Parents’ willingness to vaccinate their daughters with human papillomavirus vaccine and associated factors in Debretabor town, Northwest Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study

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Table 1. Socio-demographic, knowledge, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control characteristics of study participant in Debre-tabor town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021/22 (n = 721).

Variables	Category	Willingness		Frequency (%)
		Willing	No willing
Age group of participants in year	≤29	13	5	18 (2.5)
	30–39	239	54	293 (40.6)
	≥40	318	92	410 (56.9)
Sex	Male	237	63	300 (41.6)
	Female	333	88	421 (58.4)
Relation-ship	Father	235	63	298 (41.3)
	Mother	333	84	417 (57.8)
	Other^a	2	4	6 (0.8)
Religion	Orthodox	538	145	683 (94.7)
	Muslim	32	6	38 (5.3)
Current marital status	Single	27	5	32 (4.4)
	Married	506	122	628 (87.1)
	Divorced	24	17	41 (5.7)
	Widowed	13	7	20 (2.8)
Educational status	No formal education	110	71	181 (25.1)
	Primary education	68	25	93 (12.9)
	Secondary education	117	20	137 (19)
	College and above	275	35	310 (43)
Occupation	House wife	149	53	202 (28)
	Merchant	138	46	184 (25.5)
	Government employee	225	24	249 (34.5)
	Self-employee	55	24	79 (11)
	Other^b	3	4	7 (1)
Average monthly income	<2000 ETB	21	5	26 (3.6)
	2000–4000 ETB	180	71	251 (34.8)
	>4000 ETB	369	75	444 (61.6)
Media exposure	Not exposed	18	28	46 (6.4)
	Exposed	552	123	675 (93.6)
Knowledge	Poor	255	134	389 (54)
	Good	315	17	332 (46)
Attitude	Negative	153	125	278 (38.6)
	Positive	417	26	443 (61.4)
Subjective Norm	Negative	167	61	228 (31.6)
	Positive	403	90	493 (68.4)
Perceived behavioral control	Negative	155	118	273 (37.9)
	Positive	415	33	448 (62.1)

Key: ^aGuardians/caregivers, ^bDaily laborer.

Table 2. Reproductive and other health-related characteristics of study participant in Debre-tabor town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021/22 (n = 721).

Variables	Category	Willingness		Frequency (%)	p - value
		Willing	No willing
Number of daughters	One	460	117	577 (80)	.38
	More than one	110	34	144 (20)
Family member infected with cervical cancer	Yes	5	1	6 (0.8)	.79
	No	565	150	715 (99.2)

Table 3. Perceived reasons of parents not to vaccinate their daughters for HPV vaccine among parents having daughters aged between 9 and 14 years old in Debre Tabor town, Northwest Ethiopia, in 2021/22.

Perceived reasons of parents	Category	Willingness		Frequency (%)	p - value
		Willing	No willing
Not informed by health care providers	Yes	9	58	67 (56.8)	.19
	No	3	48	51 (43.2)
Worried about safety of the vaccine	Yes	3	83	86 (72.9)	.001
	No	9	23	32 (27.1)
Does not trust on the efficacy of the vaccine	Yes	2	23	25 (21.2)	.69
	No	10	83	93 (78.8)
Do not know where or how to access the vaccine	Yes	5	44	49 (41.5)	.99
	No	7	62	69 (58.5)
May expose adolescents to risky sexual behavior	Yes	1	5	6 (5.1)	.59
	No	11	101	112 (94.9)
Believe no need of vaccinating them	Yes	6	49	55 (46.6)	.80
	No	6	57	63 (53.4)

Table 4. Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with parents’ willingness for HPV vaccination in Debre Tabor town, northwest Ethiopia, 2021/22 (n = 721).

Variables	Category	Willingness		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Willing	No willing
Educational status	No formal education	110	71	1	1
	Primary education	68	25	1.76 (1.02, 3.03)	1.16 (0.59, 2.28)
	Secondary education	117	20	3.78 (2.16, 6.61)	1.68 (0.85, 3.32)
	Collage and above	275	35	5.07 (3.19, 8.04)	0.67 (0.27, 1.62)
Marital status	Single	27	5	1	1
	Married	506	122	0.77 (0.29, 2.04)	0.71 (0.21, 2.43)
	Divorced	24	17	0.26 (0.08, 0.82)	0.26 (0.06, 1.16)
	Widowed	13	7	0.34 (0.09, 1.29)	0.67 (0.13, 3.39)
Occupation	House wife	149	53	1	1
	Marchant	138	46	1.07 (0.68, 1.69)	0.87 (0.49, 1.53)
	Government- employee	225	24	3.34 (1.97, 5.64)	1.61 (0.66, 3.95)
	Self-employee	55	24	0.82 (0.46, 1.45)	0.84 (0.4, 1.73)
	Others	3	4	0.27 (0.06, 1.23)	1.88 (0.29, 12.11)
Media exposure	Not exposed	18	28	1	1
	Exposed	552	123	6.98(3.74, 13.02)	2.74 (1.31, 5.71)*
Knowledge	Poor	255	134	1	1
	Good	315	17	9.74 (5.73, 16.56)	2.85 (1.54, 5.29)*
Attitude	Negative	153	125	1	1
	Positive	417	26	13.10 (8.26, 20.78)	5.10 (3.01, 8.66)**
Subjective Norm	Negative	167	61	1	1
	Positive	403	90	1.64 (1.13, 2.37)	1.25 (0.77, 2.01)
Perceived-behavioral control	Negative	155	118	1	1
	Positive	415	33	9.57 (6.24, 14.69)	4.75 (2.96, 7.60)**

**p- value ≤ .001, *p- value ≤ .05.

Abbreviations: AOR= Adjusted odds ratio, COR = Crude odds ratio, CI = Confidence interval.