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Table 3 Factors associated with willingness to be vaccinated among junior middle school students before intervention

From: Effect of an educational intervention on HPV knowledge and attitudes towards HPV and its vaccines among junior middle school students in Chengdu, China

Items

Totala (%)

Unwilling to be vaccinated (%)

Willing to be vaccinated (%)

Adjusted ORb

95%CI

P

School type

 Urban

740 (48.6)

358 (52.4)

382 (45.4)

Ref

  

 Rural

784 (51.4)

325 (47.6)

459 (54.6)

1.51

1.19–1.91

<0.001

Year

 2016

899 (59.0)

492 (72.0)

407 (48.4)

Ref

  

 2015

625 (41.0)

191 (28.0)

434 (51.6)

3.93

3.03–5.09

0.001

Received sexual education/knowledge

 No

550 (36.8)

283 (42.4)

267 (32.2)

Ref

  

 Yes

945 (63.2)

384 (57.6)

561 (67.8)

1.41

1.09–1.83

0.008

Menstruation/spermatorrhea is a normal physiology phenomenon

 No/not sure

254 (16.9)

134 (20.1)

120 (14.4)

Ref

  

 Yes

1247 (83.1)

533 (79.9)

714 (85.6)

1.60

1.13–2.26

0.008

Willing to get more knowledge of adolescent sexual health

 No

473 (31.3)

261 (38.8)

212 (25.4)

Ref

  

 Yes

1036 (68.7)

412 (61.2)

624 (74.6)

1.66

1.26–2.17

<0.001

Cervical cancer is relative to me

 No

1026 (68.7)

502 (75.1)

524 (63.5)

Ref

  

 Yes

467 (31.3)

166 (24.9)

301 (36.5)

1.75

1.35–2.28

<0.001

Heard of HPV vaccines

 No

1232 (81.5)

581 (85.8)

651 (78.0)

Ref

  

 Yes

280 (18.5)

96 (14.2)

184 (22.0)

1.56

1.14–2.14

0.006

  1. aThe total number is not added up to 1675 due to some incomplete answers
  2. bAdjusted OR, adjusted odds ratio using multivariable logistic regression mode, and five factors (age, gender, race, heard of HPV, heard of cervical cancer) were excluded from this multivariable logistic regression model