Table 2.
Parent reasons for no intent for HPV vaccination among 13–17 year old adolescents by race/ethnicity (2008–2016) (N=90,866)
| Total (N=90,866) |
Non-Hispanic White only (n= 64,385) |
Hispanic (n= 9,952) |
Non-Hispanic Black only (n= 8,759) |
Non-Hispanic Other race (n= 7,770) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freq (w%) | Freq (w%) | Freq (w%) | Freq (w%) | Freq (w%) | ||
| Not needed or not necessary | 19903 (22.4) | 14481 (22.9) | 1853 (19.8) | 1927 (23.4) | 1642 (21.3) | 0.0003 |
| Provider did not recommend | 13837 (16.2) | 9384 (15.1) | 1660 (18.7) | 1381 (16.5) | 1412 (20.0) | <0.001 |
| Lack of knowledge | 12802 (15.6) | 8411 (14.1) | 1767 (20.0) | 1479 (17.7) | 1145 (16.2) | <0.001 |
| Teen is not sexually active | 12199 (13.7) | 9043 (14.6) | 1111 (10.2) | 1085 (13.3) | 960 (13.0) | <0.001 |
| Safety concerns | 9736 (10.8) | 7122 (11.4) | 1020 (9.9) | 870 (9.8) | 724 (9.3) | 0.001 |
| Not appropriate age/ provider indicated could vaccinate at older age | 4554 (5.1) | 3357 ( 5.5) | 468 (4.6) | 344 (4.1) | 385 (4.6) | 0.003 |
| Child is male | 4002 (5.1) | 3053 (5.5) | 312 (3.3) | 354 (4.9) | 283 (4.8) | <0.001 |
| Family/parental decision | 2798 (3.2) | 1966 (3.1) | 267 (2.8) | 353 (4.3) | 212 (3.1) | 0.001 |
| More info/new vaccine | 2038 (2.3) | 1517 (2.5) | 183 (2.1) | 201 (2.3) | 137 (1.8) | 0.28 |
| Other reason | 1610 (1.8) | 1119 (1.8) | 192 (1.9) | 159 (1.8) | 140 (1.6) | 0.92 |
| Costs or underinsured | 1458 (1.8) | 1035 (1.7) | 221 (2.7) | 82 (1.2) | 120 (1.6) | <0.001 |
| Not a school requirement | 1566 (1.8) | 1028 (1.6) | 220 (2.5) | 159 (1.8) | 159 (2.3) | 0.002 |
| Child fearful | 977 (1.2) | 737 (1.3) | 99 (1.2) | 59 (0.5) | 82 (1.2) | 0.01 |
| Child should make decision | 891 (1.1) | 587 (1.0) | 140 (1.4) | 89 (1.2) | 75 (0.9) | 0.17 |
| Don’t believe in immunizations | 744 (0.9) | 545 (0.9) | 77 (0.7) | 74 (1.2) | 48 (0.6) | 0.07 |
| No doctor or doctor’s visit not scheduled | 754 (0.9) | 548 (0.8) | 94 (0.9) | 66 (1.1) | 46 (0.7) | 0.46 |
| Handicapped/special needs/illness | 616 (0.6) | 454 (0.7) | 71 (0.6) | 45 (0.5) | 46 (0.6) | 0.42 |
| Religion/orthodox | 529 (0.6) | 410 (0.7) | 49 (0.5) | 22 (0.3) | 48 (0.7) | 0.18 |
| Already planned | 17 (0.5) | 12 (0.3) | 0 | 2 (0.6) | 3 (3.1) | NA |
| Concern about increasing sexual activity | 378 (0.4) | 284 (0.4) | 37 (0.3) | 27 (0.2) | 30 (0.3) | 0.08 |
| Effectiveness concern | 284(0.3) | 217 (0.3) | 32 (0.3) | 22 (0.3) | 13 (0.2) | 0.60 |
| Already up-to date | 175 (0.2) | 109 (0.2) | 27 (0.2) | 23 (0.3) | 16 (0.3) | 0.21 |
| College shot | 68 (0.1) | 57 (0.1) | 4 (0.02) | 2 (0.001) | 5 (0.1) | 0.01 |
| Time | 84 (0.1) | 55 (0.1) | 16(0.1) | 6 (0.1) | 7 (0.03) | 0.49 |
| Vaccine not available in provider’s office | 113 (0.1) | 70 (0.1) | 19 (0.1) | 6 (0.1) | 18 (0.1) | 0.96 |
| Already sexually active | 31 (0.1) | 19 (0.1) | 5 (0.03) | 4 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 0.79 |
| No ob/gyn | 24 (0.04) | 20 (0.04) | 4 (0.07) | 0 | 0 | NA |
w% = Percent weighted to account for sampling methods, Freq = Frequency