.45***[1.98,3.04]

2.09***[1.54,2.85]

30–34

2.52***[2.00,3.17]

2.39*** [1.69,3.34]

35–39

3.07***[ 2.35,4.00]

2.98***[2.03,4.39]

40–44

2.86***[ 2.15,3.81]

2.52***[1.67,3.80]

45–49

3.13***[ 2.28, 4.29]

2.87***[1.83,4.48]

Marital status

Never married

1.00

1.00

Married

1.52***[1.32,1.76]

1.51***[1.19,1.93]

Cohabitation

1.36[0.63,2.91]

0.75[0.31,1.80]

Widowed

2.29***[1.65,3.17]

2.22***[1.45,3.39]

Divorced

1.40***[ 1.02,1.93]

1.22[0.81,1.83]

Educational status

No education

1.00

1.00

Primary

1.35[0.83,2.20]

1.43 [0.83,2.45]

Secondary

3.52***[2.16,5.74]

3.147***[1.79,5.53]

Higher

43.36***[15.92,118.08]

12.56***[4.35,36.28]

Health insurance coverage

No

1.00

1.00

Yes

19.80**[2.76,142.05]

3.36[0.45,25.28]

Parity

Null

1.00

1.00

1–3

1.74***[1.50,2.02]

1.24 [0.95,1.61]

4 and above

1.46***[ 1.196,1.79]

1.23[0.86,1.77]

Frequency of listening to radio

Not at all

1.00

1.00

Less than once a week

2.76***[2.25, 3.38]

1.64***[1.30,2.08]

At least once a week

4.35***[3.74, 5.06]

1.96***[1.63,2.37]

Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine

Not at all

1.00

1.00

Less than once a week

3.13***[2.51, 3.91]

1.91*** [1.48,2.46]

At least once a week

2.85***[2.22, 3.65]

1.24[0.92,1.66]

Frequency of watching television

Not at all

1.00

1.00

Less than once a week

2.75***[2.16, 3.49]

1.14 [0.86,1.51]

At least once a week

4.20***[3.40, 5.19]

1.14 [0.84,1.53]

Wealth index

Poorest

1.00

1.00

1.00

Poorer

1.63***[1.36,1.96]

1.53*** [1.25,1.89]

1.23[0.99,1.54]

Middle

2.84***[ 2.34,3.46]

2.31*** [1.83,2.91]

1.51** [1.17,1.94]

Richer

5.42***[4.34, 6.78]

3.73*** [2.83,4.92]

1.91*** [1.40,2.59]

Richest

11.34***[8.57, 15.01]

6.80*** [4.76,9.72]

2.55***[1.67,3.89]

Type of place of residence

Urban

1.00

1.00

1.00

Rural

0.25***[0.21, 0.31]

0.66** [0.51,0.88]

0.631**[0.47,0.84]

Distance to a health facility

Big problem

1.00

1.00

1.00

Not a big problem

1.95***[ 1.70,2.25]

1.12 [0.95,1.32]

1.13 [0.95,1.35]

Region

Botha-bothe

1.00

1.00

1.00

Leribe

3.13***[2.29,4.29]

2.37***[1.56,3.59]

2.17***[1.40,3.35]

Berea

3.23***[2.35,4.45]

2.47*** [1.61,3.80]

2.48***[1.59,3.89]

Maseru

3.48***[2.56,4.73]

2.19***[1.45,3.32]

2.09***[1.36,3.23]

Mafeteng

2.69***[1.94,3.73]

2.02** [1.31,3.11]

2.18***[1.39,3.43]

Mohale’s hoek

1.44*[1.08, 1.91]

1.38 [0.93,2.06]

1.33 [0.88,2.01]

Quthing

1.01[0.77,1.33]

0.95 [0.64,1.42]

1.02[0.67,1.55]

Qacha’s-nek

1.10[0.83, 1.46]

1.24[0.83,1.85]

1.47[0.97,2.23]

Mokhotlong

1.22[0.93, 1.62]

1.73** [1.16,2.59]

2.11***[1.39,3.20]

Thaba Tseka

0.89[0.68, 1.16]

1.24[0.84,1.83]

1.25[0.83,1.89]

Random effect model

ICC

---

0.2566744

0.079253

0.0821978

Wald chi-square

---

Reference

368.61***

626.32***

Model fitness

Log-likelihood

---

-2674.6471

-2508.9136

-2293.0963

AIC

---

5353.294

5051.827

4664.193

BIC

---

5366.89

5167.391

4929.309