Correlates of Cervical Cancer Screening among Vietnamese American Women

Table 5

Factors associated with receipt of prior Pap test in multivariate analyses.

Variable group	Associated factors	Forward selection adjusted odds ratios
		Point estimation	95% CI
Access barriers	Doctor recommendation for testing	***
	No	1.00	Reference
	Yes	8.45***	5.02~14.23
	Current health insurance	***
	No	1.00	Reference
	Yes	3.04***	2.25~4.11
	Difficulty getting time off to see doctor	***
	No	1.00	Reference
	Yes	0.51***	0.38~0.69
Knowledge, attitude, and beliefs	Pap test can detect cancer early and prolong life	***
	Yes	1.00	Reference
	Do not know	0.53*	0.32~0.87
	No	0.24***	0.12~0.48
	Ever heard of HPV	***
	No	1.00	Reference
	Yes	2.37***	1.56~3.59
	Can have cancer but no symptoms	***
	Yes	1.00	Reference
	Do not know	0.68*	0.48~0.97
	No	1.47	0.98~2.21
	See doctor only when sick	**
	Yes	1.00	Reference
	Do not know	1.21	0.78~1.89
	No	1.85**	1.27~2.70
	God or higher power controls cancer	*
	Yes	1.00	Reference
	Do not know	0.70*	0.50~0.98
	No	0.55**	0.35~0.85
	Cancer can be cured if detected early	*
	Yes	1.00	Reference
	Do not know	0.75	0.47~1.21
	No	0.34**	0.16~0.74

Note: All demographic variables significant in the univariate logistic regression model (Table 1) were included in the multivariate model.
***, **, *indicating significance levels of ≤0.001, ≤0.01, and ≤0.05, respectively.