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Table 3 Attitude by ethnicity, social class; age and gender

From: Public knowledge and attitudes towards Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination

  

ATTITUDE

   
  

1

2

3

4

5

Mean score

SD

p-value*

Ethnicity

         

White

N

80

197

15

11

2

1.88

0.71

 
 

%

26.2

64.6

4.9

3.6

0.7

   

Non-White

N

21

72

10

10

2

2.13

0.87

0.006

 

%

18.3

62.6

8.7

8.7

1.7

   

Social Class

         

Non-manual (I-IIIN)

N

41

123

9

10

2

1.97

0.77

 
 

%

22.2

66.5

4.9

5.4

1.1

   

Manual (IIIM-V)

N

60

146

16

11

2

1.93

0.77

0.62

 

%

25.5

62.1

6.8

4.7

0.9

   

Age

         

16–24

N

27

73

7

3

0

1.87

0.64

 
 

%

24.5

66.4

6.4

2.7

0.0

   

24–34

N

26

55

4

6

0

1.89

0.77

 
 

%

28.6

60.4

4.4

6.6

0.0

   

34–44

N

19

88

11

6

2

2.08

0.76

 
 

%

15.1

69.8

8.7

4.8

1.6

   

44–54

N

29

53

3

6

2

1.91

0.89

0.047

 

%

31.2

57.0

3.2

6.5

2.2

   

Gender

         

Male

N

38

104

11

3

3

1.92

0.74

 
 

%

23.9

65.4

6.9

1.9

1.9

   

Female

N

63

165

14

18

1

1.96

0.78

0.769

 

%

24.1

63.2

5.4

6.9

0.4

   
  1. * derived from Kruskall-Wallis test for age; Mann-Whitney U test for other factors.
  2. ATTITUDE:
  3. 1 = STRONGLY AGREE.
  4. 2 = AGREE.
  5. 3 = NO OPINION.
  6. 4 = DISAGREE.
  7. 5 = STRONGLY DISAGREE.
  8. Attitude assessed by the question: "Do you think that the introduction of HPV vaccination is a good idea?