Table 2

Characteristics of the included participants of the Swiss National Vaccination Coverage Survey on human papillomavirus

CovariatesProportionTotal NVaccination
uptake (proportion)
N
Nationality
 Unknown0.1210510.66690
 Swiss0.7062540.513199
 Non-Swiss0.1916600.60991
Urbanisation levels*
 Rural0.1715490.49758
 Semi-urban0.1816500.53868
 Urban0.6457660.563254
SEP quartile*
 Lowest SEP0.2623640.591401
 Baseline SEP0.5347220.532504
 Highest SEP0.2118790.52975
Political opinion*
 Lowest acceptance0.2421770.38815
 Baseline acceptance0.5952850.593096
 Highest acceptance0.1715030.64969
Religious denomination*
 No majority0.4640990.572326
 ≥50% Protestant0.119730.45435
 ≥50% Catholic0.4338930.542119
Language region*
 German speaking0.6659410.492930
 French speaking0.2724370.681658
 Italian speaking0.075870.5292
School-based vaccination†
 No0.3329360.371084
 Yes0.6760290.633796
Survey period†
 2009–20100.2320640.46945
 2011–20130.4237930.542039
 2014–20160.3531080.611896
  • *Municipality level covariate.

  • †Cantonal level covariate.

  • HPV, human papillomavirus; SEP, socioeconomic position.