Table 2.
Attitudes of Omani women towards administering the human papillomavirus vaccine to their daughters and/or middle school-aged girls
| Characteristic | Acceptability of administering HPV vaccine,n (%)* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To daughters | P value† | To middle school-aged girls | P value† | |||
| No | Yes | No | Yes | |||
| Age group in years | ||||||
| ≤30 | 43 (43.9) | 172 (45.6) | 0.817 | 50 (43.9) | 157 (47.4) | 0.760 |
| >30 | 55 (56.1) | 206 (54.5) | 64 (56.1) | 174 (52.6) | ||
| Total | 98 | 378 | 114 | 331 | ||
| Qualification | ||||||
| Illiterate | 10 (10.0) | 18 (4.8) | 0.052 | 12 (10.4) | 15 (4.5) | <0.001 |
| Secondary | 47 (47.0) | 133 (35.3) | 62 (53.9) | 105 (31.6) | ||
| Under-graduate or higher | 43 (43.0) | 226 (59.9) | 41 (35.7) | 212 (63.9) | ||
| Total | 100 | 377 | 115 | 332 | ||
| Degree related to healthcare | ||||||
| No | 79 (79.0) | 287 (76.1) | 0.070 | 98 (85.2) | 249 (75.2) | 0.036 |
| Yes | 21 (21.0) | 90 (23.9) | 17 (14.8) | 82 (24.8) | ||
| Total | 100 | 377 | 115 | 331 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 19 (19.2) | 62 (16.4) | 0.809 | 22 (19.1) | 52 (15.9) | 0.682 |
| Married/divorced/widowed | 80 (80.8) | 315 (83.6) | 93 (80.9) | 276 (84.1) | ||
| Total | 99 | 377 | 115 | 328 | ||
| Employment | ||||||
| No | 53 (54.6) | 189 (50.3) | 0.194 | 69 (61.6) | 157 (47.7) | 0.014 |
| Yes | 44 (45.4) | 187 (49.7) | 43 (38.4) | 172 (52.3) | ||
| Total | 97 | 376 | 112 | 329 | ||
| Income in OMR | ||||||
| ≤1000 OMR | 56 (70.0) | 197 (65.7) | 0.333 | 60 (67.4) | 172 (65.4) | 0.270 |
| >1000 OMR | 24 (30.0) | 103 (34.3) | 29 (32.6) | 91 (34.6) | ||
| Total | 80 | 300 | 89 | 263 | ||
| Husband’s qualification | ||||||
| Illiterate | 15 (18.8) | 33 (10.5) | 0.262 | 18 (18.9) | 28 (10.3) | 0.284 |
| Secondary | 38 (47.5) | 165 (52.5) | 42 (44.2) | 140 (51.3) | ||
| Under-graduate or higher | 27 (33.8) | 116 (36.9) | 35 (36.8) | 105 (38.5) | ||
| Total | 80 | 314 | 95 | 273 | ||
| History of STD | ||||||
| No | 100 (100.0) | 371 (98.1) | 0.155 | 115 (100.0) | 328 (98.8) | 0.455 |
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 7 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.2) | ||
| Total | 100 | 378 | 115 | 332 | ||
| History of HPV | ||||||
| No | 100 (100.0) | 376 (99.5) | 0.743 | 115 (100.0) | 330 (99.4) | 0.713 |
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.6) | ||
| Total | 100 | 378 | 115 | 332 | ||
| History of cervical cancer | ||||||
| No | 99 (99.0) | 376 (99.5) | 0.796 | 115 (100.0) | 327 (98.5) | 0.105 |
| Yes | 1 (1.0) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.5) | ||
| Total | 100 | 378 | 115 | 332 | ||
| Family history of cervical cancer | ||||||
| No | 99 (99.0) | 364 (96.3) | 0.377 | 114 (99.1) | 317 (95.5) | 0.160 |
| Yes | 1 (1.0) | 14 (3.7) | 1 (0.9) | 15 (4.5) | ||
| Total | 100 | 378 | 115 | 332 | ||
| Do you have daughters? | ||||||
| No | 37 (37.0) | 170 (45.0) | 0.234 | 44 (38.3) | 148 (44.6) | 0.410 |
| Yes | 63 (63.0) | 208 (55.0) | 71 (61.7) | 184 (55.4) | ||
| Total | 100 | 378 | 115 | 332 | ||
*
”I don’t know”/”not sure responses” were not included in the statistical analysis.
†
Using chi-square test.