Descriptive statistics for the study
| Characteristic | Mean | Min | Max | SD |
| Dose completion (%) | ||||
| Dose 1 | 90.6 | 73.0 | 99.4 | 5.2 |
| Dose 2 | 89.5 | 71.0 | 96.9 | 5.6 |
| Dose 3 | 86.5 | 57.3 | 96.6 | 6.6 |
| Weekly average income (£) | 535.3 | 403.7 | 1066.9 | 109.8 |
| Education (%) | ||||
| Level 1 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 18.1 | 2.5 |
| Level 2 | 14.7 | 6.6 | 18.6 | 2.7 |
| Apprentice | 3.3 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 1.3 |
| Level 3 | 12.3 | 7.2 | 18.6 | 2.1 |
| Level 4 | 28.2 | 15.2 | 68.4 | 9.7 |
| Other | 6.3 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 2.8 |
| No qualifications | 22.1 | 6.7 | 35.2 | 5.7 |
| Education deprivation (%) | ||||
| Deprived | 35.2 | 11.0 | 50.0 | 7.7 |
| Non-deprived | 64.8 | 50.2 | 89.0 | 7.7 |
| Occupation (%) | ||||
| Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 31.0 | 18.3 | 66.7 | 8.2 |
| Intermediate occupations | 21.4 | 13.0 | 37.6 | 3.4 |
| Routine and manual occupations | 31.5 | 8.9 | 47.0 | 8.0 |
| Never worked and long-term unemployed | 6.4 | 1.0 | 14.3 | 2.7 |
| Not classified | 9.7 | 1.2 | 27.7 | 4.1 |
| Race (%) | ||||
| White | 81.6 | 29.0 | 98.8 | 16.7 |
| Mixed | 2.7 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 1.7 |
| Asian | 9.8 | 0.1 | 43.5 | 10.2 |
| Black | 4.6 | 0.1 | 27.2 | 6.2 |
| Other | 1.4 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 1.7 |
| Migrant status (%) | ||||
| White migrants | 0.8 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 0.8 |
| Non-white migrants | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
Source: Authors’ analysis of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage data in England for the 2013–2014 school year by local authority, from Public Health England’s vaccine uptake guidance and latest coverage data and indicators of socioeconomic status from the March 2011 census.
n=131 local authorities.