Table 3.
Significant parental attitude differences by country.
| Unvaccinated daughters (n = 73) |
Vaccinated daughters (n = 106) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attitudes | Country | Agreement (%)a |
p-Valueb | Attitudes | Country | Agreement (%)a |
p-Valueb | ||||
| Disagree | Neither agree nor disagree | Agree | Disagree | Neither agree nor disagree | Agree | ||||||
| I would be very worried about the side effects of the HPV vaccination for my daughter | USA | 13.2 | 26.3 | 60.5 | 0.029 | Now that my daughter has been vaccinated, genital warts are not something I worry about for her | USA | 37.9 | 20.7 | 41.4 | 0.025 |
| UK | 22.7 | 40.9 | 36.4 | UKc | – | – | – | ||||
| AUS | 46.2 | 38.5 | 15.4 | AUS | 40.0 | 45.0 | 15.0 | ||||
| Getting my daughter all 3 doses of the HPV vaccine would be a big hassle | USA | 57.9 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 0.042 | ||||||
| UK | 54.5 | 45.5 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| AUS | 76.9 | 15.4 | 7.7 | ||||||||
| The HPV vaccine is so new that I want to wait before deciding to get it for my daughter | USA | 26.3 | 28.9 | 44.7 | 0.014 | ||||||
| UK | 40.9 | 36.4 | 22.7 | ||||||||
| AUS | 76.9 | 15.4 | 7.7 | ||||||||
a
Row percentages for comparison across countries.
b
Pearson chi-square test used.
c
Participants from the UK were not given this question.