Use of a choice survey to identify adult, adolescent and parent preferences for vaccination in the United States

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 3 Odds ratios for demographic variables* Indicates increased (OR > 1) or decreased (OR < 1) odds of respondent with demographic variable shown accepting a vaccine shown in a profile compared to the reference group

Attribute	Level	Adults		Adolescents		Parents of adolescents
Attribute	Level	OR	P-value	OR	P-value	OR	P-value
Respondent gender	Male	REF	–	REF	–	REF	–
Respondent gender	Female	0.98	0.912	1.12	0.584	0.64†	0.025
Median age category	Below median	REF	–	REF	–	REF	–
Median age category	At or greater than median age	1.11	0.595	0.67	0.055	0.70	0.073
Respondent education	< Bachelor’s degree	REF	–	–	–	REF	–
Respondent education	Bachelor’s degree and higher	0.68	0.063	–	–	1.33	0.156
Region	Northeast	REF	–	REF	–	REF	–
	Midwest	1.17	0.594	1.99	0.077	0.82	0.484
	South	1.01	0.981	1.15	0.696	0.74	0.285
	West	1.07	0.837	1.45	0.339	1.33	0.349
Race/ethnicity	White, non-Hispanic	REF	–	REF	–	REF	–
Race/ethnicity	Non-white, non-Hispanic	1.54	0.068	2.14†	0.001	2.33†	< 0.001
Household income	<$50,000/yr	REF	–	REF	–	REF	–
Household income	> = $50,000/yr	1.71†	0.012	0.62†	0.028	0.61	0.052
Employed	Yes	REF	–	–	–	REF	–
Employed	No	1.05	0.831	–	–	0.76	0.256
Side effect experience	Yes	REF	–	REF	–	REF	–
Side effect experience	No	2.33†	< 0.001	1.49	0.073	1.66†	0.020

*Model also contained additional variables: Seriousness of illness, duration of illness, vaccine effectiveness, risk of illness without vaccination, risk of death without vaccination, risk of severe side effects, length of time vaccine available, location, time, healthcare provider type, PCP recommendation, and cost after insurance
†Indicates that odds ratio is significantly different from 1 (p < 0.05)