Table 2.
Sociodemographic factors and its association with beliefs and attitudes about human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among parents of adolescent girls in Mysore City, India, 2010 (n = 778)
| Sociodemographic characteristics | n | My daughter may be at risk of getting HPV infection | It is likely that my daughter may get HPV infection in the future | I believe that HPV infection can cause serious health problem | I believe that HPV infection can be extremely harmful | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree (vs disagree) (%)† |
aOR‡ (95% CI) | Agree (vs disagree) (%)† |
aOR‡ (95% CI) | Agree (vs disagree) (%)† |
aOR‡ (95% CI) | Agree (vs disagree) (%)† |
aOR‡ (95% CI) | ||
| Age | 778 | 16.5 (30.3) | 0.94 (0.90, 0.98) | 15.8 (23.7) | 0.96 (0.92, 1.01) | 74.2 (4.0) | 1.03 (0.99, 1.08) | 75.3 (6.0) | 0.97 (0.89, 1.06) |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 241 | 12.1 (30.7) | — | 15.3 (22.8) | — | 71.8 (2.9) | — | 74.3 (4.2) | — |
| Female | 537 | 18.4 (30.2) | 0.72 (0.45, 1.17) | 16.0 (24.0) | 0.58 (0.26, 1.27) | 75.2 (4.5) | 0.96 (0.46, 2.01) | 75.8 (6.9) | 0.45 (0.20, 0.99) |
| Education | |||||||||
| No education | 116 | 15.5 (25.9) | — | 19.0 (16.4) | — | 74.1 (3.5) | — | 71.6 (5.2) | — |
| Grade 1 to 10 | 394 | 18.0 (32.2) | 0.90 (0.66, 1.24) | 15.5 (25.9) | 0.48 (0.29, 0.77) | 74.9 (4.1) | 0.93 (0.26, 3.25) | 74.4 (5.8) | 0.94 (0.49, 1.81) |
| ≥High school | 268 | 14.6 (29.5) | 1.30 (0.65, 2.61) | 14.9 (23.5) | 0.69 (0.34, 1.40) | 73.1 (4.1) | 0.66 (0.24, 1.79) | 78.4 (6.7) | 0.88 (0.43, 1.77) |
| Employment | |||||||||
| Unemployed | 369 | 20.1 (30.4) | — | 17.1 (23.6) | — | 75.1 (4.6) | — | 75.6 (6.5) | — |
| Employed | 409 | 13.2 (30.3) | 0.80 (0.39, 1.63) | 14.7 (23.7) | 0.85 (0.49, 1.47) | 73.4 (3.4) | 1.09 (0.38, 3.10) | 75.1 (5.6) | 0.93 (0.40, 2.19) |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Unmarried§ | 41 | 16.4 (30.4) | — | 11.9 (25.0) | — | 80.5 (2.4) | — | 90.2 (4.9) | — |
| Married | 737 | 17.7 (29.3) | 0.89 (0.35, 2.24) | 15.7 (23.2) | 1.13 (0.38, 3.29) | 73.8 (4.1) | 0.55 (0.14, 2.15) | 74.5 (6.1) | 0.58 (0.18, 1.95) |
| Religion | |||||||||
| Hindus | 607 | 11.5 (32.3) | — | 11.9 (25.0) | — | 74.0 (3.0) | — | 76.3 (6.1)) | — |
| Muslim | 146 | 37.7 (24.0) | 4.94 (2.87, 8.49) | 32.2 (19.2) | 4.19 (2.71, 6.47) | 75.3 (7.5) | 0.36 (0.14, 0.97) | 72.6 (5.5) | 1.14 (0.42, 3.08) |
| Christians | 25 | 12.0 (20.0) | 2.10 (0.89, 4.96) | 16.0 (16.0) | 2.57 (0.62, 10.61) | 72.0 (8.0) | 0.33 (0.08, 1.37) | 68.0 (8.0) | 0.76 (0.17, 3.33) |
| Ever heard of HPV | |||||||||
| No | 557 | 15.4 (30.3) | — | 14.0 (22.6) | — | 71.3 (3.4) | — | 71.3 (5.6) | — |
| Yes | 221 | 19.0 (30.3) | 1.54 (0.85, 2.77) | 20.4 (26.2) | 1.56 (0.94, 2.57) | 81.4 (5.4) | 0.63 (0.27, 1.47) | 85.5 (7.2) | 0.95 (0.43, 2.11) |
†
Percent agree and disagree do not sum up to 100% as some of the participants in each group responded ‘do not know’.
‡
aOR (adjusted odds ratio) after controlling for age, gender, religion, education, employment status, marital status and awareness about HPV based on multinomial regression analysis.
§
Reference category: ‘Disagree’; Unmarried = divorced/separated/widowed. Bold values are statistically significant at P<0.05.