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Table 1 Population characteristics

From: Uptake of three doses of HPV vaccine by primary school girls in Eldoret, Kenya; a prospective cohort study in a malaria endemic setting

Population characteristics

Number

Percentage and Confidence Interval

Age

12 (IQR: 10–13)

 

Religion

 Christian

2853/2875

99.20% (95%CI: 99.0–99.5%)

 Muslim

22/ 2875

0.80% (95%CI .0.5–1.2)

Caregiver

 Female

2154/3000

71.8% (95%CI: 70.2–73.4)

 Male

843/3000

28.1% (95% CI: 26.5–29.7)

Knowledge

 Knowledge of Pap Smear tests

786/2913

27% (95%CI: 25.4–28.6)

 HPV knowledge among caregivers

824/2853

28.90% (95%CI:.27.2–30.6)

 Female caregiver having had cytological screening

307/ 2126

14.40% (95%CI: 13.0–16.0)

Vaccines

 Childhood vaccines

2808/ 2994

93.80% (95%CI: 92.9–.94.6)

 HPV second dose

1933/ 3026

63.80% (95%CI: 62.13–65.6)

 HPV third dose

1182/ 3026

39.10% (95%CI: 37.3–40. 8)

Mean time between second HPV dose and first dose

33 days (SD 22.7)

Mean time between third HPV dose and second dose

148 days (SD: 17.5)

Median time elapsed between first and last HPV dose

175 days (IQR: 168–182)