Table 2 Subgroup analysis of good knowledge and positive attitude about HPV vaccine and its uptake among adolescent students in Ethiopia

Knowledge related articles

Variable

Characteristics

Pooled levels of good knowledge (95%CI)

I² and P-value

Study setting

University

34.88 (22.16, 91.91)

(99.8, p ≤ 0.001)

Secondary school (grade 9–12)

45.22 (24.00, 66.45)

(98.6%, p ≤ 0.001)

Primary school (grade 7–8)

78.55 (67.98, 89.13)

(96.4%, p ≤ 0.001)

Study region

Amhara

58.10(54.26, 61.94)

NR

Oromia

42.99(0.35, 85.64)

(99.8%, p ≤ 0.001)

SNNPR

70.34(63.87, 76.81

(88.5%, p ≤ 0.001)

Attitude related articles

Variable

Characteristics

Pooled proportion of positive attitude (95%CI)

I² and P-value

Study setting

University

51.24 (37.92, 64.57)

(94.7%, p ≤ 0.001)

Secondary school (grade 9–12)

34.28 (10.86, 57.70)

(99%, p ≤ 0.001)

Primary school (grade 7–8)

52.36 (49.48, 55.24)

(22.8, p = 0.274)

Region

Amhara

16(13.14, 18.86)

NR

Oromia

46.75(35.56, 57.94)

(95.6%, p ≤ 0.001)

SNNPR

53.37(48.73, 58.00)

(73%, p = 0.025)

HPV vaccine uptake-related articles

Variable

Characteristics

Pooled levels of HPV vaccine uptake (95%CI)

I² and P-value

Study setting

University

28.51(2.05, 54.97)

(98.8%, p ≤ 0.001)

Secondary school (grade 9–12)

45.3(41.42, 49.18)

NR

Primary school (grade 7–8)

55.50 (33.84, 77.15)

(98%, p ≤ 0.001)

Region

Amhara

42.28(13.62, 70.95)

(99.4%, p ≤ 0.001)

Oromia

44.40(39.66, 49.14)

NR

SNNPR

42(37.94, 46.06)

NR