Table 2 Logistic regression analysis for maternal willingness to vaccinate their children

Age (yrs)

  ≤25

164

61 (59.2)

1.00

  26-35

292

91 (37.1)

1.16 (0.37-3.7)

0.06

0.80

  36-45

282

96 (41.2)

0.35 (0.18-0.68)

9.45

0.00

  >45

253

99 (51.3)

0.46 (0.25-0.87)

5.76

0.02

Education level

  ≤High school

408

154 (49.36)

1.00

  > High school

703

229 (41.11)

0.93 (0.53-1.6)

0.07

0.79

Occupation

  Skilled professionals

821

278 (42.25)

1.00

  Manual laborers

132

53 (51.46)

0.52 (0.16-1.8)

1.10

0.29

  Others

64

25 (50.00)

1.2 (0.29-4.9)

0.05

0.82

Household registration

  Rural

112

39 (50.65)

1.00

  Urban

707

241 (43.11)

0.91 (0.29-2.9)

0.02

0.88

History of childbirth

  No

524

172 (41.55)

1.00

  Yes

408

159 (46.90)

0.98 (0.6-1.6)

0.01

0.94

Number of lifetime sexual partners

  1

668

231 (41.77)

1.00

  ≥2

87

43 (54.43)

2.0 (0.95-4.2)

3.3

0.1

Prior experience with vaccinations outside the EPI (e.g., flu vaccine)

  No

810

279 (42.27)

1.0

  Yes

266

100 (47.39)

1.0 (0.58-1.7)

<0.001

1.0

Fear of developing cervical cancer

  No

222

62 (35.23)

1.0

  Yes

586

243 (49.90)

1.8 (1.06-3.2)

4.6

0.0

Voluntarily sought out HPV-related information

  No

981

344 (42.95)

1.0

  Yes

82

39 (55.71)

1.4 (0.64-3.2)

0.8

0.4