Table 1.
Socio-demographics and health-related characteristics of study participants at baseline (N = 509)
| Variables |
Total, n (%) |
Control group, n (%) |
Intervention group, n (%) |
P |
| Socio-demographic | ||||
| Major in school | ||||
| Literature | 241 (47.3) | 103 (43.5) | 138 (50.7) | .101 |
| Science | 268 (52.7) | 134 (56.5) | 134 (49.3) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Han Chinese | 497 (97.6) | 229 (96.6) | 268 (98.5) | .158 |
| Other | 12 (2.4) | 8 (3.4) | 4 (1.5) | |
| Permanent residence (for more than one year) | ||||
| Urban | 350 (68.8) | 164 (69.2) | 186 (68.4) | .843 |
| Rural | 159 (31.2) | 73 (30.8) | 86 (31.6) | |
| Parental residence (for more than one year) | ||||
| Urban | 350 (68.8) | 162 (68.4) | 188 (69.1) | .853 |
| Rural | 159 (31.2) | 75 (31.6) | 84 (30.9) | |
| Marital status of parents | ||||
| Married | 423 (83.1) | 191 (80.6) | 232 (85.3) | .158 |
| Divorce/Separation/Cohabit/Widowed | 86 (16.9) | 46 (19.4) | 40 (14.7) | |
| Education level of parents | ||||
| ≤ 9 years | 222 (43.6) | 98 (41.4) | 124 (45.6) | .624 |
| 10 - 12 years | 154 (30.3) | 74 (31.2) | 80 (29.4) | |
| ≥ 13 years | 133 (26.1) | 65 (27.4) | 68 (25.0) | |
| Living expenses (CNY/month) | ||||
| < 1000 | 148 (29.1) | 66 (27.8) | 82 (30.1) | .619a |
| 1000 - 2000 | 332 (65.2) | 155 (65.4) | 177 (65.1) | |
| > 2000 | 29 (5.7) | 16 (6.8) | 13 (4.8) | |
| Family/friends with any cancer | ||||
| Yes | 115 (22.6) | 51 (21.5) | 64 (23.5) | .588 |
| No | 394 (77.4) | 186 (78.5) | 208 (76.5) | |
| Health-related variables | ||||
| Believe vaccination is effective in preventing disease | ||||
| Yes | 485 (95.3) | 222 (93.7) | 263 (96.7) | .109 |
| No | 24 (4.7) | 15 (6.3) | 9 (3.3) | |
| Received self-paid vaccines | ||||
| Yes | 316 (62.1) | 145 (61.2) | 171 (62.9) | .696 |
| No | 193 (37.9) | 92 (38.8) | 101 (37.1) | |
| Received sexual education | ||||
| Yes | 366 (71.9) | 165 (69.6) | 201 (73.9) | .284 |
| No | 143 (28.1) | 72 (30.4) | 71 (26.1) | |
| Actively searched for or consulted on HPV vaccine | ||||
| Yes | 151 (29.7) | 78 (32.9) | 73 (26.8) | .135 |
| No | 358 (70.3) | 159 (67.1) | 199 (73.2) | |
| Previous sexual experience | ||||
| Yes | 9 (1.8) | 6 (2.5) | 3 (1.1) | .315a |
| No | 500 (98.2) | 231 (97.5) | 269 (98.9) | |
| Currently relationship | ||||
| Yes | 433 (85.1) | 193 (81.4) | 240 (88.2) | .032 |
| No | 76 (14.9) | 44 (18.6) | 32 (11.8) | |
| Attitude toward premarital sex | ||||
| Yes | 147 (28.9) | 71 (30.0) | 76 (27.9) | .617 |
| No | 362 (71.1) | 166 (70.0) | 196 (72.1) | |
aFisher’s exact test. CNY, Chinese Yuan; 6.92 CNY = 1 USD; HPV, human papillomavirus.