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

Table 3

Association between sociodemographic characteristics and awareness of HPV vaccination among respondents with correct knowledge of HPV infection ().

Characteristics		Awareness of HPV vaccination		value
		Aware (%)	Not aware (%)
Age of respondents (in years)				0.098
<25	5	4 (80.0)	1 (20.0)
26–35	20	15 (75.0)	5 (25.0)
36–45	16	9 (56.2)	7 (43.8)
>45	2	0 (0.0)	2 (100.0)
Mean ± SD
Existence of one or more daughters				0.084
No daughter	14	9 (64.3)	6 (35.7)
One or more daughters	29	19 (65.5)	9 (34.5)
Level of education				0.001
Less than tertiary	11	1 (9.1)	10 (90.9)
At least tertiary	32	27 (84.4)	5 (15.6)
Total	43	28 (65.1)	15 (34.9)

Note. F: association determined by Fisher’s exact test.