. 2015 Jul 8;15:624. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1863-6

Table 1.

Parental acceptability of HPV vaccination of males, sons and daughters

Question	Results in %	UK	Germany	Italy	France
Q5. Would you want your son to be vaccinated against HPV?	Yes	75	72	70	49
	Yes	p = <0.001	p = <0.001	p = <0.001	49
	Yes, even if only partially reimbursed	-	19	8	-
	Yes, even if I pay myself	7	2	2	-
	Yes, even if I pay myself	(450 £)	(450 €)	(515€)	-
	No	3	20	15	34
	No	3	p = <0.01	p = <0.01	p = <0.01
	Uncertain	22	8	15	17
	Uncertain	p = <0.001		p = <0.001	p = <0.001
Q8. Do you think that boys should be vaccinated against HPV to reduce the overall transmission of HPV in the population?	Yes	85	73	70	82
	Yes	p = <0.1			p = <0.1
	No	2	20	19	14
	No		p = <0.001	p = <0.001	p = <0.001
	Uncertain	13	7	11	4
Q4. Attitudes towards the childhood immunisation programme	Adherence	89	77	77	78
	Adherence	p = <0.001
	Partial adherence	9	22	21	19
	Non- adherence	1	1	2	1
	Uncertain	1	-	-	-
Q3a. Will you let your daughter(s) aged below X (the eligible age) receive HPV vaccination when she/they reach(es) the eligible age?	Yes	92	67	66	65
	Yes	p = <0.001
	No	2	13	11	14
	Uncertain	6	20	23	21
	Uncertain		p = <0.01	p = <0.01	p = <0.01
Q3b.Has/have your daughter(s) in the eligible age received HPV vaccination? Q3b2. If not, do you think she/they will be vaccinated?	Yes	67	36	75^a	9
	No	27	64	25	91
	Uncertain	6	-	-	-
	Intend to vaccinate	67	36	-	56
Q3c. Has/have your daughter(s) older than X (the eligible age) received HPV vaccination?	Yes	44	44	51	47
	No	29	56	49	48
	No		p = <0.01	p = <0.01	p = <0.01
	Uncertain	27	-	-	5
Q3d. What is your attitude towards HPV vaccination of x year-old girls (asked only to parents with no daughters)	For	82 (vs.IT)	75	73	75
	For	p = <0.05
	Against	2	17	14	11
	Uncertain	16	8	13	14
	Uncertain	p = <0.01		p = <0.05	p = <0.05

^a Low sample size: N = 4 respondents had 12 year-old daughters

- Implying that the response is not an option for the country in question or that no respondents answered this option