Table 5.
Bivariate analysis for the association between intention to receive HPV vaccination and awareness, recommendation, knowledge, and attitudes toward HPV Vaccine of 104 Korean college women
| Intention to receive HPV vaccine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n=36) | No/Don’t know (n=68) | Total (n=104) | p-value | |
| N (%) or M ± SD | ||||
| Years in the U.S. | ||||
| 0–5 years | 19 (52.8) | 17 (25.4) | 36 (35.0) | 0.020 |
| More than 6 years | 11 (30.6) | 35 (52.2) | 46 (44.7) | |
| US-born | 6 (16.7) | 15 (22.4) | 21 (20.4) | |
| Awareness | ||||
| Heard of HPV | 22 (61.1) | 28 (41.2) | 50 (48.1) | 0.053 |
| Heard of HPV vaccine or Gardasil | 26 (72.2) | 28 (41.2) | 54 (51.9) | 0.003* |
| Cervical cancer vaccine | 32 (88.9) | 37 (54.4) | 69 (66.3) | 0.000* |
| Recommended by: | ||||
| Healthcare provider | 13 (36.1) | 10 (14.7) | 23 (22.1) | 0.012* |
| Parents Friends School |
18 (50.0) 9 (25.0) 8 (22.2) |
7 (10.3) 6 (8.8) 3 (4.4) |
25 (24.0) 15 (14.4) 11 (10.6) |
0.000* 0.025* 0.005* |
| Attitudes toward HPV Vaccine (range: 0–19) |
10.49 ± 3.6 | 10.53 ± 4.9 | 10.5 ± 4.51 | 0.957 |
Note: HPV= human papillomavirus, HPV= human papillomavirus, M= mean, SD= standard deviation,
*p<0.05