Table 1.

Sample Vaccination and Demographic Characteristics, NIS-Teen, 2008–2014

	N	Weighted %	Weighted Mean	Standard Deviation
HPV vaccination
Initiation (≥ 1 doses)	31,113	38.0	–	–
Female	24,676	48.5	–	–
Male	6,437	19.7	–	–
Completion (≥ 3 doses)	18,913	22.4	–	–
Female	16,147	30.6	–	–
Male	2,766	8.3	–	–
Vaccination authority type
No authority	61,155	76.5	–	–
Prescription only	4,199	5.8	–	–
Protocol	11,756	14.9	–	–
Independent authority	3,905	2.8	–	–
School entry requirements
Tdap vaccination	53,713	68.3	–	–
Meningococcal vaccination	23,714	25.8	–	–
Child characteristics
Sex
Male	31,949	36.7	–	–
Female	49,066	63.3	–	–
Age
13 years old	16,338	19.6	–	–
14 years old	16,814	20.1	–	–
15 years old	16,400	20.8	–	–
16 years old	16,577	20.9	–	–
17 years old	14,886	18.6	–	–
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	55,463	60.1	–	–
Non-Hispanic Black	8,162	16.0	–	–
Hispanic	10,452	16.4	–	–
Other or Unspecified	6,938	7.5	–	–
Health care visits	80,556	–	2.83	0.01
Receipt of Influenza vaccine (current season)	3,722	3.9	–	–
Receipt of Tdap vaccine	69,120	85.1	–	–
Receipt of meningococcal vaccine	55,644	67.5	–	–
Insurance
Private	46,750	50.6	–	–
Medicaid	21,095	31.9	–	–
Other public insurance	8,518	9.9	–	–
Uninsured	3,773	6.4	–	–
Unspecified or missing	879	1.2	–	–
Parent characteristics
Mother's education
Less than high school	7,573	11.9	–	–
High school diploma	15,127	25.7	–	–
Some college	22,444	26.6	–	–
College degree or higher	35,871	35.9	–	–
Household characteristics
Income
Less than 25,000	13,302	22.0	–	–
$25,001 – $50,000	14,678	20.5	–	–
$50,001 – $75,000	12,736	15.0	–	–
$75,0000 or more	35,651	35.4	–	–
Unspecified or missing	4,648	7.1	–	–
Household size	81,015	–	4.40	0.01
Number of children	81,015	–	1.80	0.00