Table 1.
Correlates of HPV Awareness among Central and South American Immigrant Latinos from Safety-net Clinics
| Total Sample | Heard of HPV Infection | Heard of HPV vaccine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (% total) | n (%) | P* | n (%) | P* | |
| 1334 (100) | 640 (48) | 529 (40) | |||
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| Gender | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Male | 596 (45) | 236 (40) | 165 (28) | ||
| Female | 738 (55) | 404 (55) | 364 (49) | ||
| Age | 0.62 | 0.16 | |||
| 21–26 | 188 (14) | 84 (45) | 66 (35) | ||
| 27–40 | 502 (38) | 243 (48) | 192 (38) | ||
| >40 | 644 (48) | 313 (49) | 271 (42) | ||
| Acculturation, Mean(SD) † | 1.5 (0.6) | 1.6 (0.7) | <0.001 | 1.6 (0.7) | <0.001 |
| Years in the US, Mean(SD) | 11 (8.5) | 11 (9.0) | 0.02 | 11 (8.8) | 0.03 |
| Education | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| <12 yr | 661 (51) | 262 (40) | 220 (33) | ||
| 12 yr | 340 (26) | 164 (48) | 137 (40) | ||
| >12 yr | 307 (23) | 206 (67) | 165 (54) | ||
| Marital Status | 0.55 | 0.86 | |||
| Unmarried | 486 (36) | 228 (47) | 191 (39) | ||
| Married | 829 (63) | 403 (49) | 330 (40) | ||
| Pap test†† | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 681 (94) | 389 (57) | 352 (52) | ||
| No | 40 (6) | 10 (25) | 8 (20) | ||
| Smoking status | 0.09 | 0.005 | |||
| Current | 115 (9) | 44 (38) | 33 (29) | ||
| Former | 233 (17) | 115 (49) | 81 (35) | ||
| Never | 985 (74) | 481 (49) | 415 (42) | ||
| Perceived risk of cancer | 0.004 | 0.05 | |||
| Not at all/A little bit likely | 630 (47) | 279 (44) | 239 (38) | ||
| Somewhat/Very likely/Definitely | 551 (41) | 290 (53) | 240 (44) | ||
| Worry about getting cancer | 0.01 | 0.003 | |||
| Not at all/Rarely | 588 (44) | 260 (44) | 208 (35) | ||
| Sometimes/Often/A lot | 726 (54) | 373 (51) | 316 (44) | ||
| Go to health fairs | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 410 (31) | 229 (56) | 206 (50) | ||
| No | 895 (67) | 401 (45) | 316 (35) | ||
| Have access to the internet | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 553 (41) | 331 (60) | 285 (52) | ||
| No | 776 (58) | 306 (39) | 241 (31) | ||
| Watch TV | 0.44 | 0.32 | |||
| Yes | 1295 (97) | 618 (48) | 515 (40) | ||
| No | 35 (3) | 19 (54) | 11 (31) | ||
| Listen to radio | 0.44 | 0.91 | |||
| Yes | 1119 (84) | 542 (48) | 443 (40) | ||
| No | 215 (16) | 98 (46) | 86 (40) | ||
| Read magazines | |||||
| Yes | 649 (49) | 348 (54) | <0.001 | 287 (44) | <0.001 |
| No | 682 (51) | 290 (43) | 240 (35) | ||
| Read newspapers | |||||
| Yes | 1114 (84) | 556 (50) | 0.007 | 463 (42) | 0.002 |
| No | 211 (16) | 84 (40) | 64 (30) | ||
| ‡Interest in health info from media sources, Mean(SD) | 2.7 (0.9) | 2.8 (0.9) | <0.001 | 2.9 (0.9) | <0.001 |
| ‡Interest in health info from health sources, Mean(SD) | 3.6 (1.2) | 3.5 (1.1) | 0.07 | 3.6 (1.1) | 0.22 |
| §Self-efficacy, Mean (SD) | 6.8 (1.6) | 7.1 (1.5) | <0.001 | 7.1 (1.4) | <0.001 |
Among 1482 surveyed, 109 were excluded due to missing country of birth or were born outside of Central or South America and 17 were excluded due to missing HPV responses, leaving a sample of 1334 (4% were from health fairs). Variables in the table had unknown/missing values that ranged from 26 subjects missing education to 1 subject missing smoking status. P values based on bivariate tests.