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Table 2 Women’s awareness and attitudes before intervention by education level and age

From: Effect of a group educational intervention on rural Chinese women’s knowledge and attitudes about human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccines

Item

 

Years of Education

 

Age

 

All

≤9 years

>9 years

 

≤45 years

>45 years

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P

n (%)

n (%)

P

Have you ever heard of HPV?(N = 913)

Yes

54 (5.9)

22 (2.9)

32 (22.4)

<0.001 b

40 (6.8)

14 (4.3)

0.114b

No

859 (94.1)

748 (97.1)

111 (77.6)

545 (93.2)

314 (95.7)

Total

913

770

143

 

585

328

 

Have you ever heard of cervical cancer?(N = 913)

Yes

575 (63.0)

445 (57.8)

130 (90.9)

<0.001 b

416 (71.1)

159 (48.5)

<0.001 b

No

338 (37.0)

325 (42.2)

13 (9.1)

169 (28.9)

169 (51.5)

Total

913

770

143

 

585

328

 

If there are prophylactic vaccines, are you willing to vaccinate your daughter?(N = 636*)

Yes

523 (82.2)

453 (81.5)

70 (87.5)

0.241b

323 (83.7)

200 (80.0)

0.229b

No

108 (17.0)

98 (17.6)

10 (12.5)

60 (15.5)

48 (19.2)

Missing

5 (0.8)

5 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

 

3 (0.8)

2 (0.8)

 

Total

636

556

80

 

386

250

 

If there are prophylactic vaccines, are your willing to vaccinate yourself?(N = 585**)

Yes

470 (80.3)

394 (79.6)

76 (84.5)

0.249b

-

-

-

No

103 (17.6)

91 (18.4)

12 (13.3)

-

-

Missing

12 (2.1)

10 (2.0)

2 (2.2)

    

Total

585

495

90

 

-

-

 
  1. *Only answered by women with daughter(s) **Only answered by women aged ≤45 years
  2. Boldface reflects statistical significance
  3. bχ2 test