Table 4 Association between parents’ response to questionnaire and uptake of HPV vaccine by school girls using multi-variate analysis

Availability of Current Home-School-Doctor Model

 No

1

Reference

 Yes

26.6

(16.44, 41.96)

<0.001

Amount (HK$) willing to pay for a full course

 <1,000

1

Reference

 1,001-2,000

1.71

(1.39, 2.10)

<0.001

 >2,000

1.39

(1.05, 1.84)

0.023

Not sure where to go for vaccination

 No

1

Reference

 Some importance as a factor to consider

1.45

(1.14, 1.84)

0.003

 Important/ Very important

1.66

(1.23, 2.23)

0.001

Allow my daughter to decide

 No

1

Reference

 Some importance as a factor to consider

0.59

(0.46, 0.74)

<0.001

 Important and very important

0.45

(0.34, 0.58)

<0.001

Do not care about daughter’s social life

 No

1

Reference

 Yes

0.62

(0.41, 0.94)

0.026

Consider protection sustainability in choosing HPV vaccine

 No

1

Reference

 Yes

1.21

(1.00, 1.46)

0.048

Parents self-perceived knowledge on HPV vaccine

 Very insufficient, insufficient & somewhat insufficient

1

Reference

 Somewhat sufficient

1.20

(0.96, 1.50)

0.11

 Sufficient & very sufficient

1.38

(1.05, 1.80)

0.020