Acceptance of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Associated Factors among Girls in Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2020
Table 6
Association between sociodemographic characteristics and other related factors with acceptance of HPV vaccination among primary school girls in Arba Minch town, Southern Ethiopia.
Variables
Acceptance of HPV vaccine
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
_ value
Accepting
Not accepting
Age in years
13
53 (10.3%)
148 (28.7%)
1
1
1
14
207 (40.1%)
108 (20.9%)
5.35 (3.62-7.91)
2.93 (1.57_5.47)
0.001
School type
Public
226 (43.8%)
244 (47.3%)
1
1
1
Private
34 (6.6%)
12 (2.3%)
3.06 (1.55_6.05)
0.57 (0.21_1.51)
0.259
Childhood immunization
Yes
207 (40.1%)
59 (11.4%)
13.04 (8.58-19.83)
14.85 (8.58_25.72)
0.001
No
53 (10.3%)
197 (38.2%)
1
1
1
Grade level
4 and 5
22 (4.3%)
36 (7.0%)
1
1
1
6
42 (8.1%)
82 (15.9%)
0.84 (0.44-1.60)
1.01 (0.42_2.45)
0.977
7
88 (17.1%)
57 (11.0%)
2.53 (1.35-4.73)
0.89 (0.35_2.24)
0.805
8
108 (20.9%)
81 (15.7%)
2.18 (1.19-3.99)
0.57 (0.22_1.44)
0.231
Fathers educational status
No education
22 (4.3%)
50 (9.7%)
1
1
1
Primary
30 (5.8%)
59 (11.4%)
1.16 (0.59-2.25)
0.89 (0.35_2.26)
0.802
Secondary
63 (12.2%)
44 (8.5%)
3.25 (1.73-6.12)
2.03 (0.83_4.97)
0.121
More than secondary
145 (28.1%)
103 (20.0%)
3.20 (1.83-5.61)
1.39 (0.63_3.05)
0.418
Mothers educational status
No education
24 (4.7%)
88 (17.1%)
1
1
1
Primary
42 (8.1%)
73 (14.1%)
2.11 (1.17-3.81)
1.86(0.83_4.2)
0.133
Secondary
64 (12.4%)
41 (7.9%)
5.72 (3.15-10.41)
2.40 (1.01_5.73)
0.048
More than secondary
130 (25.2%)
54 (10.5%)
8.83 (5.08-15.33)
3.64 (1.61_8.25)
0.002
Attitude level
Negative
63 (12.2%)
190 (36.8%)
1
1
1
Positive
197 (38.2%)
66 (12.8%)
9.00 (6.04_13.41)
5.22 (2.96_9.19)
0.001
Knowledge level
Poor
26 (5%)
102 (19.8%)
1
1
1
Good
234 (45.3%)
154 (29.8%)
5.96 (3.70_9.60)
2.49 (1.19_5.24)
0.016
Information source
Social media
158 (30.6%)
199 (38.6%)
0.31 (0.17_0.59)
0.66 (0.28_1.54)
0.336
HCP
64 (12.4%)
42 (8.1%)
0.60 (0.30_1.23)
0.69 (0.27_1.77)
0.436
Others
15 (2.9%)
38 (7.4%)
1
1
1
Social media: TV, radio, and internet; others: family and friends; HCP: health care providers; COR: crude odd ratio; AOR: adjusted odd ratio; CI: confidence interval, value: probability value. Key notes: : statistically significant; : strongly statistically significant. 1: reference category.
