Table 4.

Parent or other accompanying adult’s survey responses and their association with vaccinations due at the encounter.

		All		Tdap/Td				P	MCV				P	HPV				P
		N	%	N	%	N	%		N	%	N	%		N	%	N	%
Parent question	Response1			Not due		Due			Not due		Due			Not due		Due
Have you ever DELAYED a vaccine for this teen for reasons other than illness or allergy?	Yes	25	7.0	23	7.7	2	3.5	0.5	19	7.3	6	6.3	0.8	8	5.0	17	8.7	0.05
	No	318	89.6	265	88.9	53	93.0		233	89.6	85	89.5		142	89.3	176	89.8
	I don’t know	12	3.4	10	3.4	2	3.5		8	3.1	4	4.2		9	5.7	3	1.5
Have you ever SKIPPED a vaccine for this teen for reasons other than illness or allergy?	Yes	19	5.3	15	4.9	4	7.0	0.8	11	4.2	8	8.2	0.2	8	4.9	11	5.6	0.7
	No	333	92.2	281	92.4	52	91.2		245	92.8	88	90.7		152	93.3	181	91.4
	I don’t know	9	2.5	8	2.6	1	1.8		8	3	1	1.0		3	1.8	6	3.0
How sure are you that following the doctor’s recommended shot schedule is a good idea for your teen?	0–5	29	8.8	22	7.8	7	14.6	0.3	20	8.2	9	10.5	0.7	12	8.0	17	9.4	0.9
	6–7	27	8.2	23	8.2	4	8.3		19	7.8	8	9.3		12	8.0	15	8.3
	8–10	274	83.0	237	84	37	77.1		205	84	69	80.2		126	84.0	148	82.2
It is my role as a parent to question vaccines	Agree	336	94.6	283	95	53	93.0	0.8	245	94.2	91	95.8	0.8	149	93.7	187	95.4	0.4
	Disagree	11	3.1	9	3	2	3.5		9	3.5	2	2.1		7	4.4	4	2.0
	Not sure	8	2.3	6	2	2	3.5		6	2.3	2	2.1		3	1.9	5	2.6
Teens get more vaccines than are good for them	Agree	92	25.7	77	25.7	15	25.9	0.3	68	26.2	24	24.5	0.4	49	30.4	43	21.8	0.07
	Disagree	151	42.2	131	43.7	20	34.5		114	43.8	37	37.8		69	42.9	82	41.6
	Not sure	115	32.1	92	30.7	23	39.7		78	30	37	37.8		43	26.7	72	36.5
I believe that many of the illnesses that vaccines prevent are severe	Agree	292	81.1	241	79.8	51	87.9	0.4	207	79	85	86.7	0.2	129	80.6	163	81.5	0.2
	Disagree	21	5.8	19	6.3	2	3.4		18	6.9	3	3.1		13	8.1	8	4.0
	Not sure	47	13.1	42	13.9	5	8.6		37	14.1	10	10.2		18	11.3	29	14.5
It is better for my teenager to develop immunity (protection from disease) by getting sick than by getting a vaccine	Agree	58	16.3	50	16.7	8	14.3	0.05	44	17	14	14.6	0.8	32	19.9	26	13.4	0.1
	Disagree	246	69.3	212	70.9	34	60.7		177	68.3	69	71.9		103	64.0	143	73.7
	Not sure	51	14.4	37	12.4	14	25.0		38	14.7	13	13.5		26	16.1	25	12.9
Are you concerned that a vaccine might not prevent the disease?	Not concerned	179	50.0	150	49.7	29	51.8	0.007	132	50.2	47	49.5	0.02	80	50.0	99	50.0	0.9
	Concerned	141	39.4	126	41.7	15	26.8		110	41.8	31	32.6		64	40.0	77	38.9
	Not sure	38	10.6	26	8.6	12	21.4		21	8	17	17.9		16	10.0	22	11.1
I trust the information I receive from my teen’s doctor about vaccines	Agree	332	92.7	279	93	53	91.4	0.9	240	92.3	92	93.9	0.3	143	90.5	189	94.5	0.2
	Disagree	16	4.5	13	4.3	3	5.2		14	5.4	2	2.0		8	5.1	8	4.0
	Not sure	10	2.8	8	2.7	2	3.4		6	2.3	4	4.1		7	4.4	3	1.5
Are you concerned that your teen might have a serious side effect from a vaccine?	Not concerned	182	50.7	150	49.7	32	56.1	0.6	133	50.8	49	50.5	0.9	82	51.3	100	50.3	0.4
	Concerned	148	41.2	126	41.7	22	387.6		107	40.8	41	42.3		62	38.8	86	43.2
	Not sure	29	8.1	26	8.6	3	5.3		22	8.4	7	7.2		16	10.0	13	6.5
I think teens can get all of the vaccines that are due at a single visit	Agree	86	24.0	73	24.3	13	22.4	0.4	64	24.5	22	22.4	0.3	37	23.1	49	24.6	0.5
	Disagree	163	45.4	140	46.5	23	39.7		123	47.1	40	40.8		69	43.1	94	47.2
	Not sure	110	30.6	88	29.2	22	37.9		74	28.4	36	36.7		54	33.8	56	28.1
Are you concerned that one of the vaccines for teens might not be safe?	Not concerned	153	42.9	131	43.4	22	40.0	0.5	116	44.4	37	38.5	0.3	73	45.3	80	40.8	0.7
	Concerned	152	42.6	125	41.4	27	49.1		105	40.2	47	49.0		65	40.4	87	44.4
	Not sure	52	14.6	46	15.2	6	10.9		40	15.3	12	12.5		23	14.3	29	14.8
Do you know of anyone who has had a bad reaction to a vaccine?	Yes	48	13.3	35	11.6	13	22.4	0.09	33	12.6	15	15.3	0.1	18	11.2	30	15.1	0.5
	No	292	81.1	250	82.8	42	72.4		218	83.2	74	75.5		135	83.9	157	78.9
	I don’t know	20	5.6	17	5.6	3	5.2		11	4.2	9	9.2		8	5.0	12	6.0
The ONLY reason I have my teenager get vaccines is so they can attend school	Agree	47	13.0	37	12.2	10	17.2	0.4	33	12.5	14	14.3	0.4	21	13.0	26	13.1	0.08
	Disagree	310	85.9	262	86.5	48	82.8		226	85.9	84	85.7		137	84.6	173	86.9
	I don’t know	4	1.1	4	1.3	0	0		4	1.5	0	0		4	2.5	0	0
If you had another teen today, would you want that teen to get all the vaccines that the doctor recommends?	Yes	319	88.6	272	90.1	47	81.0	0.1	237	90.5	82	83.7	0.2	144	90.0	175	87.5	0.8
	No	13	3.6	9	3	4	6.9		8	3.1	5	5.1		5	3.1	8	4.0
	I don’t know	28	7.8	21	7	7	12.1		17	6.5	11	11.2		11	6.9	17	8.5
Overall, how unsure about vaccines for teens would you consider yourself to be?	Sure	232	65.7	195	65.9	37	64.9	0.9	166	64.6	66	68.8	0.3	103	65.6	129	65.8	0.9
	Unsure	88	24.9	73	24.7	15	26.3		63	24.5	25	26.0		38	24.2	50	25.5
	Don’t know	33	9.3	28	9.5	5	8.8		28	10.9	5	5.2		16	10.2	17	8.7
I am able to openly discuss my concerns about vaccines with my teen’s doctor	Agree	344	95.0	291	95.7	53	91.4	0.2	249	94.3	95	96.9	0.1	159	98.1	185	92.5	0.05
	Disagree	14	3.9	11	3.6	3	5.2		13	4.9	1	1.0		2	1.2	12	6.0
	Not sure	4	1.1	2	0.7	2	3.4		2	0.8	2	2.0		1	0.6	3	1.5
All things considered, how much do you trust your teen’s doctor?	0–5	18	5.0	16	5.3	2	3.6	0.9	13	4.9	5	5.3	0.9	9	5.7	9	4.5	0.3
	6–7	20	5.6	17	5.6	3	5.4		15	5.7	5	5.3		12	7.5	8	4.0
	8–10	319	89.4	268	89	51	91.1		235	89.4	84	89.4		138	86.8	181	91.4

Notes: P values are calculated using Fishers Exact Test. For Question on scale of 1–10, 1 equals ‘not sure’ or ‘do not trust’ and 10 ‘completely sure’ or ‘completely trust’. This scale applies only to the third and last survey items in the table.

¹Shaded response for each item reflects ‘relative hesitancy’.