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Table 4 Parents' and students' attitude to vaccination, by gender.

From: Knowledge of human papillomavirus infection and its prevention among adolescents and parents in the greater Milan area, Northern Italy

 

Parents

    

Students

    
 

Mothers

 

Fathers

 

P value1

Females

 

Males

 

P value2

 

No.

%

No.

%

 

No.

%

No.

%

 

Are you in favour of vaccinations in general? 3,4

          

No

97

8.0

72

6.7

      

Yes

1117

92.0

1009

93.3

0.22

     

Whose recommendations are significant to you when deciding on a vaccination for your children? 3,5

          

Ministry of Health

594

48.5

518

47.4

0.60

     

Regional body

41

3.3

43

3.9

0.45

     

Pediatrician

614

50.1

475

43.5

0.001

     

Other physician

343

28.0

268

24.5

0.06

     

Relative or friend

20

1.6

16

1.5

0.74

     

Teacher

5

0.4

7

0.6

0.44

     

Religious authority

6

0.5

4

0.4

0.65

     

Other

78

6.4

77

7.0

0.51

     

Do you think HPV infection might concern your children (for parents)/you (for students)? 4

          

Do not know

251

20.7

286

26.6

 

174

27.1

65

31.1

 

No

255

21.0

219

20.3

 

179

27.9

89

42.6

 

Yes

707

58.3

572

53.1

0.004

289

45.0

55

26.3

<0.001

Would you give your children (for parents)/undergo (for students) HPV vaccination HPV? 4

          

No

92

7.6

66

6.1

 

36

5.6

40

19.1

 

Perhaps

293

24.1

308

28.7

 

169

26.1

86

41.1

 

Yes

830

68.3

699

65.1

0.03

442

68.3

83

39.7

<0.001

  1. 1 Mothers vs fathers. 2 Female students vs male students. 3 Question for parents only. 4 The numbers do not add up to the total because of a few missing answers. 5 As multiple answers were allowed, each was considered a dichotomous variable (yes/no).