TABLE 1—

Weighted Frequencies and Bivariate Analyses Results Regarding Human Papillomavirus Awareness and Knowledge: National Cancer Institute’s 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey

	Aware of HPV Vaccine		Knowledgeable That HPV Is a Cause of Cervical Cancer		Knowledgeable That HPV Is Transmitted Through Sexual Contact
	%	P	%	P	%	P
Total	68		75		68
Internet use		<.001		<.001		<.001
Nonuser	42		66		58
User	75		81		70
General health information seeking		<.001		<.001		<.001
Internet seeker	80		84		74
Non–Internet seeker	61		79		68
Nonseeker	46		64		50
Cancer-specific health information seeking		<.001		<.001		<.001
Internet seeker	82		84		75
Non–Internet seeker	71		80		73
Nonseeker	57		75		61
Household income, $		<.001		<.001		<.001
< 20 000	50		81		62
20 000–34 999	58		73		65
35 000–49 999	67		80		68
50 000–74 999	72		81		65
≥ 75 000	75		82		75
Did not report	59		67		61
Education		<.001		<.001		<.001
< high school	41		71		50
High school graduate	57		73		57
Some college	72		79		70
≥ college degree	76		85		72
Race/ethnicity		<.001		.02		.01
Non-Hispanic White	72		80		69
Non-Hispanic Black	55		72		57
Hispanic	45		81		63
Other	50		71		68
Sex		<.001		<.001		.14
Male	51		75		65
Female	77		81		69
HPV status		<.001		<.001		<.001
Ever	95		94		88
Never	64		78		67
Children		.04		.05		.34
None	63		77		68
≥ 1 daughter	69		81		65
No daughter	65		82		68

Note. HPV = human papillomavirus. P values determined by χ² test.