Table 2.

Attitudes toward the HPV vaccine.

If you have, or were to have, a girl/boy child who was offered HPV vaccination, how likely do you perceive it to be that you would let the child receive the vaccine?	Girl n (%)	Boy n (%)
Very likely	1,582 (79.1)	1,329 (66.4)
Rather likely	265 (13.2)*	292 (14.6)*
Rather unlikely	40 (2.0)**	65 (3.3)*
Very unlikely	47 (2.4)**	75 (3.8)*
Unsure or unwilling to respond	66 (3.3)**	236 (11.8)*
Vaccine hesitancy 1 (VH1)*	675 (33.8)
Vaccine hesitancy 2 (VH2)**	153 (7.6)

^*VH1 distinguishes between those reporting it to be very likely (no hesitancy) that they would let their daughter or son receive the HPV vaccine from those reporting it to be rather likely, rather unlikely, very unlikely, or that they did not know (hesitancy). This indicates some HPV vaccine hesitancy.

^**VH2 distinguishes between those reporting it to be very or rather likely (no hesitancy) that they would let their daughter receive the HPV vaccine from those reporting it to be rather or very unlikely, or that they did not know (hesitancy). This indicates more pronounced HPV vaccine hesitancy.