Table 1 Characteristics of the responders of our surveys.

From: A ninth-year follow-up survey of attitudes and behaviors of obstetricians and gynecologists toward HPV vaccination in Japan

Characteristics

Fifth survey (2023)

Fourth survey (2021)

p-value

n (%)

n (%)

Response rate

348/632(55.1)

340/567(60.0)

0.10

Gender

  

0.33

 Male

178(51.3)

187 (55.0)

 

 Female

169 (48.7)

151(44.4)

 

Age

  

0.87

 Twenties

16(4.6)

18(5.3)

 

 Thirties

83(23.9)

71(20.9)

 

 Forties

77(22.1)

80(23.5)

 

 Fifties

61(17.5)

68(20.0)

 

 Sixties

62(17.8)

55(16.2)

 

 Over seventy

48(13.8)

46(13.5)

 

Work status

  

0.53

 Employed as a doctor

232(66.7)

219(64.4)

 

 Owner of a clinic or hospital

100(28.7)

98(28.8)

 

 Other

15(4.3)

21(6.2)

 

Medical specially

  

0.95

 General obstetrics and gynecology

273(78.7)

257(75.6)

 

 Perinatal medicine

50(14.4)

50(14.7)

 

 Gynecologic oncology

34(9.8)

39(11.5)

 

 Reproductive and infertility medicine

26(7.5)

24(7.1)

 

 Other

18(5.2)

19(5.6)

 

Experienced in examining

  

0.12

 Yes

347(99.7)

335(98.5)

 

 No

1(0.3)

5(1.5)

 

Experienced the death

  

0.64

 Yes

306(99.7)

335(98.5)

 

 No

1(0.3)

5(1.5)

 

Have a child

  

0.32

 Yes

273(78.4)

302(88.8)

 

 No

75(21.6)

36(10.6)

 

Have a daughter aged 12 to 16

  

1.00

 Yes

28(8.0)

27(7.9)

 

 No

320(92.0)

313(92.1)

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