Table 2.

Knowledge about HPV and oropharyngeal cancer in the Dutch population (N = 1044)

Characteristics	Yes. I had heard of HPV before today			Yes. I'm aware of an HPV vaccine			Yes. I'm aware of an HPV vaccine AND I knew of HPV			Yes. I knew of the link between HPV and OPC			Yes. I knew of the link between HPV and OPC AND I knew of HPV
	N	%	P-value	N	%	P-value	N	%	P-value	N	%	P-value	N	%	P-value
	319	30.6		519	49.7		262	82.1a		115	11.0		93	29.2
Sex
Male	100	19.3	<0.001	202	39.1	<0.001	75	75.0	0.013	47	9.1	0.049	34	34.0	0.20
Female	219	41.6		317	60.2		187	85.4		68	12.9		59	26.9
Age
18–29 years	77	44.5	<0.001	101	58.4	<0.001	62	80.5	0.008	26	15.0	0.008	22	28.6	0.87
30–65 years	212	35.9		313	53.1		179	84.4		71	12.0		61	28.8
> 65 years	30	10.7		105	37.4		21	70.0		18	6.4		10	33.3
Educational level
Low	36	12.3	<0.001	118	40.3	<0.001	29	80.6	0.046	19	6.5	0.002	10	27.8	0.92
Middle	148	32.0		219	47.3		115	77.7		51	11.0		42	28.4
High	135	46.9		182	63.2		118	87.4		45	15.6		41	30.4
Smoking
Current smoker	24	18.9	<0.001	47	37.0	0.004	14	58.3	0.011	5	3.9	0.001	4	16.7	0.36
Former smoker	106	24.9		202	47.4		86	81.8		39	9.2		31	29.2
Non-smoker	189	38.5		270	55.0		162	85.7		71	14.5		58	30.7
Alcohol = drinks per week
1–7 drinks	171	33.9	0.076	263	52.2	0.041	140	81.9	0.24	60	11.9	0.303	51	29.8	0.96
8–14 drinks	22	20.0		50	45.5		16	72.7		8	7.3		7	31.8
15–21 drinks	7	20.6		14	41.2		6	85.7		2	5.9		2	28.6
>21 drinks	1	7.1		2	14.3		0	0.0		0	0.0		0	0.0
No alcohol use	118	30.9		190	49.7		100	84.7		45	11.8		33	28.0

^aPercentage of participants who were aware of an HPV vaccine and did NOT heard of HPV before today = 34.5%.

Note: HPV, human papillomavirus; OPC, oropharyngeal cancer.