Table 3.
Sociodemographic determinants of parents beliefs about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among parents of adolescent girls in Mysore City, India, 2010/2011
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Categories (n) | I believe that HPV vaccine is safe (n = 773) | I believe that HPV vaccine is effective (n = 765) | I believe that HPV vaccination protect cervical cancer (n = 766) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | aOR† (95% CI) | Yes (%) | aOR† (95% CI) | Yes (%) | aOR† (95% CI) | ||
| Gender | Male (241) | 90.0 | — | 33.2 | — | 89.6 | — |
| Female (537) | 93.1 | 1.67 (0.76, 3.70) | 32.6 | 1.02 (0.66, 1.59) | 90.1 | 1.96 (0.88, 4.36) | |
| Age | Continuous | 92.1 | 0.97 (0.93, 1.02) | 32.8 | 1.03 (1.003, 1.06) | 89.9 | 1.00 (0.95, 1.05) |
| Education | No formal education (116) | 90.5 | — | 36.2 | — | 88.8 | — |
| Gradel to 10th (394) | 91.6 | 1.25 (0.60, 2.60) | 35.3 | 0.97 (0.62, 1.50) | 88.3 | 1.16 (0.59, 2.30) | |
| High school or above (268) | 93.7 | 1.95 (0.83, 4.55) | 27.6 | 0.60 (0.37, 0.98) | 92.9 | 1.72 (0.76, 3.91) | |
| Employment status | Unemployed (369) | 92.7 | — | 34.7 | — | 88.1 | — |
| Employed (409) | 91.7 | 0.91 (0.46, 1.79) | 31.1 | 0.80 (0.56, 1.16) | 91.7 | 1.61 (0.83, 3.12) | |
| Marital status | Unmarried‡ (41) | 85.4 | — | 29.3 | — | 87.8 | — |
| Married (737) | 92.5 | 2.11 (0.75, 5.89) | 33.0 | 1.13 (0.55, 2.31) | 90.1 | 1.48 (0.48, 4.55) | |
| Religion | Hindus (607) | 92.9 | — | 32.3 | — | 92.7 | — |
| Muslims (146) | 87.7 | 0.47 (0.25, 0.89) | 34.2 | 1.00 (0.67, 1.49) | 77.4 | 0.27 (0.16, 0.48) | |
| Christians (25) | 100.0 | NA | 36.0 | 1.06 (0.45, 2.50) | 96.0 | 1.46 (0.19, 11.24) | |
| Ever heard of | No (557) | 93.0 | — | 32.5 | — | 89.1 | — |
| HPV | Yes (221) | 91.4 | 0.83 (0.45, 1.53) | 33.5 | 1.09 (0.78, 1.53) | 92.3 | 1.19 (0.64, 2.20) |
†
aOR (adjusted odds ratio) after controlling for age, gender, religion, education, employment status, marital status and awareness about HPV based on logistic regression analysis.
‡
Unmarried = divorced/separated/widowed. Bold values are statistically significant at P<0.05.