Table 1.
Descriptive Results (%) by Newspaper
| Papers in States with HPV Vaccine Mandate | ||||||
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| Variable | Total N=169 |
% | The Washington Post N=67 |
The Houston Chronicle N=62 |
The Virginian Pilot N=29 |
The Richmond Times Dispatch N=11 |
| ARTICLE TOPIC (up to 2/article) | ||||||
| Government/State Activities |
116 | 69 | 64 | 76 | 55 | 91 |
| HPV/Vaccine Characteristics |
97 | 57 | 55 | 48 | 72 | 82 |
| Social Influences/Reactions/ Attitudes |
51 | 30 | 33 | 37 | 21 | 0 |
| Stakeholders | 35 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Ethical Issues | 17 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| Behaviors | 16 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
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| YEAR | ||||||
| 2005-2006 | 35 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 27 |
| 2007 | 110 | 65 | 61 | 71 | 62 | 64 |
| 2008-2009 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 9 |
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| TONE (1/article) | ||||||
| Mixed | 74 | 44 | 37 | 55 | 31 | 55 |
| Mostly positive | 69 | 41 | 46 | 34 | 45 | 36 |
| Mostly negative | 18 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 9 |
| Neutral | 8 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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| EVENT prompting publication (1/article) | ||||||
| Research/scientific advancement |
41 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 41 | 9 |
| Legislative activities | 67 | 40 | 42 | 39 | 35 | 46 |
| Government action/regulatory body |
27 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 36 |
| Other stakeholder action | 17 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| Other event | 6 | 3.5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| No event evident | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Opinion/editorial | 6 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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| CONFLICT present | 128 | 76 | 67 | 92 | 62 | 73 |
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| Vaccine mandate mention | 123 | 73 | 70 | 79 | 59 | 91 |