Table 3 Demographic characteristics and attitudes toward measles vaccine in a sample of mothers in Tianjin, China, summer 2011

Overall

31

100

Child’s sex

 Female

17

54.8

 Male

14

45.2

District

 Binhai

4

12.9

 Hebei

23

74.2

 Ninghe

2

6.5

 Wuqing

2

6.5

Mother’s age ^a

  < 28 years

7

23.3

 28 to <30 years

4

13.3

 30 to <32 years

10

33.3

  ≥ 32 years

9

30.0

Mother’s highest education

 Middle school

8

25.8

 High school

4

12.9

 Vocational education

3

9.7

 Junior college

1

3.2

 College or above

15

48.4

Minutes from clinic ^a

  ≤ 10 minutes

22

75.9

  > 10 minutes

7

24.1

Importance of on-time measles vaccination

 Not important

0

0

 Somewhat important

2

6.5

 Very important

28

90.3

 I do not know

1

3.2

Necessity of more than one dose of measles vaccine

 Not necessary

0

0

 Somewhat necessary

11

35.5

 Very necessary

18

58.1

 I do not know

2

6.5

Child needs another dose of measles vaccine

 Yes

6

19.4

 No

4

12.9

 I do not know

21

67.7