Table 5.

Association of Knowledge about HPV Vaccine and Sociodemographic Profile among Study Population

Sociodemographic characteristics	Urban college (n=240)				Rural college (n=180)
	HPV vaccine				HPV vaccine
	Some knowledge n (%)	No knowledge n (%)	Odds ratio	Adjusted odds ratio	Some knowledge n (%)	No knowledge n (%)	Odds ratio	Adjusted odds ratio
Age (in years)
<20	22 (17.5)	104 (82.5)	0.505 (0.233-1.094)	1.558 (0.685-3.547)	16 (16.8)	79 (83.2)	0.443 (0.173-1.136)	2.037 (0.729-5.696)
≥20	11 (9.6)	103 (90.4)			7 (8.2)	78 (91.8)
Gender
Female	21 (18.9)	90 (81.1)	0.440 (0.205-0.940)	2.123 (0.957-4.708)	13 (15.3)	72 (84.7)	0.652 (0.270-1.574)	1.721 (0.657-4.510)
Male	12 (9.3)	117 (90.7)			10 (10.5)	85 (89.5)
Religion
Hindu	24 (14.5)	141 (85.5)	0.801 (0.353-1.819)	1.225 (0.502-2.990)	19 (14.7)	110 (85.3)	0.493 (0.159-1.527)	2.117 (0.618-7.255)
Muslim	9 (12.0)	66 (88.0)			4 (7.8)	47 (92.2)
Father’s education
≤class 10	10 (14.5)	59 (85.5)	1.091 (0.489-2.431)	0.453 (0.160-1.283)	9 (19.1)	38 (80.9)	2.013 (0.807-5.019)	0.235 (0.069-0.805)
>class 10	23 (13.5)	148 (86.5)			14 (10.5)	119 (89.5)
Mother’s education
≤class 10	15 (10.8)	124 (89.2)	0.558 (0.266-1.168)	2.757 (1.012-7.512)	9 (8.9)	92 (91.1)	0.454 (0.185-1.112)	4.755 (1.420-15.920)
>class 10	18 (17.8)	83 (82.2)			14 (17.7)	65 (82.3)
Father’s occupation*
Non govt job	25 (12.9)	169 (87.1)	1.279 (0.515-3.179)	0.940 (0.315-2.804)	19 (13.4)	123 (86.6)	0.762 (0.243-2.389)	0.422 (0.107-1.669)
Govt job	7 (15.9)	37 (84.1)			4 (10.5)	34 (89.5)
Mother’s occupation
Unemployed	32 (14.1)	195 (85.9)	0.508 (0.064-4.040)	0	22 (13.3)	143 (86.7)	0.464 (0.058-3.708)	0.601 (0.064-5.636)
Employed	1 (7.7)	12 (92.3)			1 (6.7)	14 (93.3)
Socioeconomic status
≤middle class (Rs 2729-4550)	17 (14.3)	102 (85.7)	1.094 (0.524-2.281)	0.795 (0.346-1.827)	11 (12.4)	78 (87.6)	0.928 (0.387-2.229)	0.671 (0.246-1.826)
>middle class (Rs 2729-4550)	16 (13.2)	105 (86.8)			12 (13.2)	79 (86.8)