Sociodemographic determinants of knowledge and attitude in the primary prevention of cervical cancer among University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) students in Malaysia: preliminary study of HPV vaccination

Table 3 Association between sociodemographic characteristic and knowledge towards HPV vaccination

Sociodemographic characteristic	Knowledge towards HPV vaccine				Total	p-value
	Poor		Good
	n	%	n	%
Age
≤ 20 years old	92	55.1	114	56.4	111.5	0.796^a
> 20 years old	75	44.9	88	43.6	83.5
Gender
Male	70	41.9	61	30.2	72.1	0.019^a
Female	97	58.1	141	69.8	127.9
Parents income
≤ RM 3000	127	76.0	106	52.5	128.5	0.001^a
> RM 3000	40	24.0	96	47.5	71.5
Faculty
FMHS	36	21.6	136	67.3	88.9	0.001^a
FAM	131	78.4	66	32.7	111.1

^aChi-square test, ^bKruskal Wallis test, *p-value < 0.05 show significant association

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