Table 1.

Demographic and descriptive statistics

	n	Mean (SD)
Age	178	21.6 (2.64)
Age at vaccinationa	43	18.4 (3.10)
	n	% of sample	% of each sub-sample who initiated vaccine
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina	105	59.0	24.8
African American	56	31.5	26.8
Asian American	4	2.2	50.0
White	2	1.1	50.0
Other/prefer not to answer	10	5.6	10.0
Majorb
Health-related	89	50.0	31.5
Not health-related	89	50.0	19.1
Education
Not yet finished high school	11	6.2	9.1
Some college	128	72.3	26.6
2-year degree	21	11.9	38.1
4-year degree or more	5	2.8	20.0
Prefer not to answer	12	6.8	8.3
Annual income
$0 – $19,999	129	72.9	25.6
$20,000 or more	26	14.6	31.8
Prefer not to answer	22	12.4	18.2
Relationship status
Married / in a committed relationship	64	36.8	29.7
Single, dating, separated, divorced, or widowed	110	63.2	23.6
Ever had intercourse
Yes	139	79.4	25.2
No	29	16.6	27.6
Prefer not to answer	7	3.9	28.6
Heard of HPV
Yes	140	78.7	30.0
No / don’t know	36	20.2	8.3
Heard of HPV vaccine
Yes	123	69.9	36.9
No / don’t know	53	30.1	n/a
Received any vaccine dosesa
Yes	45	25.3
No / don’t know	77	43.3	n/a
How many dosesa
1	13	31.0
2	11	26.2
3	18	42.9	n/a

^aThese items were asked only of women who had heard of the HPV vaccine, so totals add to <178.

^bHealth-related majors included biology, psychology, nursing/medicine, and related fields.