Knowledge and Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination among Women Attending the Gynaecological Outpatient Clinics of a University Teaching Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria

Table 5

Association between sociodemographic characteristics of respondents and their acceptance of HPV vaccination for their adolescent girls ().

Characteristics		Acceptance of HPV vaccination		value
		Accepted (%)	Not accepted (%)
Age of respondents (in years)				0.256
<25	20	17 (85.0)	3 (15.0)
26–35	62	52 (83.9)	10 (16.1)
36–45	40	32 (80.0)	8 (20.0)
>45	26	20 (76.9)	6 (13.1)
Mean ± SD
Existence of one or more daughters				0.101
No daughter	62	49 (79.0)	13 (21.0)
One or more daughters	86	72 (83.7)	14 (16.3)
Level of education				0.013
Less than tertiary	25	17 (68.0)	8 (32.0)
At least tertiary	123	104 (84.5)	19 (15.5)
Total	148	121 (81.8)	27 (18.2)