Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and SMS text message experiences of the study sample.
| Characteristics | Caregivers (N=1439), n (%) |
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| Child ethnicity |
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Not Hispanic or Latino | 1184 (82.3) |
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Hispanic or Latino | 255 (17.7) |
| Child racea |
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White | 906 (64.7) |
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Black | 274 (19.6) |
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Asian | 123 (8.8) |
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Otherb | 97 (6.9) |
| Child age |
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6-23 months | 1355 (94.2) |
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2-8 years old | 84 (5.8) |
| Child healtha |
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Excellent | 984 (68.6) |
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Very good | 353 (24.6) |
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Good, fair, or poor | 97 (6.76) |
| Child insurance typea |
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Commercial insurance | 907 (63.1) |
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Public insurance or uninsuredc | 531 (36.9) |
| Caregiver relation to childa |
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Mother | 1277 (88.8) |
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Father, grandparent, or other | 161 (11.2) |
| Caregiver agea |
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<30 years | 484 (34.6) |
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30-34 years | 502 (35.9) |
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35-39 years | 308 (22) |
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>40 years | 106 (7.6) |
| Caregiver educationa |
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Masters or doctorate | 338 (23.5) |
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Associates or bachelors | 522 (36.3) |
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Vocational school or some college | 257 (17.9) |
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High school or less | 320 (22.3) |
| Preferred language for SMS text messages |
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English | 1357 (94.3) |
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Spanish | 82 (5.7) |
| Texting plan typea |
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Limited | 104 (7.2) |
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Unlimited | 1331 (92.8) |
| Texting frequencya |
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Send or receive texting everyday | 1313 (91.5) |
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Send or receive texting<every day or never | 122 (8.5) |
| Influenza season |
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2017-2018 | 257 (17.9) |
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2018-2019 | 1182 (82.1) |
aNot all 1439 survey participants answered this item.
bThe children, who were reported as being Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (n=5), American Indian or Alaska Native (n=9) or were more than one race (n=83), were collapsed into one “Other” category.
cAcross both seasons there were few uninsured survey participants (n=11); for analysis this category was combined with the publicly insured participants.