Table 5 |
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Associations between selected socio-demographic factors, personal beliefs and attitudes of parents to vaccinating their children against HPV. |
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In favour of HPV vaccination (n = 1438) |
Against or doubtful about HPV vaccination (n = 706) |
OR (95% CI) 2 |
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No. |
% |
No. |
% |
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Age of parent (years) |
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<40 |
80 |
5.6 |
37 |
5.2 |
1 (reference) |
|
40-44 |
319 |
22.2 |
172 |
24.4 |
0.85 (0.54-1.31) |
|
45-49 |
565 |
39.3 |
265 |
37.5 |
1.04 (0.67-1.60) |
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≥50 |
474 |
33.0 |
232 |
32.9 |
1.05 (0.68-1.64) |
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Education |
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Middle school diploma |
254 |
17.7 |
122 |
17.3 |
1 (reference) |
|
High school diploma |
616 |
42.8 |
280 |
39.7 |
1.04 (0.80-1.35) |
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Degree |
568 |
39.5 |
304 |
43.1 |
0.91 (0.69-1.19) |
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Parent |
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Father |
658 |
45.8 |
347 |
49.1 |
1 (reference) |
|
Mother |
780 |
54.2 |
359 |
50.8 |
1.17 (0.97-1.42) |
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Religion |
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Catholic |
1314 |
91.4 |
608 |
86.1 |
1 (reference) |
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Other/no religion |
124 |
8.6 |
98 |
13.9 |
0.61 (0.46-0.82) |
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Age of (youngest) child involved in the study (years) |
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<12 |
164 |
11.4 |
82 |
11.6 |
1 (reference) |
|
12-14 |
434 |
30.2 |
218 |
30.9 |
1.04 (0.76-1.43) |
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≥15 |
840 |
58.4 |
406 |
57.5 |
0.93 (0.69-1.26) |
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Gender of child(ren) involved in the study |
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Male(s) only |
336 |
23.4 |
255 |
36.1 |
1 (reference) |
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At least one daughter |
1102 |
76.6 |
451 |
63.9 |
1.88 (1.53-2.30) |
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Generally in favour of vaccinations 3 |
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No |
17 |
1.2 |
139 |
20.0 |
1 (reference) |
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Yes |
1416 |
98.8 |
555 |
80.0 |
23.1 (13.7-38.8) |
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Knows that HPV vaccine is aimed at preventing cervical cancer 3 |
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No/Does not know |
107 |
8.3 |
91 |
17.0 |
1 (reference) |
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Yes |
1179 |
91.7 |
444 |
83.0 |
2.31 (1.69-3.16) |
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Thinks that HPV might concern own child(ren) 3 |
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No/Does not know |
487 |
34.0 |
449 |
64.0 |
1 (reference) |
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Yes |
946 |
66.0 |
253 |
36.0 |
3.52 (2.89-4.29) |
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CI, confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. 1 The numbers of subjects are not the same as in Table 4 because those with missing information relating to one or more of the socio-demographic covariates in the models (n = 187; 8% of the total) were excluded. 2 ORs from multivariate logistic regression models, adjusted for age, education, gender and religion of parent, and age and gender of the child. 3 The numbers do not add up to the total because of missing answers. |
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Pelucchi et al. BMC Public Health 2010 10:378 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-378 |
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