TABLE 1.
Categorical Correlates of HPV Vaccine Acceptability Among Gay and Bisexual Men (n = 306)
| No. Willing to Get HPV Vaccine/ Total No. in Category (n %) |
Bivariate OR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | ||
| Sexual self-identity | ||
| Bisexual | 48/70 (69) | ref. |
| Gay | 177/236 (75) | 1.38 (0.77-2.47) |
| Age (yr) | ||
| 18-39 | 41/59 (69) | ref. |
| 40-49 | 96/124 (77) | 1.51 (0.75-3.02) |
| 50-59 | 88/123 (71) | 1.10(0.56-2.18) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White, non-Hispanic | 180/247 (73) | ref. |
| Other race/ethnicity | 45/59 (76) | 1.20 (0.62-2.32) |
| Marital status | ||
| Divorced, widowed, separated, never married | 117/160 (73) | ref. |
| Living with partner or married | 108/146 (74) | 1.05 (0.63-1.74) |
| Education level | ||
| No college degree | 94/136 (69) | ref. |
| College degree | 131/170 (77) | 1.50 (0.90-2.50) |
| Household income | ||
| <$60,000 | 87/122 (71) | ref. |
| ε$60,000 | 138/184 (75) | 1.21 (0.72-2.02) |
| Employment status | ||
| Not currently employed | 40/60 (67) | ref. |
| Currently employed | 185/246 (75) | 1.52 (0.82-2.79) |
| Health insurance status | ||
| No | 30/44 (68) | ref. |
| Yes | 195/262 (74) | 1.36 (0.68-2.71) |
| Urbanicity | ||
| Rural | 16/20 (80) | ref. |
| Urban | 209/286 (73) | 0.68 (0.22-2.09) |
| HPV and HPV vaccine | ||
| Awareness/knowledge about HPV | ||
| Never heard of HPV before survey | 43/63 (68) | 0.70 (0.36-1.38) |
| Heard of HPV, at or below median knowledge score | 93/125 (74) | 0.95(0.53-1.69) |
| Heard of HPV, above median knowledge score | 89/118 (75) | ref. |
| Heard of HPV vaccine before survey | ||
| No | 60/82 (73) | ref. |
| Yes | 165/224 (74) | 1.03 (0.58-1.82) |
| Family member or friend has gotten HPV vaccine | ||
| No | 208/283 (73) | ref. |
| Yes | 17/23 (74) | 1.02 (0.39-2.69) |
| Think doctor would recommend HPV vaccine | ||
| No | 25/56 (45) | ref. |
| Do not know | 105/147 (71) | 3.10 (1.64-5.86)* |
| Yes | 95/103 (92) | 14.73 (6.03-35.98)* |
| Health and health behaviors | ||
| Smoking status | ||
| Nonsmoker | 157/219 (72) | ref. |
| Smoker | 68/87 (78) | 1.41 (0.79-2.54) |
| Hepatitis B vaccination history | ||
| No doses received/do not know | 118/171 (69) | ref. |
| At least one dose received | 107/135 (79) | 1.72 (1.01-2.91)† |
| Age at first sexual intercourse (yr) | ||
| <16 | 83/108 (77) | 1.31 (0.76-2.26) |
| ≥16 | 142/198 (72) | ref. |
| No. lifetime sexual partners | ||
| <5 | 18/35 (51) | ref. |
| ≥5 | 207/271 (76) | 3.06 (1.49-6.27)* |
| HIV status | ||
| Negative | 185/255 (73) | ref. |
| Positive | 40/51 (78) | 1.38 (0.67-2.83) |
| Other prior STI diagnosis | ||
| No | 152/209 (73) | ref. |
| Yes | 73/97 (75) | 1.14 (0.66-1.98) |
| Prior diagnosis of cancer (oral, anal, penile) or lesions (anal, penile) |
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| No | 222/301 (74) | ref. |
| Yes | 3/5 (60) | 0.53 (0.09-3.25) |
*
P < 0.01.
†
P < 0.05.
HPV indicates human papillomavirus; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ref., referent group; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; STI, sexually transmitted infection.