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. 2024 Nov 23;21:100591. doi: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2024.100591

Table 2.

Factors Associated with HPV Vaccine Hesitancy in Kano State.

Characteristics Unadjusted OR [95 % CI] Adjusted OR [95 % CI]
Respondent's age in years, Median [1QR] 1.01 [0.99–1.02]
Total number of children 1.04 [1.01–1.07]
Total number of male children 1.06 [1.02–1.12] 1.03 [0.98–1.09]
Total number of female children 1.02 [0.97–1.08]
Ever Heard of HPV
 No 1.00 1.00
 Yes 2.60 [1.21–5.61] 2.86 [1.28–6.40]
Respondent
 Mother 1.00 1.00
 Father 1.50 [1.14–1.97] 1.69 [1.24–2.32]
 Caregiver 0.81 [0.47–1.40] 0.84 [0.48–1.48]
Gender
 Female 1.00
 Male 1.40 [1.07–1.82]
Highest Educational Level
 Non-formal/ None 1.00
 Primary 0.94 [0.66–1.36] 0.86 [0.59–1.25]
 Secondary 1.08 [0.79–1.49] 0.92 [0.64–1.32]
 Tertiary 0.60 [0.38–0.94] 0.60 [0.38–0.94]
Religion
 Christianity 1.00
 Islam 1.18 [0.41–3.37]
Ethnic Group
 Hausa 1.00
 Fulani 1.83 [1.29–2.59] 1.95 [1.35–2.82]
 Other 0.70 [0.28–1.78] 0.92 [0.34–2.40]
Marital Status
 Divorced/Widowed/ Single 1.00
 Married 1.01 [0.63–1.62]
Place of Residence
 Rural 1.00 1.00
 Urban 1.37 [1.06–1.77] 2.10 [1.54–2.87]
Child's Gender
 Female 1.00
 Male 0.87 [0.67–1.12]
Child's Highest Educational Level
 Non-formal/None 1.00 1.00
 Primary 1–6 0.49 [0.31–0.77] 0.51 [0.32–0.82]
 JSS 1–3 0.49 [0.30–0.80] 0.46 [0.27–0.78]
 SSS 1–3 0.48 [0.23–1.03] 0.52 [0.23–1.16]

Note: Respondents' age in years, religion, marital status, total number of female children, and child's gender were not significant in the crude models and were excluded from the adjusted models. The total number of children was excluded from the adjusted model because of collinearity with total number of male children.