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Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2017 Apr 28;35(23):3104–3115. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.04.028

Table 4.

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

Characteristic Vaccine awareness
Influenza
% (95% CI)
Pneumococcal
% (95% CI)
Hepatitis B
% (95% CI)
Td or Tdap
% (95% CI)
Shingles
% (95% CI)
HPV
% (95% CI)
Total 94.1 (92.7–95.2) 66.2 (63.7–68.6) 64.3 (61.8–66.8) 86.3 (84.5–87.9) 59.3 (56.7–61.8) 59.6 (57.0–62.2)
Age
 19–26 years NA NA NA NA NA 65.8 (58.2–72.6)
 ≥27 yearsa NA NA NA NA NA 58.6 (55.9–61.3)
 19–49 yearsa 92.1 (89.9–93.9) 56.9 (53.3–60.5) 66.8 (63.3–70.2) 85.5 (82.9–87.9) NA NA
 50–64 years 96.3 (94.2–97.7)b 70.8 (66.5–74.7)b 63.3 (58.6–67.7) 87.2 (84.2–89.7) NA NA
 ≥65 years 96.6 (93.6–98.3)b 86.6 (81.9–90.1)b 58.6 (52.4–64.5)b 87.3 (82.9–90.7) NA NA
 19–59 yearsa NA NA NA NA 53.9 (50.8–56.9) NA
 ≥60 years NA NA NA NA 73.4 (68.8–77.5)b NA
Sex
 Malea 93.9 (91.9–95.4) 61.9 (58.2–65.5) 59.3 (55.6–63.0) 83.4 (80.7–85.9) 53.5 (49.7–57.3) 50.9 (47.1–54.7)
 Female 94.3 (92.2–95.9) 70.1 (66.6–73.3)b 69.0 (65.4–72.3)b 89.0 (86.5–91.0)b 64.6 (61.0–68.0)b 67.7 (64.3–71.0)b
Race/ethnicity
 Hispanic 90.3 (85.9–93.4)b 52.0 (46.7–57.3)b 56.6 (51.2–61.8)b 77.1 (71.9–81.6)b 43.8 (38.7–49.1)b 55.9 (50.6–61.2)
 Non-Hispanic whitea 95.2 (93.3–96.6) 71.1 (67.7–74.4) 65.3 (61.8–68.8) 91.0 (88.6–92.9) 64.4 (60.8–67.9) 61.5 (57.9–65.0)
 Non-Hispanic black 91.4 (88.0–93.9)b 60.7 (55.7–65.4)b 65.8 (61.1–70.3) 72.3 (67.6–76.6)b 53.7 (48.9–58.4)b 54.1 (49.3–58.8)b
 Other 96.1 (93.8–97.5) 59.9 (55.3–64.2)b 68.7 (64.4–72.7) 85.5 (82.1–88.3)b 54.2 (49.6–58.6)b 59.2 (54.7–63.5)
Marital status
 Married or unmarried couplea 95.2 (93.5–96.4) 68.8 (65.7–71.8) 65.6 (62.3–68.7) 89.4 (87.4–91.1) 62.8 (59.5–65.9) 60.5 (57.2–63.7)
 Divorced, widowed, or separated 95.8 (92.8–97.5) 72.6 (66.7–77.9) 61.6 (55.2–67.6) 87.3 (82.9–90.7) 64.1 (57.8–69.9) 55.6 (49.1–61.8)
 Never married 90.0 (85.7–93.2)b 54.3 (48.6–59.9)b 63.1 (57.4–68.4) 77.4 (72.3–81.7)b 46.4 (40.8–52.1)b 60.3 (54.6–65.6)
Education level
 ≤High schoola 93.4 (91.1–95.2) 65.4 (61.5–69.2) 58.5 (54.4–62.4) 80.3 (77.1–83.2) 55.3 (51.2–59.4) 50.3 (46.2–54.4)
 Some college or technical school 92.9 (89.1–95.5) 62.9 (57.0–68.4) 62.1 (56.1–67.8) 86.1 (81.4–89.7)b 56.1 (50.1–61.9) 61.5 (55.6–67.1)b
 College graduate or higher education 95.5 (93.3–97.0) 68.9 (64.9–72.6) 72.0 (68.2–75.5)b 92.9 (90.8–94.6)b 65.4 (61.4–69.2)b 68.7 (64.8–72.3)b
Employment
 Employeda 94.3 (92.4–95.7) 60.8 (57.3–64.1) 66.0 (62.6–69.2) 87.6 (85.3–89.6) 57.3 (53.8–60.7) 64.0 (60.6–67.2)
 Unemployed 89.0 (81.3–93.8) 56.6 (47.5–65.3) 56.8 (47.6–65.5) 78.2 (69.9–84.8)b 41.6 (33.1–50.5)b 54.6 (45.4–63.4)
 Not in work force 94.9 (92.6–96.6) 76.8 (73.0–80.2)b 63.5 (59.2–67.6) 86.2 (83.0–88.8) 66.4 (62.2–70.4)b 54.0 (49.6–58.3)b
Annual household income
 <$25,000a 88.5 (84.1–91.8) 61.7 (56.0–67.1) 57.4 (51.5–63.0) 76.3 (71.1–80.7) 51.4 (45.6–57.2) 52.8 (47.0–58.5)
 $25,000–$74,999 95.7 (93.8–97.0)b 69.3 (65.5–72.9)b 65.8 (61.8–69.6)b 87.7 (85.2–89.9)b 62.3 (58.3–66.2)b 58.5 (54.4–62.5)
 ≥$75,000 95.3 (93.0–96.9)b 65.4 (61.2–69.3) 66.3 (62.2–70.2)b 89.9 (87.0–92.2)b 60.3 (56.1–64.3)b 64.0 (59.9–67.9)b
Region
 Northeasta 95.1 (90.9–97.4) 73.1 (67.5–78.0) 66.7 (60.5–72.4) 87.5 (83.0–90.9) 62.7 (56.5–68.6) 68.0 (62.0–73.4)
 Midwest 93.4 (89.5–96.0) 66.6 (60.7–72.1) 65.1 (59.2–70.6) 87.1 (82.7–90.5) 58.5 (52.5–64.3) 57.5 (51.5–63.2)b
 South 93.8 (91.5–95.5) 66.5 (62.4–70.4) 61.5 (57.2–65.5) 85.1 (82.0–87.7) 59.7 (55.5–63.8) 57.4 (53.1–61.6)b
 West 94.4 (91.6–96.3) 60.0 (54.9–64.9)b 66.4 (61.3–71.1) 86.7 (82.9–89.7) 56.6 (51.5–61.7) 58.9 (53.7–63.8)b
Metropolitan Statistical Area
 Yesa 93.8 (92.2–95.1) 65.6 (62.9–68.2) 65.1 (62.4–67.8) 86.1 (84.2–87.8) 59.4 (56.6–62.2) 60.8 (58.0–63.5)
 No 95.7 (92.2–97.6) 69.4 (62.6–75.4) 59.7 (52.6–66.5) 87.5 (82.1–91.5) 58.4 (51.3–65.1) 52.8 (45.8–59.7)b
Persons with medical conditionsc
 Yes 97.1 (94.9–98.4)b 80.9 (76.5–84.7)b 64.6 (59.4–69.5) 89.6 (86.4–92.1)b 67.5 (62.4–72.2)b 53.1 (47.8–58.2)b
 Noa 93.0 (91.1–94.5) 60.9 (57.8–63.9) 65.6 (62.6–68.6) 85.8 (83.5–87.8) 56.2 (53.0–59.3) 62.6 (59.6–65.6)
Health-care personneld
 Yes 94.4 (88.5–97.4) 69.8 (60.3–77.9) 77.0 (68.2–84.0)b 89.7 (83.2–93.9) 65.7 (56.2–74.1) 76.9 (68.7–83.5)b
 Noa 94.2 (92.7–95.4) 66.0 (63.4–68.6) 63.6 (60.9–66.1) 86.2 (84.3–87.9) 58.9 (56.2–61.5) 58.6 (55.9–61.2)
Health insurance
 Private 95.2 (93.5–96.4)b 66.7 (63.6–69.7)b 67.1 (64.0–70.0)b 89.3 (87.2–91.1)b 61.1 (57.9–64.2)b 62.5 (59.3–65.5)
 Public only 93.3 (90.2–95.4) 69.2 (64.4–73.7)b 61.0 (55.9–66.0) 82.3 (78.4–85.7) 60.3 (55.2–65.2)b 53.1 (47.9–58.2)
 Nonea 89.4 (82.5–93.8) 50.2 (41.0–59.3) 52.1 (42.8–61.2) 74.3 (65.8–81.4) 39.4 (30.7–48.9) 57.3 (48.1–66.1)
Provider visit for health care in the past 12 months
 Yes 95.3 (93.9–96.4) 69.6 (67.0–72.2)b 65.6 (62.8–68.3) 87.9 (86.0–89.5) 62.4 (59.6–65.1)b 60.7 (57.9–63.5)
 Noa 88.9 (76.2–95.2) 53.0 (41.1–64.7) 64.6 (52.0–75.4) 84.7 (73.1–91.9) 48.6 (36.9–60.5) 64.7 (52.6–75.2)
Unable to receive vaccine due to cost in the past 12 months
 Yes 96.9 (92.6–98.7) 74.9 (64.8–82.8) 57.7 (46.2–68.5) 84.6 (76.3–90.4) 64.5 (53.3–74.4) 66.3 (55.2–75.8)
 Noa 94.5 (93.1–95.7) 66.5 (63.9–69.0) 65.5 (62.8–68.1) 87.4 (85.6–89.1) 59.7 (56.9–62.3) 60.2 (57.4–62.8)
Unable to receive vaccine because insurance did not cover in the past 12 months
 Yes 96.4 (91.9–98.4) 66.0 (54.1–76.2) 42.3 (31.0–54.5)b 81.9 (72.5–88.6) 63.2 (51.5–73.6) 52.2 (40.3–64.0)
 Noa 94.7 (93.2–95.8) 67.0 (64.3–69.5) 66.3 (63.6–68.9) 87.3 (85.5–89.0) 59.8 (57.1–62.5) 60.6 (57.9–63.2)
Living with a child <18 years
 Yes 93.4 (90.7–95.4) 61.9 (57.4–66.2)b 69.4 (65.0–73.4) 88.4 (85.4–90.8) 54.4 (49.8–58.9) 69.7 (65.5–73.7)
 Noa 94.4 (92.7–95.7) 68.3 (65.2–71.1) 61.9 (58.7–65.0) 85.3 (83.0–87.4) 61.6 (58.5–64.7) 54.7 (51.5–57.9)
a

Reference group.

b

p < 0.05 by T test compared to reference level.

c

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).

d

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.