Table 1.

Showing Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Perceptions of the Adolescents-Parent/Guardian Pairs

Variable	Category	Frequency (n=250)	Percentage
Adolescents socio-demographic characteristics
Age	15 to 16 years	145	58.0
	17 to 18 years	105	42.0
Still in school	Yes	195	78.0
	No	55	22.0
School-level in	Primary	24	12.3
	Secondary	171	87.7
Religious affiliation	Christian	204	81.6
	Muslim	46	18.4
Tribe belonged to	Acholi	207	82.8
	Not Acholi	43	17.2
Parent/guardian socio-demographic characteristics
Gender	Male	24	9.6
	Female	226	90.4
Age	18 to 30 years	23	9.2
	31 to 42 years	83	33.2
	42 to 54 years	125	50.0
	> 54 years	19	7.6
Educated	Yes	231	92.4
	No	19	7.6
School-level	Primary	84	36.4
	Secondary	132	57.1
	Post-secondary	15	6.5
Relationship with the adolescent	Father	44	17.6
	Mother	163	65.2
	Guardian	19	7.6
	Auntie	3	1.2
	Grandparent	21	8.4
Current marital status	Married	170	68.0
	Single	58	23.2
	Separated	22	8.8
Perceptions of the HPV vaccination (Worry about the safety of vaccines like HPV)
Variable	Yes = 182	No = 68	Total
The general view about childhood vaccination
It is important	147 (75.4%)	48 (24.6%)	195 (100.0%)
Not all vaccinations are important	32 (64.0%)	18 (36.0%)	50 (100.0%)
The vaccinations are too many	3 (60.0%)	2 (40.0%)	5 (100.0%)
Fear of side effects of vaccines
The general view about childhood vaccination
It is important	147 (75.4%)	48 (24.6%)	195 (100.0%)
Not all vaccinations are important	32 (64.0%)	18 (36.0%)	50 (100.0%)
The vaccinations are too many	3 (60.0%)	2 (40.0%)	5 (100.0%)