Table 2.
Participants’ perspective on vaccines and experience with medical encounter, stratified by gender.
| Female (N = 180) |
Male (N = 156) |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey questions | N | % | N | % | N | P* |
| Do you always get the vaccines your doctor recommends? | 0.03 | |||||
| Yes | 73 | 40.8 | 82 | 52.6 | 155 | |
| I think so | 80 | 44.7 | 63 | 40.4 | 143 | |
| No | 24 | 13.4 | 8 | 5.1 | 32 | |
| Other | 2 | 1.1 | 3 | 1.9 | 5 | |
| Missing | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 | |
| Who makes decisions about you being vaccinated?** | 0.60 | |||||
| Doctor | 17 | 9.5 | 19 | 12.3 | 36 | |
| Parents & Doctor | 103 | 57.5 | 78 | 50.3 | 181 | |
| Parents & me | 54 | 30.2 | 53 | 34.2 | 107 | |
| Parents, doctor & me | 5 | 2.8 | 5 | 3.2 | 10 | |
| Missing | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Who do you think has the biggest influence on if and when you are vaccinated? | 0.01 | |||||
| Doctor | 60 | 35.5 | 60 | 41.4 | 120 | |
| Father | 4 | 2.4 | 10 | 6.9 | 14 | |
| Me | 16 | 9.5 | 24 | 16.6 | 40 | |
| Mother | 82 | 48.5 | 46 | 31.7 | 128 | |
| Someone else | 7 | 4.1 | 5 | 3.4 | 12 | |
| Missing | 11 | – | 11 | – | 22 | |
| Have you ever discussed vaccines with your doctor? | 0.86 | |||||
| Yes | 70 | 39.3 | 62 | 40.3 | 132 | |
| No | 108 | 60.7 | 92 | 59.7 | 200 | |
| Missing | 2 | – | 2 | – | 4 | |
| Have you ever discussed vaccines with your parents? | 0.26 | |||||
| Only in presence of doctor | 61 | 34.1 | 40 | 25.8 | 101 | |
| Yes, outside of doctors’ office | 63 | 35.2 | 61 | 39.4 | 124 | |
| No | 55 | 30.7 | 54 | 34.8 | 109 | |
| Missing | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Do you want to decide when you get vaccines? | 0.36 | |||||
| Yes. By myself | 53 | 29.9 | 52 | 34.7 | 105 | |
| No, want doctor to decide | 53 | 29.9 | 35 | 23.3 | 88 | |
| No, want parents to decide | 53 | 29.9 | 52 | 34.7 | 105 | |
| Other | 18 | 10.2 | 11 | 7.3 | 29 | |
| Missing | 3 | – | 6 | – | 9 | |
| To the best of your knowledge, do you think you received all recommended vaccines? | 0.22 | |||||
| Yes | 104 | 57.8 | 98 | 62.8 | 202 | |
| No | 14 | 7.8 | 17 | 10.9 | 31 | |
| Not sure | 62 | 34.4 | 41 | 26.3 | 103 | |
| Missing | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | |
| The last time you got a vaccine (shot), where did you get it? | 0.33 | |||||
| Doctor’s | 119 | 66.5 | 109 | 70.8 | 228 | |
| Children’s clinic | 38 | 21.2 | 31 | 20.1 | 69 | |
| School | 21 | 11.7 | 11 | 7.1 | 32 | |
| Don’t know | 1 | 0.6 | 3 | 2.0 | 4 | |
| Missing | 1 | – | 2 | – | 3 | |
| How safe do you think vaccines are? | <0.01 | |||||
| Very | 54 | 30.2 | 75 | 48.4 | 129 | |
| Somewhat | 93 | 52.0 | 58 | 37.4 | 152 | |
| Not | 7 | 3.9 | 5 | 3.2 | 12 | |
| Don’t know | 25 | 14.0 | 17 | 11.0 | 42 | |
| Missing | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
| How well do you think vaccines work? | <0.01 | |||||
| Very well | 52 | 29.0 | 77 | 49.7 | 129 | |
| Works well for some, not Others | 100 | 55.9 | 54 | 34.8 | 154 | |
| Not well | 7 | 3.9 | 5 | 3.2 | 12 | |
| Don’t know | 20 | 11.2 | 19 | 12.3 | 39 | |
| Missing | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Do you have any concerns about vaccines? | 0.14 | |||||
| Yes | 29 | 16.5 | 17 | 10.9 | 46 | |
| No | 147 | 83.5 | 139 | 89.1 | 286 | |
| Missing | 4 | – | 0 | – | 4 | |
| Would you like more information about vaccines when you see your doctor? | 0.08 | |||||
| Yes | 56 | 31.6 | 36 | 23.1 | 92 | |
| No | 121 | 68.4 | 120 | 76.9 | 241 | |
| Missing | 3 | – | 0 | – | 3 | |
| There was equal exchange of information between you and the doctor. | 0.85 | |||||
| Strongly agree | 53 | 30.3 | 49 | 32.7 | 102 | |
| Agree | 101 | 57.7 | 82 | 54.7 | 183 | |
| Disagree | 21 | 12.0 | 19 | 12.6 | 40 | |
| Missing | 5 | – | 6 | – | 11 | |
| Who was in control of the visit? | 0.81 | |||||
| You and doctor were equal | 81 | 46.8 | 77 | 52.4 | 158 | |
| Doctor | 34 | 19.7 | 24 | 16.3 | 58 | |
| You | 3 | 1.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 5 | |
| Parent | 39 | 22.5 | 34 | 23.1 | 73 | |
| Other | 16 | 9.3 | 10 | 6.8 | 26 | |
| Missing | 7 | – | 9 | – | 16 | |
| Who was the doctor you saw for your last routine checkup (physical exam)? | 0.09 | |||||
| Regular doctor | 119 | 68.4 | 93 | 60.3 | 212 | |
| Doctor I know but not regular doctor | 22 | 12.6 | 29 | 18.8 | 51 | |
| Doctor I never saw before | 15 | 8.6 | 22 | 14.3 | 37 | |
| [School-Based Health Clinic] is my only health care provider | 18 | 10.3 | 10 | 6.5 | 28 | |
| Missing | 6 | – | 2 | – | 8 | |
*p-values are for exact tests of general association between gender and the categories listed for each survey question.
**Having “No say in the decision about being vaccinated” was created by combining two response categories: (1) “Doctor” or (2) “Parent and doctor” made the decision(s).