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Table 1 Participant characteristics by vaccination status

From: Attitudes of undergraduate university women towards HPV vaccination: a cross-sectional study in Ottawa, Canada

Characteristic

Vaccinated

(n = 196)

Not vaccinated (n = 205)

N

%

N

%

Age

  ≤ 19

77

39.29

44

21.46

 20–21

73

37.24

93

45.37

 22–23

34

17.35

36

17.56

 ≥ 24

3

1.53

18

8.78

 Missing

9

4.59

14

6.83

Faculty

 Arts

9

4.59

10

4.88

 Health Sciences

17

8.67

13

6.34

 Science

145

73.98

147

71.71

 Social Sciences

16

8.16

20

9.76

 Missing

9

4.59

15

7.32

Ethnicity

 White

144

73.47

115

56.10

 Chinese

6

3.06

12

5.85

 Black

8

4.08

15

7.32

 Other

28

14.29

46

22.44

 Missing

10

5.10

17

8.29

Province or Country of Residence before University of Ottawa

 Ontario

152

77.55

156

76.10

 Quebec

22

11.22

15

7.32

 Other Canadian Provinces

7

3.57

12

5.85

 Outside Canada

6

3.06

7

3.41

 Missing

9

4.59

15

7.32

Canadian Born

 Yes

164

83.67

154

75.12

 No

24

12.24

35

17.07

 Missing

8

4.08

16

7.80

Ever had Sex

 Yes

140

71.43

124

60.49

 No

48

24.49

63

30.73

 Missing

8

4.08

18

8.78

Pap Smear

 More than 1

68

34.69

57

27.80

 Once

35

17.86

25

12.20

 None

81

41.33

103

50.24

 Don’t know

3

1.53

4

1.95

 Missing

9

4.59

16

7.80

Abnormal Pap Smear

 Yes

14

7.14

18

8.78

 No

159

81.12

155

75.61

 Don’t know

13

6.63

15

7.32

 Missing

10

5.10

17

8.29

Birth Control/Contraception

 Yes

128

65.31

95

46.34

 No

59

30.10

93

45.37

 Missing

9

4.59

17

8.29

HPV infection

 Yes

7

3.57

10

4.88

 No

181

92.35

178

86.83

 Missing

8

4.08

17

8.29