Table 3.

Parents’ perceived convenience of their sons participating in a school vaccination day (n = 308)

	Perceived convenience, mean (standard deviation)	Bivariate β	Multivariate β
Parent characteristics
Sex
Female	3.58 (1.14)	Reference
Male	3.59 (1.11)	.00
Age
<45 years	3.70 (1.04)	Reference	Reference
345 years	3.42 (1.22)	3.12*	3.14*
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	3.63 (1.15)	Reference
Non-Hispanic black	3.69 (.93)	.02
Hispanic	3.45 (1.08)	3.06
Other race/ethnicity	3.36 (1.39)	3.05
Education
High school degree or less	3.65 (1.10)	Reference
Some college or more	3.54 (1.14)	3.05
Marital status
Divorced, widowed, separated, never married	3.65 (1.10)	Reference
Married or living with partner	3.57 (1.13)	3.03
Supports laws that let schools share vaccination records with health care providers
Disagree or unsure	3.05 (1.23)	Reference	Reference
Agree	3.88 (.95)	.35*	.32*
Son characteristics
Age
11–15 years	3.41 (1.17)	Reference	Reference
16–19 years	3.80 (1.03)	.17*	.15*
Saw health care provider in past year
No	3.62 (1.13)	.01
Yes	3.58 (1.13)	Reference
Ever received vaccines at school
No	3.52 (1.17)	Reference	Reference
Yes	3.95 (.87)	.13*	.09*
Do not know	3.80 (.63)	.05	.05
Type of school attending
Public school	3.59 (1.10)	Reference
Private school	3.56 (1.34)	3.01
Household characteristics
Annual household income
<$60,000	3.65 (1.08)	Reference
≥$60,000	3.53 (1.17)	3.05
Urbanicity
Rural	3.50 (1.38)	Reference
Urban	3.60 (1.07)	.03
Region of residence
West	3.37 (1.18)	Reference
Midwest	3.61 (1.16)	.09
Northeast	3.54 (1.14)	.06
South	3.72 (1.05)	.15

Betas are standardized regression coefficients. Multivariate regression included variables statistically significant in bivariate analyses. Response scale for convenience ranged from “strongly disagree” (coded as 1) to “strongly agree” (coded as 5).

^*p < .05.