Table 2

Socio-demographic profiles of parents holding different views on HPV vaccination without parental consent.

Vaccination without parental consent


Characteristic

Positive % (No)

Less Positive (%) No

Other % (No)

Total % (No)†

p value*


Parental Age (years)

≤30

47.1 (8)

41.2 (7)

11.8 (2)

7.1 (17)

31 – 40

36.4 (40)

45.5 (50)

18.2 (20)

46.2 (110)

> 40

42.3 (47)

35.1 (39)

22.5 (25)

46.6 (111)

0.5

Child receives free school meals

No

45.5 (80)

36.9 (65)

17.6 (31)

73.6 (176)

Yes

30.2 (19)

46.0 (65)

23.8 (15)

26.4 (63)

0.1

Religion

None

46.3 (19)

36.6 (15)

17.1 (7)

17.1 (17)

Catholic

32.7 (16)

32.7 (16)

36.2 (17)

20.4 (49)

Protestant

44.2 (50)

41.6 (47)

14.2 (16)

47.1 (113)

Muslim

33.3 (6)

50.0 (9)

16.7 (3)

7.5 (18)

0.2

Ethnic Group

White

45.5 (75)

32.1 (53)

22.4 (37)

67.6 (165)

Black Caribbean

39.1 (9)

47.8 (11)

13.0 (3)

9.4 (23)

Black African

27.8 (5)

50.0 (9)

22.2 (4)

7.4 (18)

India Sub-continent

28.6 (8)

57.1 (16)

14.3 (4)

11.5 (28)

Others‡

20.0 (2)

80.0 (8)

0.0 (0)

4.1 (10)

0.03


† Total varies due to occasional missing data * Pearson's chi square

‡ eg. Chinese, Arab

Brabin et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:20   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-20

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