Table 1.

Demographic, health, health care employment, and health care access characteristics of adults aged ≥19 years participating in an Internet panel survey, on vaccination assessment and recommendations by providers at healthcare visits, United States, February–March 2015.

Characteristic	All adults
Characteristic	Sample (N)	Weighted^a %
Total	2683	100.0
Age
19–49 years	1198	54.9
50–64 years	767	26.3
≥65 years	718	18.8
Sex
Male	1282	48.2
Female	1401	51.8
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	636	15.1
Non-Hispanic white	793	65.6
Non-Hispanic black	613	11.5
Other	641	7.8
Marital status
Married or unmarried couple	1602	60.4
Divorced, widowed, or separated	516	16.7
Never married	565	22.9
Education level
≤high school	992	40.7
Some college or technical school	544	22.0
College graduate or higher education	1147	37.4
Employment
Employed	1411	56.1
Unemployed	203	8.1
Not in work force	1069	35.8
Annual household income
<$25,000	561	20.1
$25,000–$74,999	1127	38.9
≥$75,000	995	40.9
Region
Northeast	437	17.8
Midwest	474	21.6
South	1028	37.2
West	744	23.4
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Yes	2369	85.1
No	314	14.9
Conditions that increase risk for pneumococcal disease^a
Yes	823	30.0
No	1685	70.0
Health-care personnel^b
Yes	198	6.6
No	2473	93.4
Health insurance
Private	1729	67.2
Public only	757	25.3
None	186	7.5
Provider visit for health care in the past 12 months
Yes	2297	95.1
No	120	4.9
Unable to receive vaccine due to cost in the past 12 months
Yes	152	5.5
No	2428	94.5
Unable to receive vaccine because insurance did not cover in the past 12 months
Yes	139	5.2
No	2413	94.8
Living with a child <18 years
Yes	788	32.6
No	1895	67.4

Currently have one or more chronic medical conditions (a doctor, nurse, or other medical professional ever said that you have at least one of the following): lung or breathing problem (e.g., asthma or other chronic lung problem), any kind of liver condition, any kind of kidney condition, or any kind of heart condition (other than high blood pressure), diabetes or sugar diabetes (other than during pregnancy); and respond that still have that condition/those conditions), or currently have weakened immune system (a doctor, nurse, or other medical professional ever said that you have a weakened immune system, and still have that condition).

Volunteered or worked in a hospital, medical clinic, doctor’s office, dentist’s office, nursing home, pharmacy, or some other health-care facility in the past 12 months.