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Table 6 Factors associated with the attitude of human papillomavirus vaccine and cervical cancer 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

Willingness towards HPV vaccine

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

p-values

Yes (N, %)

No (N, %)

Age

 23–30

12 (6.7)

39 (8.5)

1.08 (0.52, 2.24)

0.78 (0.33, 1.85)

0.003

 31–40

119 (66.9)

255(55.4)

1.64 (1.11, 2.43)

1.43 (1.16, 2.87)**

 41–46

47 (26.4)

166(36.1)

1

1

Sex

 Male

103 (57.9)

214 (46.5)

1.57 (1.11, 2.23)

1.49 (1.00, 2.22)

 

 Female

75 (42.1)

246 (53.5)

1

1

 

Educational status

 No formal education

33 (18.5)

143 (31.1)

1

 

0.001

 Primary education

77 (43.3)

150 (32.6)

2.22 (1.39, 3.55)

1.15 (0.34, 3.44)

 Secondary and above

68 (38.2)

167 (36.3)

1.76 (1.10, 2.82)

1.70 (1.05, 2.74)**

Occupation

 Government employees

64 (36.0)

163 (35.4)

1

  

 Others*

114 (64.0)

297 (64.6)

1.02 (0.71, 1.46)

1.02 (0.51, 2.01)

 

Fear of HPV infection

 Yes

162 (91.0)

374 (81.3)

2.32 (1.32, 4.09)

2.29 (1.21, 4.32)**

0.001

 No

16 (9.0)

86 (18.7)

1

 

Did your child took HPV vaccine?

 Yes

118 (66.3)

320 (70.0)

1

  

 No

60 (33.7)

140 (30.0)

0.86 (0.59, 1.24)

0.65 (0.43, 1.00)

 

Knowledge on cervical cancer and HPV vaccine

 No

115 (49.4)

301 (82.8)

1

 

0.001

 Yes

153(50.6)

69 (17.2)

5.80 (3.37, 7.61)

3.30 (2.21, 4.93)**

  1. *Self-employ, farmer, merchant, daily labourer
  2. **Variables were significant at p-values of < 0.05