Table 1.
Characteristics of participated unvaccinated 13–17-year-old children in NIS-Teen from 2008–2016 (N=143,721).
| All (N=143,721) |
No intention to vaccinate (n=90,866) |
Unvaccinated (n=52,855) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (se) | Mean (se) | Mean (se) | ||
| Age in years of teen | 14.9 (0.01) | 15.0 (0.01) | 14.9 (0.01) | |
| Frequency (w%) | Frequency (w%) | Frequency (w%) | ||
| Sex of adolescent | <0.001 | |||
| Male | 79466 (53.6) | 52095 (55.1) | 27371(51.2) | |
| Female | 64255 (46.4) | 38771 (44.9) | 25484(48.8) | |
| Race of adolescent | <0.001 | |||
| Hispanic | 19117 (18.9) | 9952 (15.3) | 9165 (24.6) | |
| Non-Hispanic White only | 97056 (59.2) | 64385 (63.9) | 32671 (51.7) | |
| Non-Hispanic Only | 15043 (14.0) | 8759 (13.0) | 6284 (15.7) | |
| Non-Hispanic other and multi | 12505 (7.9) | 7770 (7.8) | 4735 (8.0) | |
| Region | <0.001 | |||
| Northeast | 24486 (16.0) | 14983 (15.9) | 9503 (16.2) | |
| Midwest | 31806 (22.7) | 20685 (23.7) | 11121 (21.1) | |
| South | 54292 (38.2) | 33702 (37.9) | 20590 (38.8) | |
| West | 33137 (23.1) | 21496 (22.5) | 11641 (23.9) | |
| Education level of mother | <0.001 | |||
| Less than 12 years | 13393 (13.1) | 6363 (9.5) | 7030 (18.8) | |
| 12 years | 27512 (25.2) | 16855 (24.3) | 10657 (26.6) | |
| More than 12 years, non-college graduate | 41623 (26.4) | 27421 (28.2) | 14202 (23.5) | |
| College graduate | 61193 (35.3) | 40227 (38.0) | 20966 (31.1) |
se = standard error, w% = Percent weighted to account for sampling methods