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

Table 3

Willingness to receive the HPV vaccine among adolescent who have not yet been vaccinated.

	Yes		No		Do not know		𝑃
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Language							0.873
English	71	52.2%	17	12.5%	48	35.3%
Spanish	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%
Age (mean)	74	1605.00%	18	16.06			0.997
Gender							0.126
Male	25	42.4%	10	16.9%	24	40.7%
Female	49	58.3%	8	9.5%	27	32.1%
Race							0.062
African American	15	55.6%	0	0.0%	12	44.4%
Native American/Aleutian/Eskimo	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic	50	52.6%	13	13.7%	32	33.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%
White	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%
Other	8	53.3%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%
Religion							0.569
Catholic	48	55.8%	10	11.6%	28	32.6%
Buddhist	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%
Protestant	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%
No Religion	10	58.8%	2	11.8%	5	29.4%
Muslim	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%
Jehovah’s Witness	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%
Other	11	47.8%	3	13.0%	9	39.1%
Blank	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%
Mother’s completed level of education							0.094
<high school	21	60.0%	3	8.6%	11	31.4%
High school/GED	35	56.5%	9	14.5%	18	29.0%
College	10	43.5%	2	8.7%	11	47.8%
Professional degree	7	53.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%
Other	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%
Blank	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%
Father’s completed level of education							0.204
<high school	25	62.5%	2	5.0%	13	32.5%
High school/GED	21	42.0%	8	16.0%	21	42.0%
College	6	33.3%	3	16.7%	9	50.0%
Professional degree	4	44.4%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%
Other	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%
Blank	15	71.4%	2	9.5%	4	19.0%
Has an older sibling who received the HPV vaccine							0.683
Yes	41	49.4%	13	15.7%	29	34.9%
No	26	52.0%	5	10.0%	19	38.0%
Blank	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Unclear	6	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%
Has a younger sibling who received the HPV vaccine							0.183
Yes	41	51.9%	7	8.9%	31	39.2%
No	26	47.3%	11	20.0%	18	32.7%
Blank	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Unclear	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%
Heard of cervical cancer							0.111
Yes	55	56.7%	13	13.4%	29	29.9%
No	19	41.3%	5	10.9%	22	47.8%
Heard of Pap screening							0.131
Yes	33	58.9%	6	10.7%	17	30.4%
No	41	47.1%	12	13.8%	34	39.1%
Know the use of Pap							0.451
Yes	16	59.3%	4	14.8%	7	25.9%
No	56	49.1%	14	12.3%	44	38.6%
Heard of sexually transmitted disease							0.447
Yes	69	53.5%	16	12.4%	44	34.1%
No	5	35.7%	2	14.3%	7	50.0%
Have had other vaccines							0.319
Yes	9	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%
No	53	47.7%	17	15.3%	41	36.9%
Do not know	6	50.0%	0	0.0%	6	50.0%
Believe at risk for abnormal Pap/cervical cancer							0.3
Yes	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%
No	46	50.0%	13	14.1%	33	35.9%
Do not know	21	55.3%	2	5.3%	15	39.5%