Sample characteristics of those who had and had not heard of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing (n=1473)
| USA | UK | AUS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total heard of HPV (n=617) | Not aware of HPV testing (n=234) | Aware of HPV testing (n=383) | Total heard of HPV (n=404) | Not aware of HPV testing (n=227) | Aware of HPV testing (n=177) | Total heard of HPV (n=452) | Not aware of HPV testing (n=270) | Aware of HPV testing (n=182) | |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 45.12 (15.47) | 48.30 (14.5) | 43.17 (15.8)** | 39.96 (14.17) | 40.62 (14.35) | 39.12 (13.94) | 47.87 (14.73) | 47.81 (14.94) | 47.95 (14.46) |
| Sex (n (%)) | |||||||||
| Male | 253 (41.0) | 98 (41.9) | 155 (40.5) | 155 (38.4) | 88 (38.8) | 67 (37.9) | 164 (36.6) | 87 (32.2) | 77 (42.3)* |
| Female | 364 (59.0) | 136 (58.1) | 228 (59.5) | 249 (61.6) | 139 (61.2) | 110 (62.1) | 288 (63.7) | 183 (67.8) | 105 (57.7) |
| Relationship status (n (%)) | |||||||||
| Single | 201 (32.6) | 73 (31.2) | 128 (33.4) | 128 (31.7) | 71 (31.3) | 57 (32.2) | 120 (26.5) | 60 (22.2) | 60 (33.0) |
| Dating | 51 (8.3) | 15 (6.4) | 36 (9.4) | 43 (10.6) | 24 (10.6) | 19 (9.7) | 34 (7.5) | 24 (8.9) | 10 (5.5) |
| Cohabiting | 50 (8.1) | 19 (8.1) | 31 (8.1) | 69 (17.1) | 40 (17.6) | 29 (16.4) | 67 (14.8) | 44 (16.3) | 23 (12.6) |
| Married | 315 (51.1) | 127 (54.3) | 188 (49.1) | 164 (40.6) | 92 (40.5) | 72 (40.7) | 231 (51.1) | 142 (52.6) | 89 (48.9) |
| Ethnicity† (n (%)) | |||||||||
| Majority | 527 (85.4) | 199 (85.0) | 328 (85.6) | 332 (82.2) | 196 (86.3) | 136 (76.8)* | 347 (76.8) | 215 (79.6) | 132 (72.5) |
| Minority | 90 (14.6) | 35 (15.0) | 55 (14.4) | 72 (17.8) | 31 (13.7) | 41 (23.2) | 105 (23.2) | 55 (20.4) | 50 (27.5) |
| Education‡ (n (%)) | |||||||||
| High | 248 (40.2) | 80 (34.2) | 168 (43.9)* | 178 (44.2) | 96 (42.3) | 82 (46.3) | 120 (26.5) | 58 (21.5) | 62 (34.1)* |
| Medium | 227 (36.8) | 84 (35.9) | 143 (37.3) | 149 (37.0) | 82 (36.1) | 67 (37.9) | 165 (36.5) | 103 (38.1) | 62 (34.1) |
| Low | 142 (23.0) | 70 (29.9) | 72 (18.8) | 76 (18.9) | 48 (21.1) | 28 (15.8) | 167 (36.9) | 109 (40.4) | 58 (31.8) |
| Daughter 9–17 years | 85 (13.8) | 36 (15.3) | 49 (12.8) | 72 (17.9) | 48 (21.1) | 24 (13.6) | 75 (16.6) | 35 (13.0) | 40 (22.1)* |
| Had HPV vaccine§ | 43 (11.8) | 11 (8.1) | 32 (14.0) | 21 (8.4) | 9 (6.5) | 12 (10.9) | 43 (14.9) | 30 (16.4) | 13 (12.4) |
*Significant at p<0.05.
**Significant at p<0.001.
†Majority in USA=white non-hispanic, UK=white British, AUS=Australian.
‡Education was coded as follows:
High: college graduate/graduate school (USA), degree/postgraduate degree (UK), any university education (AUS). Medium: some college/associate degree (USA), vocational/A-levels/other qualification<degree (UK), vocational qualification (AUS). Low: high school, Continuing Education Diploma or below (USA); no formal education/GCSEs (UK); no formal education/high school (AUS).
§Women only.