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Table 2 Factor associated with awareness of HPV vaccine (n = 2054)

From: Human papillomavirus vaccination related knowledge, and recommendations among healthcare providers in Southern China: a cross-sectional survey

Characteristics

Frequency (%)

Uni-variate analysis

Multi-variate logistic regression

χ2

P

OR (95% CI)

P

Overall

1601 (77.9)

–

–

  

Province

 

185.5

< 0.001

  

Guangdong

606 (94.2)

  

1 (ref)

–

Guangxi

793 (67.4)

  

0.20 (0.13–0.29)

< 0.001

Hainan

202 (86.3)

  

0.50 (0.29–0.86)

0.012

Age

 

56.04

< 0.001

  

< 40

985 (73.0)

  

1 (ref)

–

≥ 40

616 (87.5)

  

1.40 (0.99–2.00)

0.060

Sex

 

2.16

0.141

  

Male

159 (82.4)

  

1 (ref)

–

Female

1442 (77.5)

  

1.55 (0.98–2.41)

0.058

Ethnicity

 

88.00

< 0.001

  

Han

1098 (84.5)

  

1 (ref)

–

Minority

503 (66.6)

  

0.77 (0.60–1.00)

0.041

Educational level

 

35.88

< 0.001

  

High school and below

57 (70.4)

  

1 (ref)

–

Professional degree

559 (73.4)

  

2.40 (1.33–4.22)

0.003

Bachelor

895 (80.0)

  

3.47 (1.91–6.20)

< 0.001

Master and above

90 (97.8)

  

24.33 (6.27–162.23)

< 0.001

Profession

 

113.90

< 0.001

  

HCPs from DEPI

79 (94.0)

  

1 (ref)

–

HCPs from CHC

84 (96.6)

  

2.67 (0.59–14.09)

0.209

Obstetrician–gynecologist

639 (87.2)

  

0.58 (0.19–1.47)

0.290

Other HCPs

799 (69.5)

  

0.35 (0.11–0.87)

0.038

Title

 

72.13

< 0.001

  

Junior

809 (71.8)

  

1 (ref)

–

Middle

513 (82.3)

  

1.52 (1.13–2.06)

0.006

Associate senior/senior

279 (91.8)

  

1.93 (1.11–3.45)

0.023