Multicenter Study of Human Papillomavirus and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Knowledge and Attitudes among People of African Descent

Table 2

HPV knowledge. Adjusted for age, level of education, marital status, parental status, health insurance status, and income level.

	US; % (95% CI)	Bahamas; % (95% CI)	𝑃 value
Have you heard of the human papillomavirus (HPV)? Answer = yes	89.5 (82.4–93.9)	61.5 (52.3–69.9)	0.000
HPV is not a sexually transmitted disease. Answer = false	51.5 (42.3–60.7)	31.4 (24.6–39.2)	0.002
HPV is a relatively uncommon disease. Answer = false	69.2 (60.3–76.9)	40.6 (33.0–48.7)	0.000
HPV causes cervical cancer. Answer = true	69.8 (60.1–77.7)	53.9 (45.5–62.0)	0.019
Who can become infected with HPV? Answer = both men and women	42.5 (34.0–51.5)	31.5 (24.8–39.0)	0.076
Both men and women can have cervical cancer. Answer = false	69.1 (60.2–76.7)	64.9 (56.9–72.1)	0.512
The incidence of HPV in women is highest among women in their 20s and 30s. Answer = true	56.3 (46.9–65.3)	29.2 (22.4–36.9)	0.000
Most people with genital HPV infections are symptomatic. Answer = no	35.5 (27.3–44.6)	20.7 (15.1–27.6)	0.009
HPV causes genital warts. Answer = true	28.2 (21.1–36.6)	33.2 (26.1–41.1)	0.400
Genital warts are caused by the same HPV types that cause cervical cancer. Answer = false	13.8 (8.8–20.9)	7.5 (4.5–12.4)	0.066
There is a cure for HPV infection. Answer = no	37.2 (28.6–46.6)	22.6 (16.6–30.0)	0.013