Parent Attitudes regarding Orthodontists’ Role as Potential Administrators of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccines

Table 1

Parent and children demographic characteristics (N = 275).

Parent characteristics	n	(%)
Sex
Male	54	(20.4)
Female	22	(79.6)
Age (in years)
21–30 y	7	(2.5)
31–40 y	118	(42.9)
41–50 y	110	(40.0)
51–60 y	32	(11.6)
>60 y	8	(2.9)
Educational attainment
Less than high school	75	(27.2)
High school graduate	105	(38.2)
Bachelor’s degree	70	(25.5)
Master’s degree	15	(5.5)
Doctoral degree	5	(1.8)
Missing^a	5	(1.8)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic whites	33	(12.0)
Non-Hispanic blacks	27	(9.8)
Hispanic	196	(71.3)
Others^b	18	(6.5)
Missing^a	1	(0.4)
Chosen language of survey
English	123	(44.7)
Spanish	152	(55.3)
Relationship to child
Father	51	(18.5)
Mother	216	(78.5)
Legal guardian	8	(3.0)
Insurance status
No (self-pay)	230	(83.6)
Yes (Medicaid)	45	(16.4)
Child characteristics
Sex
Male	126	(45.8)
Female	149	(54.2)
Age
11–12 y	87	(31.6)
13–15 y	148	(53.8)
16–17 y	40	(14.6)

^aDid not answer the question. ^bOther race includes parents who identified themselves as Asian, more than one race, or none of these.