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. 2015 Dec 22;15:1278. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2657-6

Table 1.

Sample characteristics of un-/under vaccinated girls (n = 355)

Reason not givena Reason givena and unvaccinated Reason givena and under vaccinated
(n = 96) (n = 202) (n = 57)
Ethnicity
White 23 (24.0) 61 (30.2) 18 (31.6)
Black 37 (38.5) 64 (31.7) 12 (21.1)
Asian 21 (21.9) 34 (16.8) 17 (29.8)
Other 14 (14.6) 39 (19.3) 10 (17.5)
Missing 1 (1.0) 4 (2.0) 0 (0)
Religion
None 11 (11.5) 48 (23.8) 14 (24.6)
Christian 54 (56.3) 89 (44.1) 20 (35.1)
Muslim 27 (28.1) 45 (22.3) 17 (29.8)
Other 4 (4.2) 19 (9.4) 5 (8.8)
Missing 0 (0) 1 (0.5) 1 (1.8)
Practising religion b
Yes 48 (56.5) 100 (65.8) 28 (65.1)
No 36 (42.4) 49 (32.2) 14 (32.6)
Missing 1 (1.2) 3 (2.0) 1 (2.3)
FAS c
Low affluence 68 (70.8) 132 (65.4) 40 (70.2)
High affluence 23 (24.0) 67 (33.2) 15 (26.3)
Missing 5 (5.2) 3 (1.5) 2 (3.5)

a Reason to explain girls’ vaccination status

b. Among those who reported having a religion

c. FAS = Family Affluence Scale