Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics (N = 342)
| Participants’ characteristics | Mean (SD)/N (%) |
|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |
| Parent’s age | 41.3 (5.5) |
| Child’s age | 14.1 (2.1) |
| Parent’s sex | |
| Female | 157 (45.9%) |
| Male | 185 (54.1%) |
| Child’s sex | |
| Female | 117 (34.2%) |
| Male | 225 (65.7%) |
| Race | |
| White | 298 (87.1%) |
| Non-White | 44 (12.9%) |
| Marital status | |
| Not married | 38 (11.1%) |
| Married | 304 (88.9%) |
| Denomination | |
| Catholic | 136 (39.7%) |
| Non-Catholic | 206 (60.2%) |
| Socioeconomic status characteristics | |
| Highest education | |
| Less than a college degree | 86 (25.1%) |
| College or more | 256 (74.9%) |
| Household income | |
| Less than $75,000 | 105 (30.7%) |
| Over $75,000 | 235 (68.7%) |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | 285 (83.3%) |
| Unemployed/retired/disabled/others | 57 (16.7%) |
| Health-related factors | |
| Personal belief against vaccines in general | |
| Yes/not sure | 121 (35.4%) |
| No | 221 (64.6%) |
| History of HPV-related infections | |
| Yes | 25 (7.3%) |
| No | 317 (92.7%) |
| Religiosity domains | |
| Organizational religiosity | 3.1 (0.9) |
| Non-organizational religiosity | 3.5 (1.4) |
| Intrinsic religiosity | 4.3 (0.8) |
| Outcome variables | |
| Intention to seek HPV information | 3.1 (1.4) |
| Intention to vaccinate against HPV | 3.1 (1.3) |