Table 1.
Socio-demographics, health-related characteristics, and willingness to be vaccinated among participants (N = 3765).
| Variables | All | Willing to receive HPV vaccine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Chi-square | P | |
| Socio-demographic | |||||
| Age (years) | |||||
| 18 | 693(18.41) | 206(17.05) | 487(19.05) | 2.74 | .26 |
| 19 | 2231(59.26) | 719(59.52) | 1512(59.13) | ||
| ≥20 | 841(22.34) | 283(23.43) | 558(21.82) | ||
| Mean ± SD | 19.12±.82 | 19.14±.72 | 19.11±.86 | ||
| Major in school | |||||
| Science | 1781(47.30) | 563(46.61) | 1218(47.63) | .35 | .56 |
| Liberal art | 1984(52.70) | 645(53.39) | 1339(52.37) | ||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Han | 3305(87.78) | 1050(86.92) | 2255(88.19) | 1.23 | .27 |
| Other | 460(12.22) | 158(13.08) | 302(11.81) | ||
| Permanent residence (for more than one year) | |||||
| Rural | 1346(35.75) | 350(28.97) | 996(38.95) | 35.56 | .00 |
| Urban | 2419(64.25) | 858(71.03) | 1561(61.05) | ||
| Living Expenses (RMB/month) | |||||
| <1000 yuan | 771(20.48) | 196(16.23) | 575(22.49) | 59.38 | .00 |
| 1000–2000 yuan | 2679(71.16) | 859(71.11) | 1820(71.18) | ||
| 2001–3000 yuan | 279(7.41) | 130(10.76) | 149(5.83) | ||
| >3000 yuan | 36(.96) | 23(1.90) | 13(.51) | ||
| Education level of parents | |||||
| Junior high school or below | 1694(44.99) | 464(38.41) | 1230(48.1) | 38.18 | .00 |
| Senior high school ( including vocational high school) | 1122(29.80) | 375(31.04) | 747(29.21) | ||
| College (including technical college) and above | 949(25.21) | 369(30.55) | 580(22.68) | ||
| Previous sexual experience | |||||
| No | 3657(97.13) | 1149(95.12) | 2508(98.08) | 25.94 | .00 |
| Yes | 108(2.87) | 59(4.88) | 49(1.92) | ||
| Currently relationship | |||||
| No | 3114(82.71) | 956(79.14) | 2158(84.40) | 15.85 | .00 |
| Yes | 651(17.29) | 252(20.86) | 399(15.60) | ||
| Family/friends with any cancer (including cervical cancer) | |||||
| No | 2852(75.75) | 850(70.36) | 2002(78.29) | 28.09 | .00 |
| Yes | 913(24.25) | 358(29.64) | 555(21.71) | ||
| Health-related variables | |||||
| Believe vaccination is effective in preventing disease | |||||
| No | 266(7.07) | 68(5.63) | 198(7.74) | 5.59 | .02 |
| Yes | 3499(92.93) | 1140(94.37) | 2359(92.26) | ||
| Ever received sexual education | |||||
| No | 788(20.93) | 184(15.23) | 604(23.62) | 34.89 | .00 |
| Yes | 2977(79.07) | 1024(84.77) | 1953(76.38) | ||
| Attitude toward premarital sex | |||||
| Con | 2327(61.81) | 662(54.80) | 1665(65.12) | 36.97 | .00 |
| Pro | 1438(38.19) | 546(45.20) | 892(34.88) | ||
| Ever heard of HPV | |||||
| No | 1510(40.11) | 349(28.89) | 1161(45.40) | 93.14 | .00 |
| Yes | 2255(59.89) | 859(71.11) | 1396(54.60) | ||
| Ever actively searched for or consulted on HPV vaccine | |||||
| No | 2540(67.46) | 660(54.64) | 1880(73.52) | 133.34 | .00 |
| Yes | 1225(32.54) | 548(45.36) | 677(26.48) | ||
Abbreviation: HPV, human papillomavirus.