Table 1 Demographic characteristics of TeenVaxScene users and their adolescent children
% (n) | |
|---|---|
Parent characteristics, n = 54 | |
Age in years (range, SD) | 41.8 (18–54) |
Female gender | 66 (31) |
Marital status | |
Single | 17 (8) |
Married/partnership | 76 (36) |
Divorced/widowed | 7 (3) |
Hispanic | 10 (5) |
Race | |
White | 87 (41) |
Black | 0 |
All other choices | 13 (8) |
Education | |
<High school | 2 (1) |
High school graduate | 11 (5) |
Some college | 86 (41) |
Prior personal experience with… | |
Flu | 83 (45) |
Tetanus | 0 |
Pertussis | 22 (12) |
Meningitis | 6 (3) |
Positive HPV test | 7 (4) |
Genital warts | 4 (2) |
Abnormal pap smear | 30 (16) |
Cervical cancer | 9 (5) |
None of the above | 13 (7) |
Prior experience of illness in their adolescent with… | |
Flu | 63 (34) |
Tetanus | 0 |
Pertussis | 13 (7) |
Meningitis | 2 (1) |
HPV-related health problems | 0 |
None of the above | 31 (17) |
Adolescent characteristics, n = 74a | |
Adolescent’s age in years (range) | 13.6 (11–17) |
Female gender | 51 (36) |
Adolescent’s health | |
Very good | 69 (51) |
Good | 30 (22) |
Fair | 1 (1) |
Poor | 0 |
Medical conditions in adolescent | |
Lung problems | 15 (11) |
Neurologic problems | 4 (3) |
Other chronic problem | 4 (3) |
Allergy to eggs | 0 |
None of the above | 78 (58) |
Aware that there are vaccines recommended for this adolescent | 84 (62) |