Table 2.
Attitudes of parents with children between the ages of 9 and 17 regarding the HPV vaccine and its provision to currently excluded populations
| Overall N (%) |
HPV vaccine eligible N (%) |
HPV vaccine ineligible N (%) |
FET p-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Would you pay to have your children vaccinated against HPV if they were not eligible for free vaccination? (N = 216) | 0.5679 | |||
| Yes | 203 (94.0) | 108 (95.6) | 95 (92.2) | |
| No | 10 (4.6) | 4 (3.5) | 6 (5.8) | |
| Not Sure | 3 (1.4) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (1.9) | |
| If the vaccine was offered at no cost to all individuals between the ages of 9 and 26, would you have all of your children vaccinated against HPV? (N = 215) | 0.2495 | |||
| Yes, all my children | 191 (88.8) | 97 (85.8) | 94 (92.2) | |
| Yes, but only the females | 15 (7.0) | 11 (9.7) | 4 (3.9) | |
| Yes, but only the males | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.9) | 0 | |
| No | 8 (3.7) | 4 (3.5) | 4 (3.9) | |
| Do you have any hesitations in regards to the HPV vaccine? (N = 216) | 0.0925 | |||
| Yes | 23 (10.6) | 17 (15.0) | 6 (5.8) | |
| No | 187 (86.6) | 93 (82.3) | 94 (91.3) | |
| Not Sure | 6 (2.8) | 3 (2.7) | 3 (2.9) |