Research Article
Acceptance of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Associated Factors among Girls in Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2020
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of girl students in Arba Minch town, Southern Ethiopia, 2020.
| Variables | Categories | Frequency () | Percent (%) |
| Age in years | 13 | 201 | 39.00 | 14 | 315 | 61.00 |
| Religion | Protestant | 312 | 60.50 | Orthodox | 148 | 28.70 | Catholic | 20 | 3.90 | Muslim | 17 | 3.30 | Others | 19 | 3.70 |
| Ethnicity | Gamo | 368 | 71.20 | Gofa | 46 | 8.90 | Amhara | 33 | 6.40 | Oromo | 23 | 4.40 | Wolayta | 33 | 6.40 | Others | 13 | 2.50 |
| Grade level | 4 and5 | 58 | 11.20 | 6 | 124 | 24.03 | 7 | 145 | 28.10 | 8 | 189 | 36.63 |
| School type | Public | 470 | 91.10 | Private | 46 | 8.90 |
| Mother’s educational status | No education | 112 | 21.70 | Primary education | 115 | 22.30 | Secondary education | 105 | 20.30 | More than secondary | 184 | 35.70 |
| Father’s educational status | No education | 72 | 14.00 | Primary education | 89 | 17.20 | Secondary education | 107 | 20.70 | More than secondary | 248 | 48.10 |
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