TABLE 4—
Multivariable Logistic Regression of the Association Between Cancer-Specific Health Information Seeking Via the Internet and HPV Vaccine Awareness and HPV Knowledge: National Cancer Institute’s 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey
| Aware of HPV Vaccine (n = 6777) |
Knowledgeable That HPV Is a Cause of Cervical Cancer (n = 4427) |
Knowledgeable That HPV Is Transmitted Through Sexual Contact (n = 4440) |
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| OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
| Cancer-specific health information seeking | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| Internet seeker (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Non–Internet seeker | 0.90 (0.68, 1.18) | 1.02 (0.73, 1.43) | 0.99 (0.70, 1.40) | |||
| Nonseeker | 0.49 (0.37, 0.63) | 0.64 (0.48, 0.86) | 0.61 (0.46, 0.80) | |||
| Household income, $ | <.001 | .48 | .47 | |||
| < 20 000 | 0.64 (0.44, 0.92) | 1.18 (0.75, 1.85) | 1.18 (0.78, 1.77) | |||
| 20 000–34 999 | 0.80 (0.54, 1.17) | 0.88 (0.58, 1.35) | 1.10 (0.75, 1.61) | |||
| 35 000–49 999 (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| 50 000–74 999 | 1.26 (0.88, 1.81) | 1.27 (0.82, 1.98) | 1.04 (0.73, 1.50) | |||
| ≥ 75 000 | 1.11 (0.80, 1.54) | 1.15 (0.78, 1.70) | 1.36 (0.94, 1.97) | |||
| Did not report | 0.62 (0.44, 0.87) | 0.99 (0.61, 1.60) | 1.08 (0.75, 1.55) | |||
| Education | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| < high school | 0.73 (0.51, 1.05) | 0.82 (0.48, 1.41) | 0.69 (0.45, 1.06) | |||
| High school graduate (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Some college | 1.44 (1.17, 1.78) | 0.91 (0.66, 1.26) | 1.41 (1.05, 1.89) | |||
| ≥ college degree | 1.67 (1.34, 2.07) | 1.64 (1.16, 2.31) | 2.10 (1.59, 2.78) | |||
| Race/ethnicity | <.001 | <.001 | .11 | |||
| Non-Hispanic White (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 0.61 (0.46, 0.82) | 0.54 (0.35, 0.84) | 0.65 (0.45, 0.94) | |||
| Hispanic | 0.50 (0.33, 0.75) | 1.20 (0.59, 2.44) | 1.12 (0.68, 1.86) | |||
| Other | 0.36 (0.24, 0.53) | 0.51 (0.33, 0.80) | 0.85 (0.52, 1.38) | |||
| Sex | <.001 | .03 | .78 | |||
| Male (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Female | 3.92 (3.23, 4.74) | 1.32 (1.03, 1.69) | 1.04 (0.82, 1.31) | |||
| HPV status | .41 | .01 | <.001 | |||
| Ever | 1.93 (0.40, 9.22) | 6.27 (1.68, 23.35) | 4.86 (1.92, 12.30) | |||
| Never (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Children | .09 | .7 | .46 | |||
| None | 0.81 (0.63, 1.05) | 0.86 (0.61, 1.22) | 1.07 (0.82, 1.39) | |||
| ≥ 1 daughter (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| No daughter | 0.67 (0.46, 0.97) | 0.89 (0.56, 1.41) | 1.24 (0.88, 1.75) | |||
Note. CI = confidence interval; HPV = human papillomavirus; OR = odds ratio. Also in model: age; employment; immigrant, insurance, and health status; having a regular physician; and survey mode. P values determined by adjusted Wald test.