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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2023 Feb 26;169:107472. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107472

Table 3.

Common reasons cited for vaccination or high intent by surveyed mothers.

Vaccination or High Intention Reasons High Intent (N = 437) Already Vaccinated (N = 1,969) Pearson’s χ2 p-value
Count Percentage Count Percentage
My provider recommended it. 220 50.3% 1,452 73.7% < 0.001*
I read or heard about it. 168 38.4% 556 28.2% < 0.001*
I believe in the effectiveness of vaccines and want to keep my child up to date. 256 58.6% 822 41.7% < 0.001*
I want to protect my child from HPV and diseases caused by HPV. 312 71.4% 1,077 54.7% < 0.001*
Family members or friends recommended it. 45 10.3% 126 6.4% 0.004*
Other/None of the above 14 3.2% 49 2.5% 0.397
*

denotes a significant p-value (α = 0.05)