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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Research

Meningococcal W135 Disease Vaccination Intent, the Netherlands, 2018–2019

Marion de VriesComments to Author , Liesbeth Claassen1, Margreet J.M. te Wierik1, Feray Coban, Albert Wong, Danielle R.M. Timmermans, and Aura Timen
Author affiliations: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands (M. de Vries, L. Claassen, M.J.M. te Wierik, F. Coban, A. Wong, A. Timen); Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (D.R.M. Timmermans, A. Timen)

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Figure 1

Variable importance ranking among parents in study of vaccination intent regarding IMD caused by Neisseria meningitidis strain W135, the Netherlands, 2018–2019. The 25 strongest predictors (i.e., knowledge and belief items [Table] and control variables), are ranked top to bottom, based on their ability to predict parental meningococcal conjugate [MenACWY] vaccination intention. Control variables are age, sex, education, income, region, social class, region of residence, vaccination record of the

Figure 1. Variable importance ranking among parents in study of vaccination intent regarding IMD caused by Neisseria meningitidis strain W135, the Netherlands, 2018–2019. The 25 strongest predictors (i.e., knowledge and belief items [Table] and control variables), are ranked top to bottom, based on their ability to predict parental meningococcal conjugate [MenACWY] vaccination intention. Control variables are age, sex, education, income, region, social class, region of residence, vaccination record of the teenager, whether the respondent was aware of the MenACWY vaccination campaign, and whether teenagers and their parents were part of the first (cohorts 2004–2005) or the second MenACWY vaccination target group (cohorts 2001–2003). IMD, invasive meningococcal disease.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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