Table 4. Reasons for parents’ willingness or unwillingness to vaccinate their daughters.
Reasons | No. of response (%) |
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Reasons for willingness to vaccinate daughters (n = 99) | |
Protection against cervical cancer | 83 (84) |
Recommendation by physician | 13 (13) |
Being in age group for vaccination | 2 (2) |
Being in at-risk group | 1 (1) |
Reasons for unwillingness to vaccinate daughters (n = 41) | |
Possible side effects | 20 (49) |
Low awareness of HPV | 18 (44) |
Not being in at risk group | 3 (7) |
Expense | 0 (0) |
HPV = human papillomavirus.