Perceptions of Nigerian Women about Human Papilloma Virus, Cervical Cancer, and HPV Vaccine

Table 1

Demographic characteristics.

Characteristic	Oyo (); No	%	Osun (); No	%		value
Age
18–25	102	35.8	200	44.2	10.09	0.039
26–35	123	43.2	153	33.8
36–45	40	14.0	76	16.8
46–55	15	5.3	14	3.1
>55	5	1.7	9	2.0
Marital status
Single	110	38.6	237	52.4	13.43	0.000
Married	175	61.4	215	47.6
Occupation
Student	51	17.9	200	44.2
Civil servant	95	33.3	86	19.0	60.93	0.000
Business/trade	56	19.6	73	16.2
Artisan	15	5.3	22	4.9
Housewife	33	11.6	24	5.3
Others	35	12.3	47	10.4
Educational qualification
Primary	36	12.6	25	5.5
Secondary	86	30.2	117	25.9	15.35	0.002
Tertiary	154	54.0	293	64.8
None	9	3.2	17	3.8
Religion
Christianity	167	58.6	198	43.8	15.3	0.000
Islam	118	41.4	254	56.2
Ethnicity
Yoruba	248	87.0	370	81.8
Igbo	20	7.0	45	10.0	3.72	0.294
Hausa	14	4.9	28	6.2
Others	3	1.1	9	2.0
Number of sexual partners
None	17	6.0	47	10.4
1-2	185	65.0	236	52.2	52.52	0.000
>3	58	20.2	45	10.0
Didn’t say	25	8.8	124	27.4

value <0.05 is considered significant.