Research Article

What Prevents Men Aged 40–64 Years from Prostate Cancer Screening in Namibia?

Table 2

Bivariate analysis of prostate cancer screening (complementary log-log).

VariableOR (SE)

Health insurance (ref: none)
 Yes6.77 (1.172)
Education (ref: none)
 Primary2.43 (.976)
 Secondary6.75 (2.556)
 Higher22.64 (9.119)
Discussed health issues with health worker in the last month (ref: none)
 Yes2.51 (.746)
Listen to radio (ref: none)
 Often0.38 (.125)
 Very often0.58 (.196)
Watch television (ref: none)
 Often1.45 (.435)
 Very often1.49 (.391)
Age of respondent (ref: 40–44)
 45–491.38 (.312)
 50–541.87 (.443)
 55–592.08 (.522)
 60–642.10 (.556)
Marital status (ref: single)
 Married3.85 (1.141)
 Separated2.83 (1.114)
Religion (ref: Catholic)
 Protestants1.71 (.455)
 ELCIN1.19 (.272)
 Others2.14 (.518)
Region of residence (ref: Caprivi)
 Erongo2.49 (1.331)
 Hardap2.08 (1.150)
 Karas3.00 (1.616)
 Kavango1.15 (.727)
 Khomas2.63 (1.466)
 Kunene0.56 (.381)
 Ohangwena2.68 (1.660)
 Omaheke1.46 (.833)
 Omusati0.66 (.451)
 Oshana1.23 (.789)
 Oshikoto1.08 (.694)
 Otjozondjupa2.44 (1.324)
Place of residence (ref: urban)
 Rural0.49 (.091)
Wealth (ref: poorest)
 Poorer1.16 (.581)
 Middle1.74 (.796)
 Richer4.03 (1.682)
 Richest13.61 (5.498)

Standard errors are in parenthesis. , , and .