Table 2.
Sociodemographic Differences in HPV-related Knowledge among Oral Health Students (N=380).
| Demographic | Overall knowledge | General HPV knowledge | HPV-OPC knowledge | HPV Vaccination knowledge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥70%b | <70%b | Pa | ≥70%b | <70%b | Pa | ≥70%b | <70%b | Pa | ≥70%b | <70%b | Pa | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Student typec | 0.90 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.34 | ||||||||
| DH | 28 (34) | 55 (66) | 47 (57) | 36 (43) | 24 (29) | 59 (71) | 38 (46) | 45 (54) | ||||
| DS3 | 66 (36) | 117 (64) | 137 (74) | 48 (26) | 33 (18) | 152 (82) | 87 (48) | 96 (52) | ||||
| DS4 | 33 (37) | 56 (63) | 70 (77) | 21 (23) | 17 (19) | 74 (81) | 34 (38) | 55 (62) | ||||
| Sexc | 0.42 | 0.03 | 0.69 | 0.04 | ||||||||
| Male | 33 (32) | 71 (68) | 83 (78) | 24 (22) | 20 (19) | 87 (81) | 37 (36) | 67 (64) | ||||
| Female | 93 (36) | 164 (64) | 171 (66) | 87 (34) | 53 (21) | 205 (79) | 122 (47) | 135 (53) | ||||
| Agec | 0.86 | 0.458 | 0.32 | 0.02 | ||||||||
| 18–29 | 102 (35) | 187 (65) | 200 (69) | 91 (31) | 56 (19) | 235 (81) | 137 (47) | 152 (53) | ||||
| 30+ | 26 (34) | 50 (66) | 57 (73) | 21 (27) | 19 (24) | 59 (76) | 25 (33) | 51 (67) | ||||
| Racec | 0.01 | 0.07 | <0.0 | 0.10 | ||||||||
| Asian | 16 (20) | 64 (80) | 48 (59) | 33 (41) | 5 (6) | 76 (94) | 1 | 29 (36) | 51 (64) | |||
| White | 85 (40) | 126 (60) | 155 (73) | 58 (27) | 53 (25) | 160 (75) | 104 (49) | 107 (51) | ||||
| Other | 26 (37) | 45 (63) | 52 (72) | 20 (28) | 16 (22) | 56 (78) | 29 (41) | 42 (59) | ||||
| Religionc | 0.03 | <0.01 | 0.93 | 0.25 | ||||||||
| Christian | 79 (36) | 138 (64) | 151 (68) | 70 (32) | 46 (21) | 175 (79) | 95 (44) | 122 (56) | ||||
| Non-Christian | 6 (16) | 31 (84) | 18 (49) | 19 (51) | 6 (16) | 31 (84) | 15 (41) | 22 (59) | ||||
| Unaffiliated | 31 (44) | 40 (56) | 58 (82) | 13 (18) | 15 (21) | 56 (79) | 38 (54) | 33 (46) | ||||
| Other or N/A | 12 (30) | 28 (70) | 30 (75) | 10 (25) | 8 (20) | 32 (80) | 14 (35) | 26 (65) | ||||
| Degree Statusc | 0.98 | 0.03 | 0.20 | 0.56 | ||||||||
| Associate | 17 (35) | 31 (65) | 27 (56) | 21 (44) | 14 (29) | 34 (71) | 18 (38) | 30 (63) | ||||
| Bachelor | 93 (36) | 164 (64) | 188 (72) | 72 (28) | 49 (19) | 211 (81) | 118 (46) | 139 (54) | ||||
| Advanced | 12 (38) | 20 (63) | 27 (82) | 6 (18) | 5 (15) | 28 (85) | 14 (44) | 18 (56) | ||||
| Statec | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||||||||
| Arizona | 26 (36) | 47 (64) | 53 (73) | 20 (27) | 20 (27) | 53 (73) | 29 (40) | 44 (60) | ||||
| California | 28 (33) | 56 (67) | 64 (75) | 21 (25) | 12 (14) | 73 (86) | 44 (52) | 40 (48) | ||||
| Colorado | 19 (54) | 16 (46) | 29 (83) | 6 (17) | 12 (34) | 23 (66) | 22 (63) | 13 (37) | ||||
| Idaho | 6 (67) | 3 (33) | 7 (78) | 2 (22) | 4 (44) | 5 (56) | 3 (33) | 6 (67) | ||||
| Nevada | 8 (31) | 18 (69) | 24 (86) | 4 (14) | 2 (7) | 26 (93) | 10 (38) | 16 (62) | ||||
| Tennessee | 5 (25) | 15 (75) | 13 (62) | 8 (38) | 1 (5) | 20 (95) | 4 (20) | 16 (80) | ||||
| Texas | 20 (33) | 40 (67) | 38 (63) | 22 (37) | 15 (25) | 45 (75) | 19 (32) | 41 (68) | ||||
| Utah | 14 (30) | 33 (70) | 25 (53) | 22 (47) | 8 (17) | 39 (83) | 27 (57) | 20 (43) | ||||
| Regionc | 0.44 | <0.01 | 0.22 | 0.01 | ||||||||
| Conservative | 71 (34) | 138 (66) | 136 (65) | 74 (35) | 48 (23) | 162 (77) | 82 (39) | 127 (61) | ||||
| Liberal | 55 (38) | 90 (62) | 117 (79) | 31 (21) | 26 (18) | 122 (82) | 76 (52) | 69 (48) | ||||
a
Results are considered significant at the p<0.05 level.
b
Adequate knowledge (≥70% correct responses); Inadequate knowledge (<70% correct responses)
c
Indicates missing values