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. 2020 Jul 14;20:1109. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09181-8

Table 1.

Weighted results of demographics, socioeconomic status, and access to care across MenB awareness and utilization

Aware of MenB Vaccines
(n = 467)
Not Aware of MenB Vaccines
(n = 155)
Aware of and Vaccinated/Intend to Vaccinate
(n = 312)
Aware of but Do Not Intend to Vaccinate
(n = 155)
Aware of and Vaccinated
(n = 161)
Aware of and Intend to Vaccinate
(n = 151)
Unaware of but Interested
(n = 52)
Unaware of but Not Interested
(n = 103)
Weighted percentagea 43% 57% 55% 45% 66% 34% 36% 64%
Female parents/ guardians 62% 44% 62% 61% 66% 55% 46% 36%
Parents’ age group
 35–44 y 38% 40% 37% 41% 36% 37% 36% 55%
 45–54 y 47% 44% 48% 45% 48% 46% 46% 35%
 55–64 y 13% 15% 14% 11% 13% 15% 16% 9%
  ≥ 65 y 2% 1% 2% 3% 2% 1% 2% 0%
Number of children aged 16–19 y 1.24 1.26 1.25 1.23 1.27 1.20 1.30 1.10
Education: some college or above 61% 47% 63% 57% 64% 61% 46% 46%
Race/ethnicity
 White, non-Hispanic 60% 42% 56% 65% 56% 55% 39% 56%
 Black, non-Hispanic 12% 14% 14% 10% 15% 10% 12% 19%
 Hispanic 23% 34% 22% 23% 20% 26% 39% 15%
 Other 5% 10% 8% 2% 8% 8% 11% 11%
Housing
 Own 74% 61% 76% 72% 78% 72% 58% 73%
 Rent 23% 36% 23% 23% 21% 27% 38% 26%
 Rent but no charge 3% 3% 1% 5% 1% 1% 3% 1%
Average annual income $81 k $72 k $84 k $76 k $85 k $83 k $71 k $75 k
Insurance
 Employer-based 63% 56% 66% 60% 68% 63% 55% 57%
 Medicaid 12% 19% 7% 17% 6% 8% 21% 8%
 Other 13% 17% 15% 11% 16% 12% 16% 23%
 None 12% 9% 12% 11% 10% 16% 8% 12%
HCP factors
 Think HCP knows you or your child well (yes) 83% 73% 89% 76% 88% 88% 75% 64%
 Generally see same HCP (yes) 89% 83% 89% 89% 88% 92% 84% 77%
Awareness
 Aware of MenACWY vaccine (yes) 29% 9% 34% 24% 38% 25% 10% 5%
 Aware of MenB outbreaks (yes) 16% 8% 19% 12% 19% 19% 10% 0%

HCP healthcare provider, MenACWY meningococcal serogroups A, C, W, and Y, MenB meningococcal serogroup B

aAll percentages included in the table refer to weighted percentage