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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics amongst all girls participating in our study (n = 2989), the Netherlands 2010

From: Equity in human papilloma virus vaccination uptake?: sexual behaviour, knowledge and demographics in a cross-sectional study in (un)vaccinated girls in the Netherlands

Category

Total

Vaccinated

Unvaccinated

OR (95% CI) for being vaccinated

P-value

N (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

2989 (100)

1938 (65)

1051 (35)

  

Age

   

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  Median (range)

17 (16–17)

17 (16–17)

17 (16–17)

0.9 (0.6–1.2)

0.45

Ethnicity (n=2988)

     

  Dutch

2849 (95)

1852 (96)

997 (95)

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  Non–Dutch

139 (5)

86 (4)

53 (5)

0.9 (0.6–1.2)

0.45

Degree of urbanisation (n=2971)

    

  Low (1–1000 inhabitants)

1514 (51)

1019 (53)

495 (47)

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  High (>1000 inhabitants)

1457 (49)

908 (47)

549 (53)

0.8 (0.7–0.9)

0.004

Socio economic status a (n=2962)

    

  Mean (95% CI)

−0.01(−0.03–0.03)

−0.02 (−0.06–0.02)

0.02 (−0.03–0.07)

0.9 (0.9–1.0)

0.20

Religion (n=2898)

     

  No religion

1532 (53)

1050 (56)

482 (48)

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  Catholics

708 (24)

511 (27)

197 (19)

1.2 (1.0–1.5)

 

  Protestant Christian

642 (22)

317 (17)

325 (32)

0.4 (0.4–0.5)

 

  Other

16 (1)

6 (0.3)

10 (1)

0.3 (0.1–0.7)

<0.001

Education b

     

  Low

221 (7)

148 (8)

73 (7)

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  Middle

992 (33)

631 (33)

361 (34)

0.9 (0.6–1.2)

 

  High

1776 (59)

1159 (60)

617 (59)

0.9 (0.7–1.2)

0.54

Education of parents b (n=2787)

    

  Low

49 (2)

28 (2)

21(2)

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  Middle

1162 (42)

749 (41)

413 (42)

1.4 (0.8–2.4)

 

  High

1576 (57)

1031 (57)

545 (56)

1.4 (0.8–2.5)

0.45

Alcohol use (n=2983)

    

  No

723 (24)

425 (22)

298 (28)

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  Yes

2260 (76)

1509 (78)

751 (72)

1.4 (1.2–1.7)

<0.001

Smoking (n=2984)

    

  No

2280 (76)

1492 (77)

788 (75)

ref

 

  Current smoker

476 (16)

299 (15)

177 (17)

0.9 (0.7–1.2)

 

  Former smoker

228 (8)

144 (7)

84 (8)

0.9 (0.7–1.1)

0.47

Contraception (n=2910)

    

  No

902 (31)

533 (28)

369 (37)

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  Yes

2008 (69)

1371 (72)

637 (63)

1.5 (1.3–1.8)

<0.001

Type of contraception (n=2003)

    

  Pill

1253 (63)

848 (62)

405 (64)

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  Condom

160 (8)

100 (7)

60 (9)

0.8 (0.6–1.1)

 

  Pill and condom

544 (27)

385 (28)

159 (25)

1.2 (0.9–1.4)

 

  Other

46 (2)

34 (2)

12 (2)

1.4 (0.7–2.7)

0.18

Ever had sex (n=2898)

    

  No

1303 (45)

826 (44)

477 (48)

ref

 

  Yes

1595 (55)

1070 (56)

525 (52)

1.2 (1.0–1.4)

0.04

  1. aCombination of the average income per household with percentage of households with low income, without a paid job and with low average education resulting in a score ranging [−4;+4]. Note that the lower the score is, the higher the socioeconomic status is [24].
  2. bLow = no education or primary education; Middle = junior technical school, lower general or intermediate vocational secondary education; High = higher vocational or higher general secondary education, pre-university/university education.
  3. Missing values are deducted from the total number of girls.
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