Table 4. Parents/Guardians' Beliefs about the Likelihood of Future Vaccination of Boys with the HPV Vaccine.
| Questions/Items | Total | Willingness to allow a son(s) to be given the HPV vaccine | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | ||
| Yes | No | ||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| In future, how likely are you to ask a health worker to give your son(s) the HPV vaccine? | No at all likely | 66 (9.4) | 53 (8.5) | 13 (16.3) | Ref |
| Not likely | 83 (11.8) | 64 (10.3) | 19 (23.8) | 1.21 (0.51–2.89) | |
| Somewhat likely | 145 (20.6) | 121 (19.4) | 24 (30.0) | 0.81 (0.36–1.83) | |
| Very Likely | 251 (35.7) | 237 (38.0) | 14 (17.5) | 0.24 (0.10–0.58)*** | |
| Extremely likely | 159 (22.6) | 149 (23.9) | 10 (12.5) | 0.27 (0.10–0.72)** | |
| In future, how likely are you to try and learn more about the HPV vaccine? | No at all likely | 51 (7.4) | 42 (6.9) | 9 (11.8) | Ref |
| Not likely | 67 (9.7) | 60 (9.8) | 7 (9.2) | 0.54 (0.17–1.76) | |
| Somewhat likely | 144 (20.9) | 123 (20.1) | 21 (27.6) | 0.79 (0.32–2.05) | |
| Very Likely | 233 (33.9) | 215 (35.1) | 18 (23.7) | 0.39 (0.15–1.02) | |
| Extremely likely | 193 (28.1) | 172 (28.1) | 21 (27.6) | 0.57 (0.23–1.46) | |
| In future, how likely are you to discuss the usefulness of the HPV vaccine to your son(s) with health workers? | No at all likely | 61 (8.8) | 52 (8.5) | 9 (11.4) | Ref |
| Not likely | 65 (9.4) | 49 (8.0) | 16 (20.3) | 1.89 (0.70–5.14) | |
| Somewhat likely | 151 (21.8) | 130 (21.2) | 21 (26.6) | 0.93 (0.38–2.37) | |
| Very Likely | 232 (33.5) | 214 (34.9) | 18 (22.8) | 0.49 (0.19–1.25) | |
| Extremely likely | 184 (26.6) | 169 (27.5) | 15 (19.0) | 0.51 (0.19–1.36) | |
| In future, how likely are you to make an appointment to have your son(s) get the HPV Vaccine? | No at all likely | 74 (10.7) | 63 (10.2) | 11 (14.3) | Ref |
| Not likely | 65 (9.4) | 53 (8.6) | 12 (15.6) | 1.29 (0.49–3.47) | |
| Somewhat likely | 147 (21.2) | 123 (20.0) | 24 (31.2) | 1.12 (0.49–2.61) | |
| Very Likely | 246 (35.5) | 228 (37.0) | 18 (23.4) | 0.45 (0.19–1.08) | |
| Extremely likely | 161 (23.2) | 149 (24.2) | 12 (15.6) | 0.46 (0.18–1.19) | |
| In future, how likely are you to ignore or disregard allowing or having your son(s) to get or be given the HPV vaccine? | No at all likely | 172 (25.0) | 151 (24.7) | 21 (26.9) | Ref |
| Not likely | 144 (20.9) | 126 (20.6) | 18 (23.1) | 1.03 (0.49–2.16) | |
| Somewhat likely | 130 (18.9) | 111 (18.2) | 19 (24.4) | 1.23 (0.60–2.52) | |
| Very Likely | 156 (22.6) | 145 (23.7) | 11 (14.1) | 0.55 (0.24–1.24) | |
| Extremely likely | 87 (12.6) | 78 (12.8) | 9 (11.5) | 0.83 (0.33–2.02) | |
Significance set at: *p≤0.05; **p≤0.01, ***p≤0.001; Deficits in the sample for each group represents cases of non-response to different statements.