Table 5 Factors predictive of acceptance of the HPV vaccine, analyzed by binary logistic regression
B | SE | OR | 95% CI | Sig. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dependent variable: acceptance of mothers (n = 60) | |||||
The HPV vaccine is safe | 2.315 | 0.720 | 10.126 | 2.468–41.542 | 0.001 |
Daughters asked to have the HPV vaccination | 2.150 | 0.576 | 8.582 | 2.777–26.518 | <0.001 |
Difficult to find a provider or clinic that has the vaccine available | 2.060 | 0.585 | 7.848 | 2.493–24.705 | <0.001 |
The HPV vaccine might cause lasting health problems | 1.762 | 0.577 | 5.825 | 1.879–18.058 | 0.002 |
Do not want daughters to be stigmatized as promiscuous | –1.987 | 0.575 | 0.137 | 0.044–0.423 | 0.001 |
Consider their daughters still too young for the vaccine | –1.104 | 0.465 | 0.332 | 0.133–0.824 | 0.018 |
Dependent variable: acceptance of daughters (n = 62) | |||||
Can prevent most HPV infections | 1.836 | 0.602 | 6.274 | 1.927–20.423 | 0.002 |
The side-effects of the HPV vaccine are unknown since the vaccine is relatively new | 1.402 | 0.509 | 4.062 | 1.499–11.006 | 0.006 |
The HPV vaccine costs more their parents can pay | 1.356 | 0.503 | 3.880 | 1.448–10.397 | 0.007 |
The HPV vaccine is effective at preventing cervical cancer | –2.059 | 0.701 | 0.128 | 0.032–0.504 | 0.003 |
The safety of the vaccine has not yet been confirmed | –1.548 | 0.489 | 0.213 | 0.082–0.554 | 0.002 |
The HPV vaccine might cause lasting health problems | –1.051 | 0.522 | 0.349 | 0.126–0.971 | 0.044 |