Adolescent Understanding and Acceptance of the HPV Vaccination in an Underserved Population in New York City

Table 2

HPV vaccine status.

	Have had HPV vaccine		Have not had HPV vaccine		Do not know		𝑃 value
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Language							1.000
English	69	32.9%	137	65.2%	4	1.9%
Spanish	4	36.4%	7	63.6%	0	0.0%
Age (mean)		16.08		15.85		—	0.311
Gender							<0.001
Male	2	3.1%	60	93.8%	2	3.1%
Female	71	45.2%	84	53.5%	2	1.3%
Race							0.677
African American	19	40.4%	27	57.4%	1	2.1%
Native American/Aleutian/Eskimo	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic	47	32.4%	95	65.5%	3	2.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%
White	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%
Other	4	21.1%	15	78.9%	0	0.0%
Religion							0.708
Catholic	44	33.3%	86	65.2%	2	1.5%
Jewish	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Buddhist	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%
Protestant	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%
No Religion	11	37.9%	17	58.6%	1	3.4%
Muslim	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0	0.0%
Jehovah’s Witness	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%
Other	15	38.5%	23	59.0%	1	2.6%
Blank	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0	0.0%
Mother’s completed level of education							0.031
Less than high school	25	41.0%	36	59.0%	0	0.0%
High school/GED	19	22.9%	62	74.7%	2	2.4%
College	21	47.7%	23	52.3%	0	0.0%
Professional degree	4	22.2%	13	72.2%	1	5.6%
Other	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0	0.0%
Blank	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1	11.1%
Father’s completed level of education							0.287
<high school	25	37.9%	41	62.1%	0	0.0%
High school/GED	24	31.2%	50	64.9%	3	3.9%
College	7	26.9%	18	69.2%	1	3.8%
Professional degree	1	10.0%	9	90.0%	0	0.0%
Other	6	54.5%	5	45.5%	0	0.0%
Blank	10	32.3%	21	67.7%	0	0.0%
Has an older sibling who received the HPV vaccine							1
Yes	44	34.1%	83	64.3%	2	1.6%
No	27	34.6%	50	64.1%	1	1.3%
Blank	0	0.0%	1	1.0%	0	0.0%
Unclear	2	15.4%	10	76.9%	1	7.7%
Has a younger sibling who received the HPV vaccine							1
Yes	40	33.1%	79	65.3%	2	1.7%
No	29	34.1%	55	64.7%	1	1.2%
Blank	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%
Unclear	4	28.6%	9	64.3%	1	7.1%
Heard of cervical cancer							<0.001
Yes	69	41.1%	97	57.7%	2	1.2%
No	4	7.5%	47	88.7%	2	3.8%
Heard of Pap screening							0.003
Yes	44	42.7%	56	54.4%	3	2.9%
No	28	23.9%	88	75.2%	1	0.1%
Understand the goal of Pap screening							0.003
Yes	29	50.9%	27	47.4%	1	1.8%
No	43	26.7%	115	71.4%	3	1.9%
Heard of sexually transmitted disease							0.241
Yes	69	34.2%	130	64.4%	3	1.5%
No	4	21.1%	14	73.7%	1	5.3%
Have had other vaccines							<0.001
Yes	35	72.9%	12	25.0%	1	2.1%
No	33	22.6%	112	76.7%	1	0.7%
Do not know	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2	16.7%
Believe at risk for abnormal Pap/cervical cancer							0.333
Yes	8	57.1%	6	42.9%	0	0.0%
No	43	31.2%	92	66.7%	3	2.2%
Do not know	16	28.6%	39	69.6%	1	1.8%