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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2018 Nov 15;206:33–41.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.10.034

Table III.

HPV vaccination coverage of male adolescents aged 13-17 years in the US, by parental report of provider recommendation status, demographic, and access-to-care variables—NIS-Teen 2016

HPV vaccination coverage, % (95% CI)
Parental report of provider recommendation for vaccine
Percentage points difference*
Characteristics Overall Yes No
Total 57.3 (55.5-59.1) 68.8 (66.8-70.8) 35.4 (32.1-38.7)§ 33.5 (29.6-37.4)
Age, y
 13-15 55.8 (53.4-58.1) 67.1 (64.4-69.6) 35.4 (31.3-39.9) 31.6 (26.6-36.7)
 16-17 59.6 (56.7-62.4) 71.4 (68.0-74.5)§ 35.3 (30.3-40.6) 36.1 (30.0-42.2)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 51.3 (49.2-53.3) 64.9 (62.3-67.4) 24.1 (20.9-27.7) 40.8 (36.6-45.0)
 Non-Hispanic black 62.3 (57.5-66.9)§ 71.0 (65.2-76.2) 45.9 (37.5-54.5)§ 25.1 (15.0-35.3)
 Hispanic 69.1 (64.6-73.2)§ 77.5 (72.5-81.8)§ 53.7 (45.3-61.9)§ 23.8 (14.2-33.3)
 American Indian/Alaskan Native 54.6 (39.7-68.6) 57.3 (35.9-76.3) 49.7 (31.8-67.7)§ 7.5 (−20.9 to 36.0)
 Asian 55.6 (42.9-67.6) 73.3 (62.2-82.0) 30.7 (16.9-49.0) 42.6 (23.3-61.9)
 Other 58.2 (49.3-66.7) 67.5 (57.1-76.5) 41.8 (25.8-59.7)§ 25.8 (5.6-46.0)
Mother’s educational level
 Less than high school 70.1 (64.1-75.5) 78.3 (71.5-83.8) 58.4 (48.1-68.0) 19.9 (8.0-31.7)
 High school 58.6 (54.6-62.5)§ 72.7 (67.8-77.0) 39.5 (33.5-45.8)§ 33.2 (25.5-40.9)
 Some college or college graduate 53.9 (50.4-57.3)§ 65.4 (61.2-69.4)§ 30.5 (24.5-37.3)§ 34.9 (27.3-42.5)
 Beyond college graduate 54.5 (51.9-57.2)§ 66.7 (63.7-69.5)§ 25.0 (20.5-30.0)§ 41.7 (36.1-47.3)
Mother’s marital status
 Married 55.0 (52.9-57.1) 66.2 (63.7-68.6) 32.2 (28.3-36.3) 34.0 (29.3-38.7)
 Widowed/divorced/separated 57.0 (52.7-61.3) 70.4 (65.3-75.1) 33.4 (26.9-40.8) 37.0 (28.5-45.6)
 Never married 69.4 (63.0-75.2)§ 74.4 (66.5-80.9) 59.5 (46.9-70.9)§ 14.8 (0.6-29.1)
Mother’s age, y
 ≤34 63.6 (56.8-69.9) 77.1 (70.8-82.4) 47.7 (36.2-59.4) 29.4 (16.3-42.6)
 35-44 55.8 (53.0-58.6)§ 65.3 (61.9-68.5)§ 39.6 (34.8-44.6) 25.7 (19.7-31.6)
 ≥45 57.5 (54.9-60.0)§ 70.6 (67.7-73.2) 26.7 (22.5-31.3)§ 43.9 (38.7-49.1)
Country of birth
 Born in US 57.0 (55.1-58.8) 69.0 (66.9-71.0) 33.2 (29.9-36.6) 35.8 (31.9-39.7)
 Born outside US 61.3 (50.2-71.3) 64.9 (50.1-77.4) 57.6 (41.3-72.4)§ 7.3 (−14.0 to 28.6)
Income-to-poverty ratio, %
 <133 65.3 (61.8-68.6) 74.7 (70.5-78.5) 51.1 (45.1-57.1) 23.6 (16.3-30.8)
 133 to <322 54.7 (51.3-57.9)§ 67.6 (63.7-71.3)§ 31.1 (25.8-37.0)§ 36.4 (29.7-43.2)
 322 to <503 50.7 (47.0-54.4)§ 64.1 (59.6-68.4)§ 23.9 (17.8-31.3)§ 40.2 (32.1-48.2)
 >503 55.1 (51.3-58.9)§ 67.2 (63.1-71.0)§ 21.8 (16.5-28.2)§ 45.4 (38.3-52.5)
Medical insurance
 Private only 51.3 (49.0-53.7) 63.5 (60.8-66.1) 24.0 (20.2-28.4) 39.5 (34.6-44.4)
 Any Medicaid 66.3 (63.3-69.3)§ 77.8 (74.5-80.7)§ 48.6 (43.0-54.2)§ 29.1 (22.7-35.6)
 Other** 56.1 (49.7-62.3) 66.8 (58.5-74.1) 30.8 (21.7-41.7) 35.9 (23.1-48.7)
 Uninsured 55.7 (44.8-66.0) 74.3 (58.5-85.6) 38.6 (27.2-51.3)§ 35.7 (17.3-54.1)
Physician contacts within past year
 None 50.1 (44.7-55.5) 62.1 (55.3-68.5) 37.1 (29.2-45.7) 25.1 (14.4-35.7)
 1 55.1 (51.8-58.4)§ 66.4 (62.5-70.0) 31.9 (26.3-38.0) 34.5 (27.6-41.4)
 2-3 60.9 (58.0-63.8)§ 71.4 (67.9-74.6)§ 38.2 (32.7-44.0) 33.2 (26.6-39.7)
 ≥4 60.5 (56.6-64.4)§ 72.8 (68.6-76.6)§ 32.6 (25.8-40.3) 40.2 (31.8-48.5)
Well-child visit at age 11-12 y††
 Yes 63.0 (60.6-65.4) 71.5 (68.9-74.0) 41.6 (36.1-47.4) 29.9 (23.7-36.1)
 No 48.8 (45.0-52.6)§ 64.1 (59.1-68.9)§ 29.6 (24.8-34.8)§ 34.5 (27.5-41.6)
 Don’t know 54.9 (51.3-58.4)§ 67.3 (63.1-71.3) 33.1 (27.6-39.1)§ 34.2 (27.1-41.3)
Number of providers
 1 58.9 (56.5-61.2) 71.4 (68.8-73.8) 35.9 (31.8-40.2) 35.5 (30.5-40.4)
 2 54.9 (51.6-58.1) 65.5 (61.5-69.3) 33.8 (27.8-40.4) 31.7 (24.3-39.1)
 ≥3 55.3 (50.1-60.5) 64.9 (58.5-70.8) 35.9 (26.9-46.2) 29.0 (17.4-40.5)
MSA
 MSA central city 62.7 (59.7-65.6)§ 71.9 (68.6-75.1)§ 43.5 (37.7-49.5)§ 28.4 (21.6-35.2)
 MSA non-central city 55.9 (53.3-58.6)§ 67.6 (64.6-70.5) 33.4 (28.9-38.2)§ 34.2 (28.7-39.8)
 Non-MSA 45.0 (41.2-48.8) 62.4 (57.3-67.2) 21.0 (16.7-25.9) 41.4 (34.6-48.2)
Facility type
 All private facilities 56.8 (54.3-59.3) 68.3 (65.5-71.0) 33.1 (28.6-37.9) 35.3 (29.8-40.7)
 All public facilities 60.4 (55.7-64.9) 71.0 (65.0-76.2) 47.5 (40.0-55.2)§ 23.5 (13.9-33.0)
 All hospital facilities 61.6 (56.5-66.4) 73.7 (68.4-78.4) 37.1 (26.9-48.6) 36.6 (24.5-48.7)
All STD/school/teen clinics or other facilities 53.3 (35.8-70.1) 71.2 (54.7-83.6) ‡‡ ‡‡
 Mixed§§ 56.0 (51.8-60.0) 68.8 (63.8-73.3) 30.1 (23.9-37.1) 38.7 (30.5-46.8)
 Other¶¶ 37.8 (24.5-53.2)§ 41.5 (25.9-59.0)§ ‡‡ ‡‡
*

Difference between provider recommendation vs no provider recommendation.

P< .05 by the t test comparing provider recommendation vs no provider recommendation.

Reference level.

§

P< .05 by the t test compared with the reference level.

Insurance categories are mutually exclusive.

**

Includes IHS, military, CHIP, and some private.

††

Status of healthcare visit at age 11-12 years based on provider-reported data.

‡‡

Data are not reliable due to sample size <30 or relative standard error (standard error/estimate) > 0.3.

§§

Mixed indicates that the facility is identified to be in more than 1 of the facility categories, such as private, public, hospital, and STD/school/teen clinics.

¶¶

Includes military, WIC clinics, and pharmacies.