Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Guangdong province, China, 2022.
| Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|
| Total | 4,967(100.0) |
| Parents’ Characteristics | |
| Relationship with children | |
| Father | 1,837(37.0) |
| Mother | 3,130(63.0) |
| Age | |
| 35 and below | 2,515(50.6) |
| 36–40 | 1,610(32.4) |
| 41–45 | 636(12.8) |
| 46 and above | 206(4.2) |
| Educational level | |
| Primary school and below | 512(10.3) |
| Junior or senior high school | 1,834(36.9) |
| Undergraduate and above | 2,621(52.8) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 4,660(93.8) |
| Others | 307(6.2) |
| Workplace | |
| Public sectors or institutions | 1,618(32.6) |
| Business Industry | 1,411(28.4) |
| Production-manufacturing industry | 1,115(22.4) |
| Others | 823(16.6) |
| Annual household income (in Chinese Yuan) | |
| Less than 100,000 | 1,349(27.2) |
| 100,000–200,000 | 1,792(36.1) |
| 200,001–400,000 | 1,243(25.0) |
| More than 400,000 | 583(11.7) |
| HPV vaccination status | |
| Vaccinated | 2,971(59.8) |
| Not vaccinated | 1,996(40.2) |
| Children’s Information | |
| Age | |
| 9–12 | 3,747(75.4) |
| 13–14 | 803(16.2) |
| 15 | 417(8.4) |
Note: Study participants were 4,967 parents of girls aged 9–15 residing in Guangdong province, China.