Table 2.
Reasons for not being vaccinated against HPV in relation with sex.
| Q3. Which were the reasons for not getting vaccinated/not being administered HPV vaccine? | Male (n = 439) |
Female (n = 303) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Fear of side effects | 10 | 2.3 | 20 | 6.6 | 0.0034 |
| Lack of confidence on HPV vaccine | 6 | 1.4 | 13 | 4.3 | 0.0134 |
| Lack of information on HPV vaccine | 9 | 2.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6908 |
| Not necessary when having regular Pap smear screening | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.2289 |
| Not necessary as teen has not had sexual debut yet | 3 | 0.7 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.3795 |
| Not known | 113 | 25.7 | 33 | 10.9 | <0.0001 |
| Other | 26 | 5.9 | 7 | 2.3 | 0.0187 |
| Missing = 6 | |||||