TABLE 1—
Categorical Correlates of HPV Vaccine Initiation Among Young Adult Gay and Bisexual Men (n = 428): United States, 2013
| Characteristic | No. Initiated HPV Vaccine / Total No. in Category (%) | Bivariate OR (95% CI) |
| Demographic characteristics | ||
| Sexual identity | ||
| Bisexual | 11/119 (9) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| Gay | 45/309 (15) | 1.67 (0.83, 3.36) |
| Age, y | ||
| 18–21 | 19/126 (15) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| 22–26 | 37/302 (12) | 0.79 (0.43, 1.43) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 33/273 (12) | 0.64 (0.32, 1.26) |
| Non-Hispanic African American | 3/28 (11) | 0.56 (0.15, 2.11) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 6/48 (13) | 0.66 (0.24, 1.86) |
| Hispanic | 14/79 (18) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| Marital status | ||
| Other | 47/357 (13) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| Living with partner or married | 9/71 (13) | 0.96 (0.45, 2.05) |
| Education level | ||
| Some college or less | 26/228 (11) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| College degree or more | 30/200 (15) | 1.37 (0.78, 2.41) |
| Household income, $ | ||
| < 50 000 | 30/231 (13) | 1.57 (0.52, 4.68) |
| ≥ 50 000 | 22/151 (15) | 1.79 (0.58, 5.49) |
| Not reported | 4/46 (9) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| HPV and HPV vaccine | ||
| Knowledge about HPVa | ||
| Low knowledge | 15/215 (7) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| High knowledge | 41/213 (19) | 3.18** (1.70, 5.94) |
| Received health care provider recommendation to get HPV vaccine | ||
| No | 17/381 (5) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| Yes | 39/47 (83) | 104.38** (42.32, 257.48) |
| Health and health behaviors | ||
| Health insurance | ||
| None | 3/86 (4) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| On parents’ insurance | 28/181 (16) | 5.06* (1.49, 17.16) |
| Insures self | 25/161 (16) | 5.09* (1.49, 17.37) |
| Had a routine medical check-up in the last year | ||
| No | 21/245 (9) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| Yes | 35/183 (19) | 2.52* (1.41, 4.50) |
| Disclosed sexual orientation to health care provider | ||
| No | 24/265 (9) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| Yes | 32/163 (20) | 2.45* (1.39, 4.34) |
| Ever discriminated against by health care provider | ||
| No | 52/396 (13) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| Yes | 4/32 (13) | 0.95 (0.32, 2.80) |
| Age at first sexual intercourse, y | ||
| < 18 | 28/176 (16) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| ≥ 18 | 28/252 (11) | 0.66 (0.38, 1.16) |
| No. of sexual partners during lifetime | ||
| ≤ 4 | 20/202 (10) | 1.00 (Ref) |
| ≥ 5 | 36/226 (16) | 1.72 (0.96, 3.09) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; HPV = human papillomavirus; OR = odds ratio.
a
Low knowledge was defined as ≤ 3 (of 6) correct knowledge items and high knowledge was defined as ≥ 4 correct knowledge items.
*P < .05; **P < .001.