Table 2 Knowledge scores by ethnicity, social class; age and gender
From: Public knowledge and attitudes towards Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination
KNOWLEDGE SCORE | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3–4 | 5–6 | Mean score | SD | p-value* | ||
Ethnicity | |||||||||
White | N | 235 | 30 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 0.61 | 1.416 | |
% | 77.0 | 9.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||||
Non-White | N | 105 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.26 | 1.035 | 0.001 |
% | 91.3 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | ||||
Social Class | |||||||||
Non-manual (I-IIIN) | N | 128 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 0.90 | 1.745 | |
% | 69.2 | 11.9 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 8.1 | ||||
Manual (IIIM-V) | N | 212 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0.20 | 0.742 | <0.001 |
% | 90.2 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | ||||
Age | |||||||||
16–24 | N | 96 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.826 | |
% | 87.3 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | ||||
24–34 | N | 73 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.44 | 1.128 | |
% | 80.2 | 9.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 2.2 | ||||
34–44 | N | 104 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.52 | 1.390 | |
% | 82.5 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.8 | ||||
44–54 | N | 67 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.86 | 1.779 | 0.034 |
% | 72.0 | 10.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 8.6 | ||||
Gender | |||||||||
Male | N | 136 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.35 | 1.091 | |
% | 85.5 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||
Female | N | 204 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 0.61 | 1.450 | 0.05 |
% | 78.2 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.0 | ||||