Table 4. Associations between demographic characteristics and HPV, HPV vaccine knowledge, attitude, and practices.

Variable		Knowledge			Attitude towards vaccine			Practice
		Poor	Good	p-value	Negative	Positive	p-value	Poor	Good	p-value
Gender				0.485			0.000			0.000
	Male	58.37	41.63		38.13	61.87		93.39	6.61
	Female	55.56	44.44		14.36	85.64		84.55	15.45
Religion				0.040			0.462			0.472
	Islam	55.58	44.42		24.81	75.19		88.46	11.54
	Hinduism	64.21	35.79		22.11	77.89		87.37	12.63
	Buddhist	71.43	28.57		0	100.00		71.43	28.57
	Christian	0	100.00		25.00	75.00		100.00	0
Marital status				0.188			0.774			0.000
	Single	58.16	41.84		23.85	76.15		91.21	8.79
	Married	52.03	47.97		25.00	75.00		78.38	21.62
Sexual exposure				0.000			0.197			0.000
	No	62.19	37.81		25.12	74.88		91.54	8.46
	Yes	52.38	47.62		25.00	75.00		79.17	20.83
	Prefer not to say	30.36	69.64		14.29	85.71		91.07	8.93
	Condom use			0.014			0.141			0.090
Never		65.75	34.25		32.88	67.12		89.50	10.50
	Sometimes	54.37	45.63		22.33	77.67		80.58	19.42
	Always	46.15	53.85		26.92	73.08		86.54	13.46
Child				0.038			0.524			0.057
	Yes	38.71	61.29		19.35	80.65		77.41	22.58
	No	57.65	42.35		24.37	75.63		88.74	11.26
Type of institution				0.000			0.000			0.728
	Government	63.68	36.32		29.10	70.90		87.81	12.19
	Private	44.55	55.45		14.55	85.45		88.64	11.36
	Other	25.00	75.00		50.00	50.00		100.00	0
Educational background				0.075			0.029			0.813
	Student (MBBS)	57.59	42.40		27.75	72.25		90.05	9.95
	Student (BDS)	54.92	45.08		19.67	80.33		87.70	12.30
	Doctor (MBBS)	63.80	36.20		29.45	70.55		87.12	12.88
	Dentist (BDS)	49.33	50.67		17.33	82.67		87.33	12.66

Values are presented as %. The bold type is considered statistically significant.

HPV, human papillomavirus; MBBS, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery; BDS, Bachelor of Dental Surgery.