Factors associated with knowledge of human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) among female adolescents in Debre Tabor Town, 2021
| Variables | Knowledge of the HPV vaccine | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Good (N, %) | Poor (N, %) | |||
| Age | ||||
| 13–15 | 304 (62.3%) | 166 (49.4%) | 1.69 (1.13, 2.51)* | 1.70 (1.17, 3.88) |
| 16–19 | 184 (37.7%) | 170 (50.6%) | 1 | 1 |
| Place of birth | ||||
| Urban | 306 (62.7) | 176 (52.4) | 1.52 (1.02, 2.27)* | 1.06(.62, 1.81) |
| Rural | 182 (37.3) | 160 (47.6) | 1 | 1 |
| Grade level | ||||
| 7 and 8 | 552 (76.2) | 110 (26) | 1 | |
| 9 and 10 | 136 (23.7) | 226 (73.2) | 0.22(.07, .17)* | 0.20(.058.15) |
| Fathers’ educational status | ||||
| Non-formal education | 318 (65.2) | 222 (66.1) | 1 | |
| Primary education | 86 (17.6) | 54 (16.1) | 1.21(.69,2.11)* | 1.20(.99, 3.12) |
| Secondary and above | 84 (17.2) | 60 (17.8) | 1.26(.70, 2.27) | 1.37(.62, 3.02) |
| Did you take the HPV vaccine? | ||||
| Yes | 302 (61.9) | 228 (67.9) | 0.76 (.50,1.16) | 0.80(.51, 1.24) |
| No | 186 (38.1) | 108 (32.1) | 1 | 1 |
| Fear of HPV infection | ||||
| Yes | 374 (76.6) | 210 (62.5) | 1.96 (1.28, 3.02)* | 1.50(.94, 2.39) |
| No | 114 (23.4) | 126 (37.5) | 1 | 1 |
| Having HPV vaccine information | ||||
| Yes | 422 (86.5) | 200 (59.5) | 4.34 (2.69,7.02)* | 1.94 (1.06, 3.22)† |
| No | 66 (13.5) | 136 (40.5) | 1 | 1 |
| HPV vaccine attitude | ||||
| Positive | 340 (70.0) | 202 (61.1) | 1.52 (1.00, 2.30)* | 1.05 (0.46, 2.23) |
| Negative | 148 (30.0) | 134 (39.9) | 1 | |
*Significant at p<0.05 in bivariable logistic regression.
†Significant at p<0.05 in multivariable logistic regression.
COR, Crude odd ratio.