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Table 3 Assessed importance of pertussis vaccination by university and nationality among medical students, n = 2569

From: Pertussis vaccination status and vaccine acceptance among medical students: multicenter study in Germany and Hungary

  

Assessed importance of pertussis vaccination by university and nationality; % (n)

University

Nationality (n)

Absolutely necessary

Partly necessary

Mostly unnecessary

Unnecessary/ dangerous

Dresden

German (n = 527)

77.4%a (408)

19.2%a (101)

2.8%a (15)

0.6%a (3)

 

Hungarian (n = 0)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

 

Other (n = 29)

58.6%b (17)

31.0%b (9)

10.3%b (3)

0.0%a (0)

 

All (n = 556)

76.4% (425)

19.8% (110)

3.2% (18)

0.5% (3)

Munich

German (n = 364)

63.7%a (232)

26.9%a (98)

7.1%a (26)

2.2%a (8)

 

Hungarian (n = 0)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

 

Other (n = 52)

57.7%a (30)

34.6%a (18)

5.8%a (3)

1.9%a (1)

 

All (n = 416)

63.0% (262)

27.9% (116)

7.0% (29)

2.2% (9)

Pécs

German (n = 181)

61.9%a (112)

27.6%a (50)

7.7%a (14)

2.8%a (5)

 

Hungarian (n = 378)

85.7%b (324)

11.9%b (45)

2.1%b (8)

0.3%b (1)

 

Other (n = 174)

60.9%a (106)

26.4%a (46)

10.3%a (18)

2.3%a (4)

 

All (n = 733)

73.9% (542)

19.2% (141)

5.5% (40)

1.4% (10)

Budapest

German (n = 108)

66.7%a (72)

22.2%a (24)

10.2%a (11)

0.9%a (1)

 

Hungarian (n = 560)

86.6%b (485)

10.4%b (58)

2.7%b (15)

0.4%a (2)

 

Other (n = 196)

74.0%a (145)

21.4%a (42)

3.1%b (6)

1.5%a (3)

 

All (n = 870)

81.3% (702)

14.4% (124)

3.7% (32)

0.7% (6)

Total

German (n = 1180)

69.8%a (824)

23.1%a (273)

5.6%a (66)

1.4%a (17)

 

Hungarian (n = 938)

86.2%b (809)

11.0%b(103)

2.5%b (23)

0.3%b (3)

 

Other (n = 451)

66.1%a (298)

25.5%a (115)

6.7%a (30)

1.8%a (8)

 

All (n = 2569)

75.2% (1931)

19.1% (491)

4.6% (119)

1.1% (28)

  1. a,b Each letter specifies a subset of ‘Nationality’ categories whose column shares are not significantly different at the 0.05 level (Z-test)