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Table 3 Potential determinants for parents less likely to accept any remaining vaccinations for their childa (N = 1744)

From: Participation in and attitude towards the national immunization program in the Netherlands: data from population-based questionnaires

Variables (N)

Parents who reported less likely to accept any remaining vaccinations for their child in %

Crudeb OR

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

  

(95% CI)

 

Age (yrs)

   

0-4 (1237)

1

0.4 (0.2-0.9)

0.7 (0.3-1.9)

5-9 (507)

4

Reference

Reference

Gender

   

Men (875)

2

Reference

Reference

Women (869)

2

1.2 (0.6-2.4)

0.6 (0.2-1.5)

Ethnicity

   

Indigenous Dutch (1315)

1

Reference

Reference

Other Western (85)

1

0.7 (0.1-5.7)

1.5 (0.1-15.7)

Moroccan and Turkish (94)

7

3.7 (1.3-11.0)

1.7 (0.4-8.1)

Antilles and Aruba and Surinam (144)

2

1.0 (0.3-4.1)

1.0 (0.2-6.7)

Other non-Western (106)

5

2.4 (0.8-7.1)

4.2 (1.1-16.5)

Religion

   

Reformed Congregations (22)

5

2.1 (0.2-19.8)

 

Reformed Bonders (53)

2

1.4 (0.2-13.1)

 

Other specific Protestant Church (325)

2

Reference

 

Other religionc (679)

3

1.4 (0.5-3.8)

 

No religion (665)

1

0.4 (0.1-1.5)

 

Degree of urbanization

   

Very high (391)

3

Reference

Reference

High (738)

1

0.7 (0.3-1.9)

0.8(0.2-3.0)

Moderate (231)

1

0.7 (0.2-2.9)

1.3 (0.2-8.0)

Low (181)

1

1.6 (0.1-19.5)

1.5 (0.1-35.5)

Very low (203)

4

2.3 (0.7-7.4)

4.5 (0.99-20.1)

Region

   

Northeast (379)

1

Reference

Reference

Central (337)

1

0.7 (0.1-6.6)

0.9 (0.1-12.0)

Northwest (434)

4

2.0 (0.7-5.8)

3.1 (0.6-14.9)

Southwest (302)

2

1.9 (0.5-7.6)

1.0 (0.2-6.7)

Southeast (292)

2

2.0 (0.5-7.6)

5.7 (0.97-33.4)

Educational level d

   

Low (77)

8

1.4 (0.4-5.4)

 

Moderate (832)

2

1.0 (0.5-2.0)

 

High (835)

2

Reference

 

Net monthly household income e

   

Low (137)

7

3.0 (0.7-11.9)

 

Moderate (863)

2

1.5 (0.5-4.6)

 

High (405)

1

Reference

 

Won't answer/missing answer (339)

2

1.3 (0.4-4.9)

 

No. of persons in household

   

1-2 (42)

2

1.0 (0.1-8.7)

 

3 (451)

1

0.6 (0.2-1.7)

 

4 (800)

2

Reference

 

> 4 (451)

3

1.3 (0.6-2.7)

 

Health status child

   

Excellent/very well (1196)

2

Reference

 

Well/moderate/poor (548)

3

1.6 (0.8-3.3)

 

Anthroposophic/

homeopathic/

other alternative medicine beliefs

   

Yes (83)

13

13.4 (5.9-30.3)

 

No (1661)

1

Reference

 

Religious belief

   

Yes (38)

11

6.8 (2.1-22.4)

 

No (1706)

2

Reference

 

Other ideas influencing vaccination

   

Yes (93)

8

5.7 (2.3-14.1)

 

No (1651)

2

Reference

 

Maximum no. of injections

   

0 (13)

54

110.7 (9.5- > ∞)

27.7 (1.6-486.6)

1 (307)

6

3.6 (0.4-29.1)

1.5 (0.1-16.5)

2 (1376)

1

0.4 (0.1-3.5)

0.2 (0.0-2.7)

> 2 and each number is acceptable (48)

2

Reference

Reference

Vaccinations protect health own child

   

Strongly agree/agree (1659)

1

Reference

Reference

Neutral/disagree/strongly disagree (85)

25

36.7 (16.5-81.4)

9.2 (3.0-27.8)

Vaccinating healthy children is not necessary

   

Strongly agree/agree (57)

19

39.4 (14.4-107.5)

6.1 (1.6-23.7)

Neutral (115)

12

17.7 (7.3-42.9)

4.0 (1.2-13.0)

Disagree/strongly disagree (1572)

1

Reference

Reference

Doubt safety vaccinations

   

Strongly agree/agree (181)

12

15.6 (6.9-35.1)

3.5 (1.1-11.0)

Neutral (423)

1

1.0 (0.3-3.4)

0.4 (0.1-1.8)

Disagree/strongly disagree (1140)

1

Reference

Reference

Immune system does not develop well due to vaccination

   

Strongly agree/agree (144)

13

15.8 (6.9-36.1)

 

Neutral (376)

2

1.7 (0.6-4.7)

 

Disagree/strongly disagree (1224)

1

Reference

 

Vaccinations protect health of others

   

Strongly agree/agree (1275)

2

Reference

 

Neutral (369)

2

1.2 (0.5-2.8)

 

Disagree/strongly disagree (100)

5

2.5 (0.9-7.1)

 
  1. aReference category is the combination of answer categories "surely yes", "yes", and "probably yes"
  2. bCrude odds ratios were adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, degree of urbanization and region
  3. cOther religion included: Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Catholic and Muslims
  4. dLow educational level included no education and primary education; middle educational level included junior technical school, lower general secondary education and intermediate vocational education; and high educational level included senior/higher secondary education, pre-university education and university
  5. eNet monthly income was categorized as low (less than € 1.150, which is less than € 1.167 by Statistic Netherlands); middle (€ 1.151-€ 3.050, which is € 1.168-€ 2.917 by Statistic Netherlands); high (more than € 3.051, which is more than € 2.918 by Statistic Netherlands); and a won't answer/missing answer category was included. Statistics Netherlands available at www.cbs.nl