Table 1.
Demographic and Health Care Characteristics of Mothers/Caregivers and Adolescent Girls
| Characteristic | Total Sample % (n) | Initiated HPV Vaccine** % (n) | Did Not Initiate HPV Vaccine*** % (n) | p-value |
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| Mothers/Caregivers | ||||
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| Total | 100.0 (468) | 25.2 (118) | 74.8 (350) | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Latina | 51.6 (236) | 30.0 (70) | 70.3 (166) | 0.31 |
| Chinese | 19.3 (88) | 23.9 (21) | 76.1 (67) | |
| Korean | 14.2 (65) | 20.0 (13) | 80.0 (52) | |
| African American | 8.1 (37) | 18.9 (7) | 81.1 (30) | |
| Other race | 6.8 (31) | 22.6 (7) | 77.4 (24) | |
| Education | ||||
| < High School Diploma | 49.8 (233) | 27.0 (63) | 73.0 (170) | 0.37 |
| High School Diploma or more | 50.2 (235) | 23.4 (55) | 76.6 (180) | |
| Nativity | ||||
| Foreign-born | 87.6 (410) | 25.9 (106) | 74.2 (304) | 0.39 |
| Born in U.S. | 12.4 (58) | 20.7 (12) | 79.3 (46) | |
| Percent Life in U.S> | ||||
| < 25% life spent in U.S. | 16.7 (78) | 19.2 (15) | 80.8 (63) | 0.18 |
| ≥25% time spent in U.S. | 83.3 (390) | 26.4 (103) | 73.6 (287) | |
| Mother Heard of HPV | ||||
| Yes | 60.7 (284) | 41.6 (118) | 58.5 (166) | <0.001 |
| No | 39.3 (184) | 100.0 (184) | ||
| Age (mean, SD)* | 43.9 (7.1) | 43.4 (7.2) | 44.1 (7.0) | |
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| Adolescent Girls | ||||
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| Age | ||||
| 9–10 years | 14.9 (70) | 5.7 (4) | 94.3 (66) | <0.001 |
| 11–12 years | 19.4 (91) | 26.4 (24) | 73.6 (67) | |
| 13–18 years | 65.6 (307) | 29.3 (90) | 70.7 (217) | |
| Insurance status | ||||
| No Insurance | 31.8 (149) | 18.6 (22) | 85.2 (127) | <0.001 |
| Public | 57.1 (267) | 31.8 (85) | 68.2 (182) | |
| Private | 11.1 (52) | 21.2 (11) | 78.9 (41) | |
| Have Usual Source of Care | ||||
| Yes | 65.6 (307) | 30.3 (93) | 69.7 (214) | <0.001 |
| No | 34.4 (161) | 15.5 (25) | 84.5 (136) | |
*
Descriptive statistics for mother’s age represent means and standard deviations rather than % and n of sample.
**
Percentages and n’s in this column represent the proportion and sample size of girls that have initiated the HPV vaccine within each demographic category.
***
Percentages and n’s in this column represent the proportion and sample size of girls that have NOT initiated the HPV vaccine within each demographic category.