Attitudes towards HPV and COVID school-entry policies among adults living in Puerto Rico

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of participants in this study (n = 222).

Variables	n (%)	Variables	n (%)
Age (median; range)	34; 21–70	Health insurance
<34 years	106 (47.75)	Private insurance	129 (58.11)
≥34 years	116 (52.25)	Public insurance	83 (37.39)
Sex		No insurance	7 (3.15)
Female	194 (87.39)	Don’t know	1 (0.45)
Male	28 (12.61)	Missing	2 (0.90)
Marital status		Children
Single or never married	91 (40.99)	No children	90 (40.54)
Partnered	107 (48.20)	Children<18 y.o.	99 (44.59)
Divorced or separated	23 (10.36)	Children between 11–16	46 (20.72)
Don’t know	1 (0.45)	Children older than 18 y.o.	30 (13.51)
Highest educational degree		Missing	3 (1.35)
≥ Associate degree	179 (80.63)	COVID vaccine status
< Associate degree	42 (18.91)	Completed doses	178 (80.18)
Don’t know	1 (0.45)	Partial doses	16 (7.21)
Employment status		None	3 (1.35)
Employed	165 (74.32)	Missing	25 (11.26)
Employed full-time	135 (60.81)
Employed part-time	30 (13.51)
Unemployed	42 (18.92)
Retired	12 (5.41)
Don’t know	3 (1.35)
Annual Household income
< $25,000	114 (51.35)
$25,000–$49,999	55 (24.77)
≥ $50,000	43 (19.37)
Don’t know	8 (3.60)
Missing	2 (0.90)

Table 2. HPV and COVID vaccines knowledge and attitudes for school-entry policy.

Variables	Descriptive	Statistic
Knowledge	Mean ± SD; range	Paired t-test;p-value
HPV vaccine knowledge	1.92 ± 0.85; 0–3	−10.03; p < .001
COVID vaccine knowledge	2.50 ± 0.57; 1–3
Attitudes	n (%)	X^2; p-value^a
HPV vaccine school-entry policy		40.87; p < .001
Yes	156 (70.3)
No	36 (16.2)
Do not know	14 (6.3)
Missing	16 (7.2)
COVID vaccine school-entry policy
Yes	136 (61.3)
No	43 (19.4)
Do not know	17 (7.7)
Missing	26 (11.7)

^aParticipants’ attitudes were recoded (Yes vs No & Do not know) for the purpose of the X² analysis.

Figure 1. Most trusted source of information for HPV vaccine and COVID vaccine among Puerto Ricans (n = 206).

Figure 2. Least trusted source of information for HPV vaccine and COVID vaccine among Puerto Ricans (n = 204).

Table 3. Magnitude of the association between the agreement for the HPV and COVID vaccines requirements for school-entry.

Agreement for an HPV vaccine requirement	Agreement for a COVID vaccine requirement (n)^a		Prevalence Ratio (95% CI)
	Yes	No	Crude	Adjusted^b
Yes	121	28	1.91 (1.44–2.51)*	1.96 (1.48–2.61)*
No or I don’t know	15	32	1.00	1.00

^a26 participants did not responded agreement questions.

^bAdjusted for age, sex, education, and having children between age 11 and 16.

*p-value < .05.