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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 Apr;25(4):593–602. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1243

Table 2. Demographic Characteristics Reported by Parent and Child Participants by Study Group (N=337).

Variable Flu Vaccine
(Comparison)
(N=163)
n (%)
HPV Vaccine
(Intervention)
(N=174)
n (%)
Total
(N=337)
Parent variables
Age (M ± SD) 42.5 ± 6.6 44.5 ± 6.6 43.5 ± 6.7
Female Gender 151 (92.6) 160 (92.0) 311 (92.3)
Non-Hispanic White 160 (98.2) 171 (98.3) 332 (98.5)
Marital Status
 Married/Living as Married 146 (89.6) 155 (89.1) 301 (89.3)
 Other 17 (10.4) 19 (10.9) 36 (10.7)
Highest level of education completed
 High School or less 45 (27.6) 52 (29.9) 97 (28.8)
 Some College/Associate's degree 61 (37.4) 61 (35.1) 122 (36.2)
 College degree/Graduate degree 57 (35.0) 61 (35.0) 118 (35.0)
Employment status
 Full/Part-time 95 (58.3) 118 (67.8) 213 (63.4)
 Disabled/Unemployed/Retired 67 (40.7) 56 (32.2) 123 (36.6)
Annual household income
 <$30K 23 (20.5) 23 (18.0) 46 (19.2)
 $30K-$69,999 51 45.5) 54 (42.2) 105 (43.8)
 $70K+ 38 (34.0) 51 (39.8) 89 (37.0)
Health insurance
 No 14 (8.6) 16 (9.2) 30 (8.9)
General health
 Excellent/Very good 80 (53.7) 86 (55.4) 166 (54.6)
 Good 44 (29.5) 46 (29.7) 90 (29.6)
 Fair/Poor 25 (16.8) 23 (14.9) 48 (15.8)
Smoking status
 Never 96 (64.4) 105 (68.2) 201 (66.3)
 Former 27 (18.1) 29 (18.8) 56 (18.5)
 Current 26 (17.5) 20 (13.0) 46 (15.2)
Years since Pap test
 0-3 117 (86.0) 124 (89.2) 241 (87.6)
 4+ 19 (14.0) 15 (10.8) 34 (12.4)
Child variables
Age (M ± SD)
White, non-Hispanic
Ever received Flu vaccine 96 (58.9) 90 (51.7) 186 (55.2)
Received Tdap Vaccine 130 (94.9) 147 (94.8) 277 (94.9)
Received MCV Vaccine 34 (24.8) 44 (28.4) 78 (26.7)
County Clinic as Usual Source of Care 30 (18.4) 20 (11.4) 50 (14.8)
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Totals may not sum to stated sample size due to missing data. Tdap=combined Tetanus, Diptheria and Pertusiss vaccines); MCV=Meningococcal vaccine