A Semi-Qualitative Study of Attitudes To Vaccinating Adolescents Against Human Papillomavirus Without Parental Consent

Loretta Brabin1, Stephen A Roberts2, and Henry C Kitchener1

1Academic Unit of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Research floor, St. Mary's Hospital, Whitworth Park, Manchester, M13 0JH, UK
2Biostatistics Group, Division of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, M13 9PT, UK

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Table 1

Cross tabulation of parental responses to open and closed questions addressing the topic of vaccination without parental consent
Parents views (open question)
 		 A well-informed child could request vaccination at sexual health clinics without parental consent (closed question)
 
 

 		 Don't know
 		 Strongly disagree
 		 Disagree
 		 Agree
 		 Strongly agree
 		 Total (n)
 
Positive
 		 3
 		 0
 		 0
 		 68
 		 28
 		 99
 
Less Positive
 		 4
 		 41
 		 46
 		 6
 		 0
 		 97
 
Other
 		 9
 		 6
 		 17
 		 12
 		 4
 		 48
 
Total (n) 16 47 63 86 32 244
n is the number in each group