Table 3. Associations between background variables and recommendation of HPV vaccination to any STD clinic attendees (either male or female) in the last 12 months (n = 98).

	%	Row%	ORu (95%CI)	P value
Age group
20–40	46.9	50.0	1.0
41–50	21.4	38.1	0.62 (0.22, 1.77)	0.366
>50	31.6	33.3	0.48 (0.18, 1.23)	0.154
Gender
Male	48.0	34.8	1.0
Female	52.0	49.0	1.86 (0.82, 4.21)	0.158
Marital status
Currently single	19.4	36.8	1.0
Married	80.6	43.6	1.30 (0.46, 3.64)	0.594
Education level
Diploma	16.3	37.5	1.0
Bachelor degree	44.9	45.5	1.39 (0.43, 4.49)	0.583
Postgraduate diploma and above	38.8	40.5	1.09 (0.33, 3.62)	0.835
Religion
No	70.4	43.5	1.0
Yes	29.6	39.3	0.79 (0.33, 1.93)	0.705
Professions
Doctor	28.6	55.6	1.0
Registered nurse	67.3	35.9	0.45 (0.18, 1.12)	0.086
Enrolled nurse	6.1	50.0	0.80 (0.14, 4.70)	0.805
Years of working experience in the STD clinic
<5 years	43.9	35.3	1.0
5–10 years	20.4	70.0	4.36 (1.39, 13.67)	0.012
> 10 years	35.7	34.9	0.97 (0.38, 2.49)	0.970
Number of attendees seen per week in the STD clinic
<100	29.6	46.4	1.0
≥100	70.4	40.6	0.84 (0.35, 2.02)	0.598

ORu: univariate odds ratios; CI: confidence interval

ORu, 95%CI and P values for variables with p<0.05 were bold