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. 2015 May 19;5(5):e006422. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006422

Table 3.

Initiation of HPV vaccination and RDs according to parental education by income level, N=84 139

Income below median value*
Income above median value*
Initiated HPV vaccination
Multivariable model†
Initiated HPV vaccination
Multivariable model†
n % RD 95% CI n % RD 95% CI
Maternal education (years of schooling)
 Compulsory (≤10) 9169 77.9 0 Ref 2431 80.1 0 Ref
 Upper secondary, levels 1 and 2 (11–12) 3557 77.0 −1.3 −2.8 to 0.2 1 617 78.8 −0.9 −3.3 to 1.5
 Upper secondary, completed (13–14) 12 452 78.0 −1.3 −2.4 to −0.2 8676 80.4 −0.5 −2.2 to 1.2
 Higher, undergraduate level (14–17) 6463 73.2 −5.6 −6.9 to −4.3 16 444 80.1 −0.6 −2.2 to 1.1
 Higher, graduate level (≥18) 588 65.7 −11.4 −14.7 to −8.0 4446 78.5 −1.0 −2.9 to 0.9
p<0.0001 p=0.88
Paternal education (years of schooling)
 Compulsory (≤10) 9257 78.6 0 Ref 3117 79.2 0 Ref
 Upper secondary, levels 1 and 2 (11–12) 3170 77.5 −0.5 −2.0 to 1.1 1670 78.0 −0.4 −2.7 to 1.8
 Upper secondary, completed (13–14) 14 140 78.7 −0.2 −1.3 to 0.8 13 230 79.7 0.5 −1.0 to 1.9
 Higher, undergraduate level (14–17) 5103 75.4 −3.1 −4.5 to −1.8 9111 77.7 −0.9 −2.4 to 0.7
 Higher, graduate level (≥18) 1049 72.1 −5.4 −8.0 to −2.9 5996 78.1 0.7 −0.9 to 2.4
p<0.0001 p=0.054

*Median maternal income=NOK 396 149. Median paternal income=NOK 525 861. NOK=Norwegian kroner (€1 EUR≈8.5 NOK).

†The maternal model included maternal income (categorised as below or above median income), education and employment status, country of origin, urbanity, maternal age at birth of daughter, number of siblings, county of residence, year of birth, and interaction terms between maternal education and income. The paternal model included paternal income (categorised as below or above median income), education and employment status, country of origin, urbanity, maternal age at birth of daughter, number of siblings, county of residence, year of birth, and interaction terms between paternal education and income.

HPV, human papillomavirus; RD, risk difference.