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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Aug;17(4):1086–1090. doi: 10.1007/s10903-014-0067-y

Table 2.

HPV infection awareness and vaccine willingness characteristics of Dominican parents (n=60)

Characteristic Number Percent
HPV infection awareness

Have you heard about the HPV infection?i
  No 2 3.3%
  Yes 55 91.7%
Have you heard about the HPV vaccine for males before?j
  No 23 38.3%
  Yes 33 55.0%
Have you ever asked a provider to get your son the HPV vaccine?k
  No 34 56.7%
  Yes 24 40.0%
Have you ever received provider recommendation to get your son the HPV vaccine?l
  No 35 58.3%
  Yes 20 33.3%

HPV vaccine willingness

Has your son received at least one dose of the HP vaccine?m
  No 37 61.7%
  Yes 19 31.7%
Daughter(s) (9–26 years old) got the HPV vaccine
  No 19 31.7%
  Yes 16 26.7%
How do you feel about getting your son vaccinated against HPV in the next year (2014)?*
  I don’t want him to be vaccinated 1 2.7%
  I want him to be vaccinated 31 83.8%
  Don’t know 5 13.5%
Willingness on getting their sons vaccinated against HPV (if it’s for free)n*
  Definitely not willing 0 0.0%
  Probably not willing 0 0.0%
  Not sure 7 18.9%
  Probably willing 4 10.8%
  Definitely willing 25 67.6%
Willingness on getting their sons vaccinated against HPV (if it’s $10 per dose)*
  Definitely not willing 0 0.0%
  Probably not willing 2 5.4%
  Not sure 5 13.5%
  Probably willing 7 18.9%
  Definitely willing 23 62.2%
i

Missing data for 3 participants,

j

Missing data for 4 participants,

k

Missing data for 2 participants,

l

Missing data for 5 participants,

m

Missing data for 4 participants,

n

Missing data for 1 participant,

*

Among those unvaccinated sons (n=37)