Table 2. The initiation and completion of HPV vaccine among 9–17 y old children by family decision making process^a.

Decision making process as reported by mother	9–17 y old daughters (n = 783)				9–17 y old sons (n = 759)
	Received 1 dose n (%)	P valueb	Completed 3-dose series n (%)	P valueb	Received 1 dose n (%)	P valueb	Completed 3-dose series n (%)	P valueb
Decided/will decide jointly with partner/husband	18 (10.3)	<0.001	11 (6.3)	0.012	10 (4.3)	<0.001	3 (1.3)	0.003
Decided/will decide by mother herself	94 (30.1)		51 (16.4)		49 (16.7)		21 (7.1)
Decided/will decide jointly with daughter/son	49 (20.3)		27 (11.2)		18 (9.7)		8 (4.3)
Other formatsc	10 (18.2)		6 (10.9)		0 (0.0)		0 (0.0)

^a Number of women with daughter and son do not add up to 1256 as many of them had both daughter and son; ^bBased on chi square or the Fisher exact test; ^cHusband/partner alone, daughter/son alone, parents and daughter/son together, or grandmother alone