Public School Adolescents Had Increased Odds of Being Willing to Uptake HPV Vaccinations Owing to Sociodemographic and Healthcare Access Features in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of public and private primary school adolescent girls in Bahir Dar City administration, 2021 ().

Variables	Public ()	Private ()		value
	(%)	(%)
Age mean (±SD)	13.86 (±1.76)	13.76 (±1.75)	13.745	0.013
Age group (year)
10-14 yrs	251 (61.2)	318 (77.6)	3.037	0.008
15-19 yrs	159 (38.8)	92 (22.2)
School grade level
5-6 grades	121 (29.5)	182 (44.4)	0.885	0.35
7-8 grades	289 (70.5)	228 (55.6)
Religion
Orthodox	366 (89.3)	312 (76.1)	2.456	0.48
Muslim	39 (9.5)	64 (15.6)
Others	5 (0.9)	34 (8.3)
Family marital status
Single	45 (11)	25 (6.1)	2.263	0.52
Married	301 (73.4)	347 (84.6)
Widowed	31 (7.6)	14 (3.4)
Divorced	33 (8.0)	24 (5.9)
Mothers’ education level
Unable to read and write	199 (48.5)	14 (3.4)	3.553	0.470
Primary school	113 (27.6)	71 (17.3)
Secondary school	53 (12.9)	101 (24.6)
Postsecondary	45 (11)	224 (54.7)
Mothers’ employment status
Yes	97 (23.7)	157 (38.3)	0.365	0.5
No	313 (76.3)	253 (61.7)