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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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Table

Description of participants in study of invasive meningococcal W135 disease vaccination intent, the Netherlands, 2018–2019*

Participant No. (%)
Sex
Parents, n = 1,784*
F 991 (55.5)
M 793 (44.5)
Teenagers, n = 1,603*
F 810 (50.5)
M
 793 (49.5)
Age, y†
Teenagers
12 111 (6.9)
13 611 (38.1)
14 379 (23.6)
15 175 (10.9)
16 161 (10.0)
17
 166 (10.4)
Education‡
Parents
Low 252 (14.1)
Intermediate 1,318 (73.9)
High 214 (12.0)
Teenagers
No current education 8 (0.5)
Primary school 12 (0.7)
Secondary school 1,406 (87.7)
Preparing for vocational education 552 (39.3)
Preparing for higher education 809 (57.5)
Combination 45 (3.2)
Vocational education 129 (8.0)
Higher education
 48 (0.7)
Initial target group, born after Apr 2004 through 2005
Parents 1,177 (66.0)
Teenagers
 1,010 (63.0)
Extended target group, cohorts born 2001 through Apr 2004
Parents 607 (34.0)
Teenagers 593 (37.0)

*Total parent–teenager pairs = 1,318 (73.9% of parents, 82.2% of teenagers).
†Parents’ age range 31–73 y; mean (± SD) age 46.5 (5.5) y.
‡Categorizations based on (34)..

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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