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 4 Association between sociodemographic characteristics and attitude towards HPV Vaccination

Sociodemographic characteristic	Attitude towards HPV vaccine				Total	p-value
	Negative		Positive
	n	%	n	%
Age
≤ 20 years old	109	51.4	97	61.8	113.2	0.047^a
> 20 years old	103	48.6	60	38.2	86.8
Gender
Male	92	43.4	39	24.8	68.2	0.001^a
Female	120	56.6	118	75.2	131.8
Parents income
≤ RM 3000	139	65.6	94	59.9	125.5	0.262^a
> RM 3000	73	34.4	63	40.1	74.5
Faculty
FMHS	74	34.9	98	62.4	97.3	0.001^a
FAM	138	65.1	59	37.6	102.7

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

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