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 |
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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.