Table 2.
Article Topics Overall and by Year, Overall Sample (n=447 articles)
| % of Articles Containing Topic by Year | ||||||||
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| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||||
| Article Topica | Total | % | n=28 | n=98 | n=249 | n=63 | n=9 | X²* |
| HPV/Vaccine/Cancer Characteristics | 287 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 50 | 90 | 89 | <0.001 |
| Government/State Activities | 246 | 55 | 25 | 59 | 61 | 43 | 11 | 0.002 |
| Social Influences/ Reactions/Attitudes | 117 | 26 | 46 | 18 | 30 | 14 | 33 | 0.08 |
| Stakeholders | 112 | 25 | 32 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 0.23 |
| Behaviors | 49 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 0.14 |
| Ethical Issues | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0.005 |
Up to two topics were coded for each article; 400 articles had two main topics, and 47 had one; a total of 847 topic codes were assigned to 447 articles. Column percents for frequency of topic appearance total >100%.
p-values reported for Pearson X² test for the variable by time where 2007 was the reference year compared to 2005-2006 and 2008-2009.