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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Health. 2013 Dec;38(6):10.1007/s10900-013-9710-0. doi: 10.1007/s10900-013-9710-0

Table 1.

Demographic and descriptive statistics (n = 114)

Vaccinated
Unvaccinated
n Mean (SD) n Mean (SD) t p
Age 42 21.0 (2.59) 72 22.0 (2.66) 2.06 0.04
Age at first intercoursea 33 16.2 (1.79) 61 16.7 (2.29) 1.01 0.32
Number of partners in the past yeara 33 1.7 (1.45) 61 1.7 (1.18) −0.04 0.97
Condom use frequency 33 1.9 (1.47) 61 1.9 (1.64) 0.07 0.94
Age at vaccination 41 18.34 (3.10) n/a n/a n/a n/a
n % n % chi2 p
Ever had intercourseb
 Yes 34 81.0 61 84.7 0.27 0.60
 No 8 19.0 11 15.3
Ethnicity
 Hispanic/Latina 25 59.5 39 54.2 0.07d 0.79d
 African American 13 31.0 24 33.3
 Asian American 2 4.8 1 1.4
 European American 1 2.4 1 1.4
 Other/prefer not to answer 1 2.4 7 9.7
Annual income
 $0–$19,999 31 73.8 54 75.0 0.02e 0.89e
 $20,000 or more 8 19.1 10 13.9
 Prefer not to answer 3 7.1 8 11.1
Relationship status
 Married/in a committed relationship 18 42.9 25 35.7 0.57 0.45
 Single, dating, separated, divorced, or widowed 24 57.1 45 64.3
How many vaccine doses receivedc
 1 13 33.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a
 2 11 28.2
 3 15 38.5
a

These items were asked only of those who reported ever having intercourse

b

Responses of “prefer not to answer” are omitted, so totals add to <100 %

c

These items were asked only of women who had heard of the HPV vaccine

d

Chi square value is for comparison of African-American to other groups combined

e

Chi square value is for comparison of <$20,000 to other groups combined