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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2015 Aug 18;99(1):147–153. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.08.016

Table 2.

Regression analysis of vaccine safety concemsa,b

Total sample (N = 761) African American (N = 239) Non-Hispanic White (N = 269) Mexican American (N = 253)

B SE
B
β sig. B SE
B
β sig. B SE
B
β sig. B SE
B
β sig.
Non-Hispanic White −.267 .090 −.132 .003 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Mexican American −.129 .088 −.063 .143 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Education −.162 .060 −.109 .007 −.109 .109 −.074 .317 −.194 .115 −.108 .092 −.247 .095 −.181 .010
Income −.010 .022 −.019 .635 .012 .037 .024 .752 −.062 .037 −.106 .097 .024 .041 .042 .553
Has healthcare coverage −.165 .111 −.056 .138 −.333 .192 −.117 .084 −.246 .318 −.049 .440 −.037 .144 −.017 .797
Age .012 .006 .069 .065 .007 .011 .040 .555 .002 .012 .010 .873 .024 .010 .157 .015

Important ways to get health information
    TV .067 .095 .029 .483 .114 .163 .050 .485 −.120 .210 −.041 .570 .126 .139 .066 .366
    Radio −.108 .186 −.022 .562 −.872 .456 −.126 .057 .047 .288 .011 .869 −.126 .293 −.029 .667
    Newspapers .049 .170 .011 .774 .989 .469 .143 .036 −.417 .262 −.104 .113 .332 .257 .085 .198
    Internet .113 .092 .051 .222 .227 .154 .106 .143 −.038 .172 −.015 .825 −.042 .155 −.021 .788
    Books/magazines .028 .104 .011 .789 −.443 .201 −.154 .028 .201 .186 .076 .280 .108 .161 .046 .504
    Talking with others .148 .085 .072 .081 −.213 .150 −.104 .156 .283 .146 .138 .054 .268 .147 .130 .069
    Community organizations .265 .338 .028 .433 (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b)
    Leaflets/flyers/folders −.099 .152 −.025 .516 −.168 .264 −.042 .525 (b) (b) (b) (b) −.069 .192 −.026 .720

Trust in source's opinion
    Mother .010 .015 .029 .503 .025 .031 .065 .433 −.052 .026 −.141 .050 .062 .023 .198 .008
    Female relatives .005 .019 .014 .805 .058 .037 .176 .117 −.023 .031 −.063 .461 −.016 .032 −.054 .625
    Female friends −.004 .019 −.011 .841 −.054 .034 −.166 .115 .056 .035 .138 .111 .003 .031 .009 .933
    Health care provider −.082 .024 −.135 .001 −.048 .038 −.087 .206 −.158 .049 −.232 .001 −.082 .040 −.137 .040
a

Higher scores indicate increased vaccine safety concerns

b

Item selected by < 5 participants