Table 1 Characteristics of the respondents by attitude towards vaccinating their children (Values are percentages of respondents)
Attitude towards vaccinating their children | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic of parents | Total (N = 389) | Vaccinated (N = 82) | Not vaccinated (N = 257) | Undecided (N = 50) | p value |
Gender | |||||
Female | 57.3 | 17.5 | 71.7 | 10.8 | 0.023 |
Male | 42.7 | 25.9 | 58.4 | 15.7 | |
Occupation | |||||
Doctor | 27.5 | 32.7 | 55.1 | 12.1 | 0.004 |
Nurse | 22.6 | 17.0 | 69.3 | 13.6 | |
Professional support staff | 11.8 | 15.2 | 60.9 | 23.9 | |
Nonprofessional support staff | 38.0 | 16.9 | 73.6 | 9.5 | |
Years of work in health services | |||||
< 5 | 40.1 | 19.9 | 69.9 | 10.3 | 0.361 |
5-9 | 12.6 | 22.4 | 71.4 | 6.1 | |
10-14 | 15.7 | 21.3 | 63.9 | 14.8 | |
≥ 15 | 31.6 | 22.0 | 60.2 | 17.9 | |
Received pandemic influenza vaccine | |||||
Yes | 27.0 | 60.0 | 24.8 | 15.2 | < 0.000 |
No | 73.0 | 6.7 | 81.3 | 12.0 | |
Sources of information* | |||||
WHO and/or CDC besides MoH | 13.6 | 37.7 | 52.8 | 9.4 | 0.003 |
MoH | 36.0 | 22.2 | 62.1 | 15.7 | |
Physicians (no any health authority) | 19.0 | 23.0 | 62.2 | 14.8 | |
Only media (television/newspaper) | 31.4 | 11.5 | 78.7 | 9.8 | |
Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccine is safe | |||||
Agree/strong agree | 48.6 | 36.0 | 46.6 | 17.4 | < 0.000 |
Disagree | 55.6 | 7.0 | 84.5 | 8.5 | |
Vaccine is effective in preventing pandemic influenza | |||||
Agree/strong agree | 56.3 | 31.5 | 52.1 | 16.4 | < 0.000 |
Disagree | 43.7 | 7.7 | 84.1 | 8.2 | |
Trust the declarations and suggestions of Ministry of Health | |||||
Yes | 57.6 | 29.5 | 56.2 | 14.3 | < 0.000 |
No | 42.4 | 9.7 | 79.4 | 10.9 | |