Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and basic information of the participants.
| Item | All participants (N = 1547) |
Intention to receive HPV vaccine |
OR (95%CI) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccine hesitancy (N =850) |
Vaccine acceptance (N = 697) |
||||
| Residence | .863 | ||||
| Rural | 742(47.96%) | 406(47.76%) | 336(48.21%) | Ref | |
| Urban | 805(52.04%) | 444(52.23%) | 361(51.79%) | 0.982(0.804–1.201) | |
| College grade | .001 | ||||
| Freshman | 627(40.53%) | 361(42.47%) | 266(38.16%) | Ref | |
| Sophomore | 572(36.97%) | 330(38.82%) | 242(34.72%) | 0.995(0.791–1.252) | |
| Junior | 223(14.41%) | 108(12.71%) | 115(16.50%) | 1.445(1.063–1.964) | |
| Senior and fifth | 125(8.08%) | 51(6.00%) | 74(10.62%) | 1.969(1.333–2.909) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | .033 | ||||
| <18.5 | 188(12.15%) | 110(12.94%) | 78(11.19%) | Ref | |
| 18.5–24 | 1034(66.84%) | 548(64.47%) | 486(69.73%) | 1.340(0.97401.843) | |
| 24–28 | 258(16.68%) | 151(17.76%) | 107(15.35%) | 1.073(0.731–1.575) | |
| >28 | 67(4.33%) | 41(4.82%) | 26(3.73%) | 0.725(0.394–1.335) | |
| Are you a medical student? | .001 | ||||
| No | 1376(88.95%) | 777(91.41%) | 599(85.94%) | Ref | |
| Yes | 171(11.05%) | 73(8.59%) | 98(14.06%) | 1.741(1.263–2.401) | |
| Current smoking status | .157 | ||||
| No | 1350(87.27%) | 751(88.35%) | 599(85.94%) | Ref | |
| Yes | 197(12.73%) | 99(11.65%) | 98(14.06%) | 1.241(0.920–1.674) | |
| Current drinking status | .980 | ||||
| No | 1147(74.14%) | 630(74.12%) | 517(74.18%) | Ref | |
| Yes | 400(25.86%) | 220(25.88%) | 180(25.82%) | 0.997(0.793–1.253) | |
| Romantic relationships | <.001 | ||||
| Single, no romance experience | 586(37.88%) | 353(41.53%) | 233(33.43%) | Ref | |
| Single, have romantic experience | 487(31.48%) | 276(32.47%) | 211(30.27%) | 1.158(0.908–1.478) | |
| In a romantic relationship | 474(30.64%) | 221(26.00%) | 253(36.30%) | 1.734(1.358–2.215) | |
| Do you have relatives or friends with cervical cancer? | .001 | ||||
| No | 1479(95.60%) | 827(97.29%) | 652(93.54%) | Ref | |
| Yes | 68(4.40%) | 23(2.71%) | 45(6.46%) | 2.482(1.486–4.144) | |
| Do you have friends or relatives who received 9-valent HPV? | <.001 | ||||
| No | 952(61.54%) | 571(67.18%) | 381(54.66%) | Ref | |
| Yes | 595(38.46%) | 279(32.82%) | 316(45.34%) | 1.697(1.380–2.087) | |
Data are presented as number (percentage). P-values were calculated via univariate analysis between the “vaccine hesitancy” and “vaccine acceptance” groups. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.