Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents (n = 1109) and univariate analysis of HPV knowledge and HPV vaccine acceptance
Variable | All women | Heard of HPV | Knew HPV causes cervical cancer | Willing to take HPV vaccine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | p | N (%) | p | N (%) | p | |
Age, yr | |||||||
18–29 | 135 (12.2) | 45 (33.3) | 0.039 | 19 (14.1) | 0.147 | 85 (63.0) | 0.002 |
30–64 | 955 (86.1) | 274 (28.7) | 152 (15.9) | 478 (50.1) | |||
65–75 | 19 (1.7) | 1 (5.3) | 0 | 5 (26.3) | |||
Ethnicity | |||||||
Han | 1086 (97.9) | 314 (28.9) | 0.767 | 170 (15.7) | 0.137 | 552 (50.8) | 0.075 |
Minority | 23 (2.1) | 6 (26.1) | 1 (4.3) | 16 (69.6) | |||
Education | |||||||
Illiterate | 19 (1.7) | 4 (21.1) | 0.00 | 1 (5.3) | 0.001 | 11 (57.9) | 0.772 |
Pre-high school | 132 (11.9) | 14 (10.6) | 9 (6.8) | 71 (53.8) | |||
High school | 74 (6.7) | 26 (35.1) | 19 (25.7) | 36 (48.6) | |||
Bachelor’s | 716 (64.6) | 241 (33.7) | 122 (17.0) | 359 (50.1) | |||
Postgraduate | 168 (15.1) | 35 (20.8) | 20 (11.9) | 91 (54.2) | |||
Family annual income, RMB | |||||||
< 40,000 | 248 (22.4) | 59 (23.8) | 0.050 | 34 (13.7) | 0.200 | 116 (46.8) | 0.259 |
40,000-70,000 | 367 (33.1) | 123 (33.5) | 67 (18.3) | 185 (50.4) | |||
70,000-120,000 | 236 (21.3) | 62 (26.3) | 29 (12.3) | 131 (55.5) | |||
> 120,000 | 258 (23.3) | 76 (29.5) | 41 (15.9) | 136 (52.7) | |||
Marital status | |||||||
Married/cohabiting | 1083 (97.7) | 313 (28.9) | 0.826 | 167 (15.4) | 0.996 | 560 (51.7) | 0.035 |
Single | 26 (2.3) | 7 (26.9) | 4 (15.4) | 8 (30.8) | |||
Frequency of sexual intercourse, per week | |||||||
< 2 times | 775 (69.9) | 221 (28.5) | 0.648 | 124 (16.0) | 0.492 | 385 (49.7) | 0.139 |
2–7 times | 315 (28.4) | 95 (30.2) | 43 (13.7) | 170 (54.0) | |||
> 7 times | 19 (1.7) | 4 (21.1) | 4 (21.1) | 13 (68.4) | |||
History of STI | |||||||
Yes | 28 (2.5) | 10 (35.7) | 0.417 | 7 (25.0) | 0.155 | 552 (51.1) | 0.525 |
No | 1081 (97.5) | 310 (28.7) | 164 (15.2) | 16 (57.1) | |||
Condom use | |||||||
Yes | 506 (45.6) | 165 (32.6) | 0.011 | 83 (16.4) | 0.406 | 253 (50.0) | 0.458 |
No | 603 (54.4) | 155 (25.7) | 88 (14.6) | 315 (52.2) | |||
Health status | |||||||
Poor | 24 (2.2) | 8 (33.3) | 0.711 | 5 (20.8) | 0.300 | 9 (37.5) | 0.394 |
Not very good | 357 (32.2) | 98 (27.5) | 47 (13.2) | 183 (51.3) | |||
Very good | 728 (65.6) | 214 (29.4) | 119 (16.3) | 376 (51.6) | |||
Family history of cervical cancer | |||||||
Yes | 8 (0.7) | 6 (75.0) | 0.004 | 4 (50.0) | 0.007 | 7 (87.5) | 0.039 |
No | 1101 (99.3) | 314 (28.5) | 167 (15.2) | 561 (51.0) | |||
Family history of non-cervical cancer | |||||||
Yes | 147 (13.3) | 55 (37.4) | 0.014 | 27 (18.4) | 0.288 | 89 (60.5) | 0.015 |
No | 962 (86.7) | 265 (27.5) | 144 (15.0) | 479 (49.8) | |||
Partner has penis or prostate cancer | |||||||
Yes | 11 (1.0) | 3 (27.3) | 1.00 | 0 (0.0) | 0.155 | 4 (36.4) | 0.322 |
No | 1098 (99.0) | 317 (28.9) | 171 (15.6) | 564 (51.4) | |||
Pap testing | |||||||
Never | 284 (25.6) | 62 (21.8) | 0.003 | 32 (11.3) | 0.006 | 148 (52.1) | 0.444 |
Uncertain | 360 (32.5) | 102 (28.3) | 49 (13.6) | 192 (53.3) | |||
Regular | 465 (41.9) | 156 (33.5) | 90 (19.4) | 228 (49.0) | |||