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Table 4 Factors associated with HPV vaccination recommendation behavior (n = 1601)

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

1091 (68.1)

  

–

–

Province

 

105.67

< 0.001

  

Guangdong

502 (82.8)

  

1 (ref)

–

Guangxi

452 (57.0)

  

0.57 (0.40–0.80)

0.001

Hainan

137 (67.8)

  

0.59 (0.39–0.91)

0.015

Age

 

15.51

< 0.001

  

< 40

635 (64.5)

  

1 (ref)

–

≥ 40

456 (74.0)

  

1.47 (1.06–2.05)

0.021

Sex

 

4.00

0.046

  

Male

120 (75.5)

  

1 (ref)

–

Female

971 (67.3)

  

0.95 (0.60–1.46)

0.803

Ethnicity

 

37.29

< 0.001

  

Han

802 (73.0)

  

1 (ref)

–

Minority

289 (57.5)

  

0.97 (0.73–1.29)

0.846

Educational level

 

16.67

< 0.001

  

High school and below

40 (70.2)

  

1 (ref)

–

Professional degree

356 (63.7)

  

0.10 (0.51–1.88)

0.991

Bachelor

619 (69.2)

  

1.13 (0.57–2.17)

0.712

Master and above

76 (84.4)

  

2.12 (0.84–5.46)

0.114

Profession

 

84.83

< 0.001

  

HCPs from DEPI

72 (91.1)

  

1 (ref)

–

HCPs from CHC

72 (85.7)

  

0.89 (0.30–2.48)

0.824

Obstetrician–gynecologist

483 (75.6)

  

0.50 (0.20–1.09)

0.106

Other HCPs

464 (58.1)

  

0.34 (0.14–0.74)

0.011

Title

 

14.44

< 0.001

  

Junior

535 (66.1)

  

1 (ref)

–

Middle

339 (66.1)

  

0.77 (0.57–1.03)

0.079

Associate senior/senior

217 (77.8)

  

0.73 (0.45–1.18)

0.194

HPV and HPV vaccine knowledge score

–

–

–

1.18 (1.13–1.23)

< 0.001