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. 2021 Nov 4;18(11):e1003826. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003826

Table 1. Characteristics of studies.

Study Year Study setting (country) Study design Analysis Number included Estimated mean age Language/cultural appropriateness Ethnicities, as given by study Percent female Vaccine type
Abel [16] 2003 US Survey Chi2 1,006 75.2* No mention but likely English African American, Caucasian 61.4 Influenza
Albright [17] 2017 US Focus groups Team-based process; reflexive team analysis 68 52.1* English or Spanish English-speaking, Spanish-language NS Diphtheria, influenza, pertussis, pneumococcal, tetanus
CDC [18] 1997 US Telephone survey NS 600 NS English or Spanish Hispanic, White, other NS Influenza, pneumococcal, tetanus
Armstrong [19] 2001 US Telephone survey Chi2, log regression 486 76.6 No mention but likely English African American, Caucasian, Hispanic 71.1 Influenza
Cameron [20] 2009 US Focus groups Extended parallel process model, latent content, and constant comparative techniques 48 74.1 No mention but likely English African American 87.5 Influenza
Casarin [21] 2011 Brazil Semi-structured interviews Thematic analysis 7 69.4 Brazilian Portuguese NS 57.1 Influenza
Chen [22] 2020 US Telephone survey Chi2, log regression 1,961 58.8 English or Spanish Black, Filipino, Japanese, Latino, White 65 Influenza
Harris [23] 2006 US Semi-structured in-depth interviews Content analysis, including triangulation and constant comparison approach 20 71.5** (vaccinated); 74.0** (unvaccinated) No mention but likely English African American 70 Influenza, pneumococcal
Hebert [24] 2005 US Survey Logistic regression 6,746 74.5 No mention but likely English African American, Hispanic, White 58.2 Influenza
Kajikawa [25] 2019 Japan Questionnaire Logistic regression 316 75** Japanese Japanese 48.4 Influenza
Kwong [26] 2008 Hong Kong, China Survey NS 70 75.8* Chinese, likely Cantonese Hong Kong Chinese 51.4 Influenza
Kwong [27] 2009 Hong Kong, China Questionnaire Chi2, t test, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, logistic regression 197 75.2* Chinese, likely Cantonese Chinese 58.9 Influenza
Kwong [28] 2010 China, Indonesia, Turkey, South Korea, Greece, Canada, UK, Brazil, and Nigeria Focus groups Thematic analysis 208 75.5* English and multiple non-English languages (not specified) Multiple—Chinese, Indonesian, Turkish, Korean, Greek, Canadian, British 62.8 Influenza
Lasser [29] 2008 US Survey and observation Qualitative analysis 18 71.9 English or Spanish or Haitian Creole Black, mixed, other, White 77.8 Influenza
Lau [30] 2008 Hong Kong, China Telephone survey Chi2, logistic regression 483 75.5* NS Hong Kong Chinese 55 Influenza
Nowalk [31] 2006 US Telephone survey Chi2, logistic regression 375 64.9* English African American 63 Influenza, pneumococcal
Phippard [32] 2013 US Survey Chi2, logistic regression 197 46.5* English or Spanish (culturally appropriate) Mexican 70.1 Influenza
Ramanadhan [33] 2015 US Online survey ANOVA, Chi2 1,569 44* English African American, Hispanic 56 Influenza
Rikin [34] 2017 US Survey Wilcoxon, logistic regression 200 74 English or Spanish (culturally appropriate, with translators) Hispanic 73 Influenza
Schwartz [35] 2006 US Survey Chi2, logistic regression 454 77.5* English African American 54.4 Influenza
Sengupta [36] 2004 US Interviews Thematic coding 28 74.9 English African American 78.6 Influenza
Singleton [37] 2005 US Survey Chi2, log regression 1,839 77.6* English Black, Hispanic 58.6 Influenza, pneumococcal
Siu [38] 2021 Hong Kong, China Interviews Thematic coding 40 72.7 Cantonese Hong Kong Chinese 67.5 Influenza, pneumococcal
Sun [39] 2020 Hong Kong, China Survey and focus groups Chi2, log regression 2,452 51.4* Cantonese Hong Kong Chinese 64.8 Influenza
Takahashi [40] 2003 Japan Case–control Chi2, t test, Mann–Whitney, logistic regression 210 69.8 No mention but likely Japanese Japanese 66.7 Influenza
Winston [41] 2006 US Telephone survey Chi2, multivariate binomial regression 4,577 74.5 No mention but likely English Black, Hispanic, White Unknown; ‘majority’ stated Influenza, pneumococcal
Wooten [42] 2012 US Telephone survey Chi2, logistic regression 3,821 77.8* No mention but likely English Black, Hispanic, other, White 64.7 Influenza, pneumococcal
Yu [43] 2014 Hong Kong, China Questionnaire Logistic regression 306 74.6 Chinese, likely Cantonese Chinese 37.9 Influenza

*Mean age estimated using sum total of each subgroup frequency multiplied by mid-point of each range divided by total frequency.

**Median age used.

ANOVA, analysis of variance; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; NS, not stated.