Research Article
Multicenter Study of Human Papillomavirus and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Knowledge and Attitudes among People of African Descent
Table 1
Description of study population.
| | | US Black participants
(%) | West Indian participants
(%) | value |
| | Age (years) | | | <0.0001 | | 18–35 | 182 (80.5) | 160 (49.2) | | | 36–55 | 38 (16.8) | 139 (42.8) | | | 56+ | 6 (2.7) | 26 (8) | |
| | Gender | | | 0.385 | | Male | 62 (27.4) | 78 (24.1) | | | Female | 164 (72.6) | 245 (75.9) | |
| | Education | | | <0.0001 | | Less than HS | 0 (0.0) | 37 (11.5) | | | High school | 23 (10.2) | 101 (31.3) | | | Some college | 125 (55.3) | 58 (17.9) | | | College | 62 (27.4) | 71 (22.0) | | | Graduate school | 16 (7.1) | 56 (17.3) | |
| | Marital status | | | <0.0001 | | Married | 23 (10.1) | 108 (32.9) | | | Single | 192 (84.6) | 137 (41.8) | | | Other | 12 (5.3) | 83 (25.3) | |
| | Parent | | | <0.0001 | | Yes | 51 (23.9) | 187 (65.2) | | | No | 162 (76.1) | 100 (34.8) | |
| | Income | | | <0.0001 | | Less than US$15,000 | 49 (24.0) | 61 (23.1) | | | US$15,000–US$25,000 | 24 (11.8) | 77 (29.2) | | | US$25,000–US$35,000 | 17 (8.3) | 54 (20.5) | | | US$35,000–US$45,000 | 18 (8.8) | 20 (7.6) | | | US$45,000–US$55,000 | 13 (6.4) | 21 (7.9) | | | Above US$55,000 | 83 (40.7) | 31 (11.7) | |
| | Health insurance status | | | <0.0001 | | Uninsured | 15 (6.8) | 167 (53.0) | | | Insured | 206 (93.2) | 148 (47.0) | |
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