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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2015 Mar;39(2):205–211. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.39.2.7

Table 1. Participant Characteristics Overall and by Endorsement of HPV Awareness, HPV Knowledge, and Pro-HPV Attitudes.

Participant Characteristics Total Sample HPV Awareness HPV Knowledge HPV Attitudes

N = 759 N = 506 (yes) / 759 N = 371 (yes) / 505 N = 404 (pro) / 493

% (N) % (N) χ2 p % (N) χ2 p % (N) χ2 p

Age 7.95 0.005 0.80 0.37 1.33 0.25
 40-59 (REF) 82.2 (624) 68.9 (430) 72.7 (312) 81.1 (339)
 ≥60 17.8 (135) 56.3 (76) 77.6 (59) 86.7 (65)

Education 5.10 0.02 7.52 0.006 0.25 0.62
 < Bachelor's degree (REF) 50.3 (382) 62.8 (240) 67.8 (162) 81.0 (188)
 ≥ Bachelor's degree 49.7 (377) 70.6 (266) 78.6 (209) 82.8 (216)

Parental Status 3.44 0.06 3.01 0.08 0.24 0.63
 0 children (REF) 22.1 (168) 72.6 (122) 79.5 (97) 83.5 (96)
 ≥1 child 77.9 (591) 65.0 (384) 71.6 (274) 81.5 (308)

Family History of Cancer 4.30 0.04 0.05 0.83 0.71 0.40
 No (REF) 23.0 (174) 60.3 (105) 74.3 (78) 84.8 (89)
 Yes 77.0 (583) 68.8 (401) 73.3 (293) 81.2 (315)

N = 757 N = 505 N = 370 N = 403

M [SD] M [SD] β [SE] p M [SD] β [SE] p M [SD] β [SE] p

Spirituality 1.25 [.54] 1.29 [.57] 0.38 [.16] 0.02 1.31 [.58] 0.22[.19] 0.25 1.29 [.58 ] 0.70[.21] 0.73

Note: Sample proportions [%(N)] and descriptives (M[SD]) presented for HPV Awareness, HPV Knowledge, and HPV Attitudes represent those relevant to participants who had heard of HPV, had knowledge of its association with cervical cancer, and would get a daughter vaccinated for HPV. For HPV items, proportions were calculated from the Total Sample (N) per category for each participant characteristic. Relations between participant characteristics and HPV variables were assessed using chi-square or logistic regression analyses. Missing data included family history of cancer N = 2; spirituality N = 2; HPV knowledge N = 1; HPV attitudes N = 13.