DOI: 10.5061/dryad.34tmpg4rq
title: Uptake of Human Papilloma Virus vaccine among young women living in fishing communities in Wakiso and Mukono districts, Uganda

description: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a preventable cause of cervical cancer, the
 most common cancer among women in Uganda. The Uganda Ministry of Health
 included the HPV vaccine in the free routine immunization schedule since
 2015. Five years after this policy, we assessed the uptake of the HPV
 vaccine and associated socio-demographic factors among young women living
 in fishing communities in Central Uganda in 2020. We analyzed secondary
 data from 94 young women aged 9–25 years who were recruited from the two
 fishing communities (Kasenyi landing site and Koome Island) in a primary
 implementation study that aimed to promote awareness of maternal and
 childhood vaccines. We assessed uptake of the HPV vaccine as the
 proportion of participants who self-reported to have ever received at
 least one dose of the HPV vaccine. We assessed the socio-demographic
 factors associated with HPV vaccine uptake using a modified Poisson
 regression model adjusted for clustering by study site in STATA version
 17. The mean (standard deviation) age of study participants was 21.1 (3.1)
 years and most (81.9%) of them were from Kasenyi landing site. The uptake
 of the HPV vaccine was 10.6% [95% Confidence Interval (CI) 5.6,
 18.9].  After adjusting for covariates, being 20–25 years old
 (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] 0.18, 95%CI 0.06, 0.59) and of Catholic
 religion (aPR 5.55, 95%CI 1.53, 20.16) were significantly associated with
 HPV vaccine uptake. The HPV vaccine uptake was very low, despite the
 reported 99% national coverage of HPV vaccination program for the first
 dose at the end of 2019. Age and religion were shown to be important
 determinants of the HPV vaccine uptake. Reasons for very low uptake of HPV
 vaccinations need to be carefully assessed to find effective strategies to
 improve it.
description: This was a secondary analysis of data collected from a larger
 implementation project that aimed at increasing awareness of maternal
 vaccines  in fishing communities of Wakiso and Mukono districts in
 Uganda.  This data was extracted from the main datasets
 by the data manager, no identifying infromation was included.
 Data analysis was done in STATA version 17.0 (Texas
 USA).
description: # Uptake of Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine among young women in fishing
 communities in Wakiso and Mukono districts, Uganda This dataset is a STATA
 file (created in STATA version 17.0). It contains all the variables used
 in the analysis that gave rise to the findings reported in this
 Manuscript. Variable descriptions and the value labels are provided in the
 file. ## Description of the data and file structure The data are in the
 form of a STATA file with an extension of "dta". It can be
 opened in STATA software. The value for each variable is already defined
 with the respective value labels and also the variable descriptions are in
 this dataset ## Sharing/Access information Some variables in the data like
 actual age, religion, tribe and number of children were not included in
 this data set to preserve confidentiality. However, data on these
 variables can be accessed by contacting the corresponding author Data can
 also be accessed by contacting the corresponding author at
 ## STATA Codes The analysis codes were
 developed in STATA version 17.0 (Texas, USA) software. The analysis for
 descriptive variables was all done in the survey window (survey data
 analysis methods) to adjust for the multi-stage sampling design used in
 the study. The modified Poisson regression models were also developed
 using the survey data analysis methods (in the survey window) to adjust
 for multi-stage sampling design. In these models, the linearized standard
 errors were used (as they adjust for the multi-stage sampling design)
 Detail of the coding are available in a separate file