Table 3 Willingness of parents of unvaccinated girls to accept the free HPV vaccines (n = 2760)
Variables | Willing to accept (n = 2531) | Unwilling to accept (n = 229) | χ2 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Relationship | Mother | 2308 (91.2%) | 217 (94.8%) | 3.447 | 0.070 |
Nationality | Chinese | 2516 (99.4) | 229 (100%) | 1.365 | 0.270 |
School classification | Public school | 1644 (65.0%) | 189 (82.5%) | 28.08 | < 0.001 |
Medical insurance type of parents | Tier 1 Shenzhen Employee Medical Insurance | 1565 (61.8%) | 186 (81.2%) | 34.04 | < 0.001 |
Tier 2 or Tier 3 Shenzhen Employee Medical Insurance | 787 (31.1%) | 34 (14.8%) | 26.53 | < 0.001 | |
Commercial medical insurance | 107 (4.2%) | 16 (7.0%) | 3.76 | 0.053 | |
Out-of-pocket payment | 246 (9.7%) | 12 (5.2%) | 4.97 | 0.026 | |
Others | 23 (0.9%) | 2 (0.9%) | 0.003 | 0.283* | |
Medical insurance type of girls | Shenzhen Children’s Medical Insurance | 2288 (90.4%) | 213 (93.0%) | 1.688 | 0.194 |
Shenzhen Family Medical Insurance | 84 (3.3%) | 19 (8.3%) | 14.49 | 0.0001 | |
Commercial medical insurance | 106 (4.2%) | 13 (5.7%) | 1.128 | 0.288 | |
Out-of-pocket payment | 197 (7.8%) | 9 (3.9%) | 4.515 | 0.034 | |
Others | 27 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2.467 | 0.163* | |
Direct relatives diagnosed with cervical cancer | Yes | 43 (1.7%) | 1 (0.4%) | 2.24 | 0.276 |
Awareness of HPV and HPV vaccines | Yes | 1284 (50.7%) | 101 (44.1%) | 3.688 | 0.055 |
Mother vaccinated against HPV | Yes | 446 (17.6%) | 79 (34.5%) | 28.829 | < 0.0001 |