Table 1 Weighted results of demographics, socioeconomic status, and access to care across MenB awareness and utilization
From: Parental awareness and utilization of meningococcal serogroup B vaccines in the United States
|  | 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% |