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Table 5 Factors associated with knowledge of human papillomavirus vaccine among parents of children aged 9–14 Years in Debre Tabor Town, 2021

From: Knowledge and willingness of parents towards child girl HPV vaccination in Debre Tabor Town, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Knowledge of HPV vaccine

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

Yes (N, %)

No (N, %)

Sex

 Male

104 (46.4)

213 (51.5)

0.81 (0.59, 1.13)

0.80 (0.58, 1.12)

 

 Female

120 (53.6)

201 (48.5)

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Educational status

 No formal education

72 (32.1)

104 (25.1)

1

  

 Primary education

77 (34.4)

150 (36.3)

0.74 (0.49, 1.11)

0.76 (0.50, 1.15)

 

 Secondary and above

75 (33.5)

160 (38.6)

0.67 (0.45, 1.01)

0.70 (0.46, 1.05)

 

Occupation

 Housewife

18 (8.1)

92 (22.2)

1

 

0.001

 Government employees

60 (26.8)

63 (15.2)

4.86 (2.62, 9.01)

5.46 (2.42, 9.34**

 Self-employees

31 (13.8)

61 (14.7)

2.59 (1.33, 5.05)

2.57 (1.25, 5.27)

 Merchants

69 (30.8)

114 (27.5)

3.09 (1.72, 5.56)

3.10 (1.62, 5.93)

Family history of STD

 Yes

48 (21.4)

54 (13.0)

1.81 (1.18, 2.79)

1.76 (1.14, 2.72)**

0.002

 No

176 (78.6)

360 (89.0)

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  1. **Variables were significant at p-values of < 0.05