Table 4 Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine uptake among study participants (n = 450)
Have you been vaccinated against HPV? | ||
Yes | 4 | 0.9% |
No | 424 | 94.2% |
I don’t no | 22 | 4.9% |
If the answer to the previous question was “no,” then what was the reason for not being vaccinated? | ||
I don’t know anything about the vaccine | 410 | 91.1% |
Other (expensive, fear of infection as a result of this vaccination, and refusal of parents or husband) | 29 | 6.4% |
No answer | 7 | 1.6% |
Age at vaccination for HPV | ||
I don’t know | 258 | 57.3% |
18 years or less | 13 | 2.9% |
19–26 years | 58 | 12.9% |
27 years and more | 121 | 26.9% |
Mean ± SD | 29.943 ± 8.588 | |
Range (Min. – Max.) | 10–50 | |