Table 1 Characteristics of the study population; Italy, 2012
From: Exploring reasons for non-vaccination against human papillomavirus in Italy
| Â | Â | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Birth Cohort (N = 1738) | 1997 | 167 | 9.6 |
| Â | 1998 | 1571 | 90.4 |
Geographic area (N = 1729) | North | 1390 | 80.4 |
| Â | Centre | 207 | 12.0 |
| Â | South | 132 | 7.6 |
Nationality (N = 1726) | Italian | 1659 | 96.1 |
| Â | Foreign | 67 | 3.9 |
Other paediatric vaccinations (N = 1715) | Yes, all proposed by paediatrician/vaccination service | 1393 | 81.2 |
Yes, some of them | 304 | 17.7 | |
No | 18 | 1.04 | |
MMR vaccination (N = 1692) | 1 dose | 332 | 19.6 |
| Â | 2 doses | 1124 | 66.4 |
| Â | No MPR vaccination | 191 | 11.3 |
| Â | I do not remember | 45 | 2.7 |
Parents' nationality (N = 1705) | Both Italian | 1516 | 88.9 |
| Â | Both foreign | 62 | 3.6 |
| Â | Italian/Foreign | 30 | 1,8 |
| Â | Other | 97 | 5.7 |
Parents' age (N = 1712) | < 45 years, both parents | 498 | 29.1 |
| Â | < 45 years, both parents | 727 | 42.5 |
|  | < 45/ ≥45 | 397 | 23.2 |
| Â | Other | 90 | 5.3 |
Parents' education level (N = 1717) | High school or college degree, both parents | 879 | 51.2 |
High school or college/primary or middle school degree | 452 | 26.3 | |
Primary or middle school degree, both parents | 290 | 16.9 | |
Other | 96 | 5.6 | |
Parents' status of employment (N = 1663) | Both parents employed | 1111 | 66.8 |
| Â | Only one parent employed | 499 | 30.0 |
| Â | Both parents unemployed | 17 | 1,0 |
| Â | Other | 36 | 2.2 |
Adolescents (>16 years) in the family (N = 1714) | ≥1 | 642 | 37.5 |
0 | 1072 | 62.5 | |
Parents' smoking habit (N = 1727) | At least 1 non/ex smoker parent | 1614 | 93.5 |
Other | 113 | 6.5 | |
Mother' attitude toward Pap test (N = 1673) | She regularly undergoes | 1469 | 87.8 |
She underwent at least once | 160 | 9.5 | |
| Â | Never done | 44 | 2.7 |
Parent who filled the questionnaire (N = 1713) | Mother | 1265 | 73.8 |
Father | 76 | 4.4 | |
| Â | Both parents | 372 | 21.7 |