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Table 1 General characteristics by nationality

From: Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions associated with HPV vaccination among female Korean and Chinese university students

Variable

Category

Total (n = 590)

n (%) or mean ± SD

χ2 (p) or t (p)

Korean (n = 273)

Chinese (n = 317)

 

Age (years)

Min–Max

20.35 ± 1.1

20.51 ± 0.82

20.22 ± 1.32

10.01 (0.002)

  

 18-24

19–23

18–24

 

Religion (n = 589)

No

475 (80.6)

174 (64.0)

301 (95.0)

90.03 (< 0.001)

 

Yes

114 (19.4)

98 (36.0)

16 (5.0)

 

Smoking (n = 589)

No

536 (91.0)

236 (86.8)

300 (94.6)

11.08 (0.001)

 

Yes

53 (9.0)

36 (13.2)

17 (5.4)

 

Alcohol drinking

No

217 (36.8)

16 (5.9)

201 (63.4)

208.90 (< 0.001)

 

Yes

373 (63.2)

257 (94.1)

116 (36.6)

 

Sexual experience (n = 588)

No

544 (92.5)

243 (89.0)

301 (95.6)

9.05 (0.003)

 

Yes

44 (7.5)

30 (11.0)

14 (4.4)

 

STI experience (n = 589)

No

574 (98.8)

268 (99.6)

306 (98.1)

2.92 (0.130)

 

Yes

7 (1.2)

1 (0.4)

6 (1.9)

 

Have you had ever heard about HPV? (n = 589)

No

453 (76.9)

203 (74.6)

250 (78.9)

1.48 (0.240)

 

Yes

136 (23.1)

69 (25.4)

67 (21.1)

 

Have you ever heard about genital warts? (n = 589)

No

484 (82.2)

211 (77.6)

273 (86.1)

7.30 (0.009)

 

Yes

105 (17.8)

61 (22.4)

44 (13.9)

 

Who would need the HPV vaccine?

Only women

98 (16.7)

47 (17.2)

51 (16.3)

19.28 (< 0.001)

 

Both women and men

348 (59.4)

183 (67.0)

165 (52.7)

 
 

No need without infection symptoms

140 (23.9)

43 (15.8)

97 (31.0)

 
  1. N = 590, STI, Sexually transmitted infection; HPV, Human papillomavirus