Table 3.
Vaccine intentions and reasons for vaccination decision among partially vaccinated teens 13–17 y old, by sex – National Immunization Survey-Teen, United States, 2013.
| Overall |
Girls |
Boys |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Do you plan to have your teen receive all 3 HPV shots?* | 1959 | 910 | 1049 | ||||
| Yes | 1869 | 94.6 (92.1–96.4) | 854 | 92.5 (88.6–95.2) | 1015 | 96.4 (92.5–98.3) | 0.07 |
| No/Don't know |
90 |
5.4 (3.6–7.9) |
56 |
7.5 (4.8–11.4) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Reasons why teen hasn't received all 3 shots yet** | 1869 | 854 | 1015 | ||||
| Intend to complete but have not yet | 1228 | 60.7 (56.3–64.9) | 538 | 59.3 (53.1–65.2) | 690 | 61.8 (55.5–67.7) | 0.57 |
| Clinician did not recommend/did not know additional shots needed | 199 | 12.3 (9.5–15.6) | 94 | 15.0 (10.3–21.5) | 105 | 10.0 (7.4–13.4) | 0.12 |
| Difficulty making/getting to appointments/ transportation problem | 108 | 6.0 (4.3–8.3) | 55 | 7.2 (4.6–10.9) | 53 | 5.0 (3.0–8.4) | 0.31 |
| Forgot to return for additional shots | 94 | 5.4 (3.7–8.0) | 45 | 3.8 (2.3–6.2) | 49 | 6.7 (4.0–11.1) | 0.15 |
| Other reason | 85 | 5.2 (3.7–7.3) | 43 | 4.8 (3.1–7.4) | 42 | 5.5 (3.4–9.0) | 0.67 |
NA = not available; estimates not reported due to small cell sizes. CI = confidence interval. HPV = human papillomavirus.
*
Restricted to partially vaccinated (1- or 2-dose) teens. Parents who reported they were not likely at all to vaccinate their teen in the next 12 months and that their teen would never be vaccinated against HPV did not answer this question.
**
Not asked of respondents who reported not planning to have their teen receive all 3 HPV doses (n = 90). Only the top 5 reported reasons are presented.