Characeristics of participants n (%) Knowledge about HPV and related illnesses (%)
Yes No
Age 18-20y 430 (43) 184 (43) 246 (57)
  >20y 249 (36.7) 76 (31) 173 (69)
Gender M 225 (33.1) 104 (46) 121 (54)
  F 454 (66.9) 346 (76) 108 (24)*
Faculty Medicine 271 (39.9) 227 (84) 44 (16)*
  Nursing Sciences 317 (46.1) 182 (57) 135 (43)
  Humanities (economics, literature) 23 (3.4) 2 (9) 21 (91)
  Cultural Studies 21 (3.1) 11 (52) 10 (48)
  Sciences 47 (6.9) 6 (13) (87)
Grade 1st 220 (32.4) 86 (39) 134 (61)
  2nd 252 (37.1) 131 (52) 121 (48)
  3rd 136 (20.0) 118 (87) 18 (13)*
  4th 71 (10.5) 41 (58) 30 (42)
Hometown Shikoku(Kochi) 348 (51) 123 (35) 225 (65)
  Other regions 327 (48) 137 (42) 190 (58)
  Foreign countries 4 (1) 0 (0) 4 (100)
Table 1: Characteristics of participants according to knowledge on HPV and HPV-related illnesses. HPV: Human Papillomavirus; n: Number of students; M: Male; F: Female; y: Year; *p<0.05.