%0 Journal Article %1 noauthororeditor %A Xie, Zhifei %D 2020 %J Health Informatics - An International Journal (HIIJ) %K American Gini HPV RStudio adolescents income index inequality vaccination %N 4 %P 19-27 %R 10.5121/hiij.2020.9402 %T THE CORRELATION BETWEEN HPV VACCINATION RATE AND INCOME INEQUALITY %U https://aircconline.com/hiij/V9N4/9420hiij02.pdf %V 9 %X According to the 2018 National Immunization Survey - Teen (NIS-Teen), the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage in the U.S. increased from 48.6% to 51.1%.1 Certain factors contribute to disparity between teenagers receiving HPV vaccination.1The factors are geography, race, gender, education level, household income, and etc. Within these factors, household income and income inequality were chosen to be the focus of this study. The relationship between HPV vaccination coverage in the U.S., the household income of interviewed individuals, and the Gini index in the U.S. have been studied in RStudio 2. By merging the NIS-Teen data of vaccination rate and Gini index data in RStudio, charts and graphs are formed to illustrate the relationship between HPV vaccination rate and income inequality. There seem to be limited correlations between vaccination rate and Gini index, but unexpected connections between vaccination rate and household income have been found.

@article{noauthororeditor, abstract = {According to the 2018 National Immunization Survey - Teen (NIS-Teen), the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage in the U.S. increased from 48.6% to 51.1%.[1] Certain factors contribute to disparity between teenagers receiving HPV vaccination.[1]The factors are geography, race, gender, education level, household income, and etc. Within these factors, household income and income inequality were chosen to be the focus of this study. The relationship between HPV vaccination coverage in the U.S., the household income of interviewed individuals, and the Gini index in the U.S. have been studied in RStudio [2]. By merging the NIS-Teen data of vaccination rate and Gini index data in RStudio, charts and graphs are formed to illustrate the relationship between HPV vaccination rate and income inequality. There seem to be limited correlations between vaccination rate and Gini index, but unexpected connections between vaccination rate and household income have been found.}, added-at = {2020-12-09T06:40:43.000+0100}, author = {Xie, Zhifei}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/268f0be13c9b8ec2f5af7679940907e76/jeffrenna}, doi = {10.5121/hiij.2020.9402}, interhash = {d9a1ef0a59f61fbfd5ffeedfc7170510}, intrahash = {68f0be13c9b8ec2f5af7679940907e76}, issn = {ISSN : 2319 - 2046 (Online); 2319 - 3190 (Print).}, journal = {Health Informatics - An International Journal (HIIJ)}, keywords = {American Gini HPV RStudio adolescents income index inequality vaccination}, language = {english}, month = {November}, number = 4, pages = {19-27}, timestamp = {2020-12-09T06:40:43.000+0100}, title = {THE CORRELATION BETWEEN HPV VACCINATION RATE AND INCOME INEQUALITY}, url = {https://aircconline.com/hiij/V9N4/9420hiij02.pdf}, volume = 9, year = 2020 }