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Table 1 Description of study population overall and by vaccination status

From: Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of older adults about pneumococcal immunization, a Public Health Agency of Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Influenza Research Network (PCIRN) investigation

  

Total (n = 863)

Vaccinated* (n = 502)

  

n

%

n

%

Sex

Male

354

41.0

176

49.7

 

Female

509

59.0

326

64.0

Age category

65- < 70

303

35.1

138

45.5

 

70- < 80

407

47.2

272

66.8

 

80 +

153

17.7

92

60.1

Highest level of education completed

Primary & secondary school

282

32.8

177

62.8

 

College

185

21.5

114

61.6

 

University

369

42.9

195

52.8

 

Other

 15

 1.7

9

60

 

Prefer not to answer

 10

 1.2

5

50

Household income

< $35,000

178

20.8

110

61.8

 

$35,000 to $75,000

323

37.7

199

61.6

 

Over $75,000

173

20.2

89

51.5

 

Prefer not to answer

182

21.3

100

55.0

Ethnicity

White/Caucasian

820

95.0

475

57.9

 

Asian

 29

 3.4

20

69.0

 

Other

 14

 1.6

7

50.0

Frailty

Very fit

349

40.4

195

55.9

 

Well

309

35.8

176

57.0

 

Well, with treated co-morbid disease

177

20.5

116

65.5

 

Apparently Vulnerable/Mildly frail

 28

 3.2

15

53.6

Centre

Ottawa

 43

 5.0

16

37.2

 

Halifax

161

18.7

92

57.1

 

Hamilton

 33

 3.8

9

27.3

 

Montreal

155

18.0

117

75.5

 

Winnipeg

101

11.7

66

65.4

 

Vancouver

118

13.7

73

61.9

 

Toronto

147

17.0

60

40.8

 

Quebec City

105

12.2

69

65.7

  1. *Number and percent of vaccinated individuals within each category.