Table 3.
Main reasons for not being interested in vaccination among unvaccinated women (18–26 years) by insurance coverage and family income
| Reason a | Insurance coverage Wgtd % | Family income (% of federal poverty line) d Wgtd % | |||||||
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| Total b (n=988) | Private (n=445) | Public (n=263) | None (n=276) | P c | ≥200% (n=363) | 100%–<200% (n=206) | <100% (n=324) | P c | |
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| Do not need | 39.6 | 39.5 | 37.0 | 41.8 | .475 | 42.2 | 39.5 | 36.2 | .393 |
| Do not know enough | 12.7 | 10.2 | 14.5 | 16.2 | .020* | 10.5 | 13.7 | 15.3 | .086 |
| Worried about safety | 12.0 | 14.8 | 10.6 | 8.1 | .192 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 13.3 | .859 |
| Doctor did not recommend | 7.2 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 4.9 | .606 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 5.5 | .571 |
| Not sexually active | 6.7 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 5.8 | .076 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 8.1 | .495 |
| Too old for vaccine | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 5.3 | .624 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | .495 |
| Already have vaccine | 2.9 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 2.5 | .637 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | .907 |
| Too expensive | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 5.3 | .125 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | .498 |
| Others d | 11.2 | 12.1 | 13.7 | 6.9 | .019* | 12.6 | 10.1 | 10.0 | .283 |
| Do not know | 1.8 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.2 | .006* | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | .063 |
Wgtd; weighted
a
, All responses of the reasons were mutually exclusive
b
, Included unvaccinated women who were not interested in vaccination or responded “don’t know” to this information.
c
, Chi-square test was used (* P <.05 considered statistically significant)
d,
Women with unknown family income (n=94) were excluded
e,
Included “don’t know about the place to get vaccine”, “spouse/family member against it”, and “other”