Table 3.
Bivariate analysis of factors associated with low/high knowledge and conspiracy belief
| Knowledge | Conspiracy belief | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | p | Low | High | p | |
| Gender | 0.097 | 0.423 | ||||
| Male | 106 (74.1%) | 37 (25.9%) | 107 (74.8%) | 36 (25.2%) | ||
| Female | 174 (66.2%) | 89 (33.8%) | 187 (71.1%) | 76 (28.9%) | ||
| Region of living | 0.485 | 0.102 | ||||
| Beirut/ Mount Lebanon | 249 (69.6%) | 109 (30.4%) | 264 (73.7%) | 94 (26.3%) | ||
| North/ South/ Bekaa | 31 (64.6%) | 17 (35.4%) | 30 (62.5%) | 18 (37.5%) | ||
| Religion | 0.052 | 0.388 | ||||
| Christian | 183 (67.3%) | 89 (32.7%) | 201 (73.9%) | 71 (26.1%) | ||
| Muslim | 94 (74.6%) | 32 (25.4%) | 86 (68.3%) | 40 (31.7%) | ||
| Other | 3 (37.5%) | 5 (62.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | 1 (12.5%) | ||
| Paternal level of education | 0.166 | 0.038 | ||||
| Primary | 29 (74.4%) | 10 (25.6%) | 25 (64.1%) | 14 (35.9%) | ||
| Complementary | 36 (78.3%) | 10 (21.7%) | 30 (65.2%) | 16 (34.8%) | ||
| Secondary | 95 (71.4%) | 38 (28.6%) | 90 (67.7%) | 43 (32.3%) | ||
| University | 120 (63.8%) | 68 (36.2%) | 149 (79.3%) | 39 (20.7%) | ||
| Maternal level of education | 0.556 | 0.087 | ||||
| Primary | 22 (78.6%) | 6 (21.4%) | 18 (64.3%) | 10 (35.7%) | ||
| Complementary | 23 (74.2%) | 8 (25.8%) | 20 (64.5%) | 11 (35.5%) | ||
| Secondary | 80 (66.1%) | 41 (33.9%) | 81 (66.9%) | 40 (33.1%) | ||
| University | 155 (68.6%) | 71 (31.4%) | 175 (77.4%) | 51 (22.6%) | ||
| Sexual life | 0.311 | 0.312 | ||||
| Never had a sexual activity | 237 (70.5%) | 99 (29.5%) | 239 (71.1%) | 97 (28.9%) | ||
| Had prior sexual activity | 19 (63.3%) | 11 (36.7%) | 22 (73.3%) | 8 (26.7%) | ||
| Currently sexually active | 24 (60.0%) | 16 (40.0%) | 33 (82.5%) | 7 (17.5%) | ||
| Ever heard of HPV | < 0.001 | 0.800 | ||||
| No | 186 (85.7%) | 31 (14.3%) | 156 (71.9%) | 61 (28.1%) | ||
| Yes | 94 (49.7%) | 95 (50.3%) | 138 (73.0%) | 51 (27.0%) | ||
| Ever received sexual education | 0.001 | 0.340 | ||||
| No | 106 (81.5%) | 24 (18.5%) | 89 (68.5%) | 41 (31.5%) | ||
| Yes, at school | 87 (64.0%) | 49 (36.0%) | 98 (72.1%) | 38 (27.9%) | ||
| Yes, other than school | 87 (62.1%) | 53 (37.9%) | 107 (76.4%) | 33 (23.6%) | ||
| Have received at least one dose of HPV vaccine | < 0.001 | 0.252 | ||||
| No | 156 (73.6%) | 56 (26.4%) | 147 (69.3%) | 65 (30.7%) | ||
| Yes | 14 (30.4%) | 32 (69.6%) | 37 (80.4%) | 9 (19.6%) | ||
| I don’t know | 110 (74.3%) | 38 (25.7%) | 110 (74.3%) | 38 (25.7%) | ||
| Knowledge | 0.309 | |||||
| Low | 207 (73.9%) | 73 (26.1%) | ||||
| High | 87 (69.0%) | 39 (31.0%) | ||||
| Age | 16.68 ± 0.99 | 16.50 ± 1.05 | 0.107 | 16.61 ± 1.00 | 16.65 ± 1.05 | 0.703 |
| Household crowding index | 1.08 ± 0.58 | 0.94 ± 0.41 | 0.005 | 1.04 ± 0.55 | 1.03 ± 0.50 | 0.945 |
Numbers in bold indicate significant p values