Factors associated with acceptance of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and cervical cancer among female adolescents Years in Debre Tabor Town, 2021
| Variables | Acceptance of HPV vaccine | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Positive (N, %) | Negative (N, %) | |||
| Age | ||||
| 13–15 | 334 (65.7%) | 136 (43.3%) | 2.48 (1.65, 3.73)* | 1.34(.64, 2.82) |
| 16–19 | 176 (34.5%) | 178 (56.7%) | 1 | |
| Place of birth | ||||
| Urban | 316 (62.0%) | 166 (52.9 | 1.45(.97, 2.17)* | 1.55 (1.15,1.95)† |
| Rural | 194 (38.0%) | 148 (47.2%) | 1 | 1 |
| Fathers’ educational status | ||||
| No formal education | 302 (59.2%) | 228 (55.8%) | 1 | 1 |
| Primary education | 96 (18.8%) | 44 (14.0%) | 1.71(.98, 3.00) | 1.96(.83, 4.60) |
| Secondary and above | 112 (22.0%) | 32 (10.2%) | 2.75 (1.50,5.05)* | 2.80 (1.18, 5.65)† |
| Mothers’ educational status | ||||
| No formal education | 356 (69.8%) | 220 (70.1%) | 1 | 1 |
| Primary education | 124 (24.3%) | 78 (24.8%) | 0.98(.61, 1.56) | 0.55(.27, 1.11) |
| Secondary and above | 30 (5.9%) | 16 (5.1%) | 1.15(.47, 2.82) | 1.20(.32, 4.43) |
| Had source of information | ||||
| Yes | 446 (87.5%) | 176 (56.1%) | 5.46 (3.35,8.88)* | 2.14 (1.05, 4.32)† |
| No | 64 (12.5%) | 138 (43.9%) | 1 | 1 |
| Fear of HPV infection | ||||
| Yes | 374 (73.3%) | 210 (66.9%) | 1.36(.88, 2.10) | 1.45(.94, 3.66) |
| No | 136 (26.7%) | 104 (33.1%) | 1 | 1 |
| Did you take the HPV vaccine? | ||||
| Yes | 298 (58.4%) | 232 (73.9%) | 0.49(.32, .76)* | 0.29(.15, .56) |
| No | 212 (41.6%) | 82 (26.1%) | 1 | 1 |
| The attitude towards the HPV vaccine | ||||
| Negative | 168 (32.9%) | 114 (36.3%) | 1 | 1 |
| Positive | 342 (67.1%) | 200 (63.7%) | 1.16(.76, 1.76) | 1.28(.68, 2.42) |
| knowledge of the HPV vaccine | ||||
| Poor | 102 (20.0%) | 234 (74.55%) | 1 | 1 |
| Good | 408 (80.0%) | 80 (25.5%) | 11.7 (7.29,18.76)* | 6.41 (3.45, 11.90)† |
*Significant at p<0.05 in bivariable logistic regression.
†Significant at p<0.05 in multivariable logistic regression.
COR, Crude odd ratio.