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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents (n = 1115)

From: Vaccine confidence in China after the Changsheng vaccine incident: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total

Confidence in vaccines

χ2

P-value

N (%)

Confident (n = 332)

Not confident (n = 783)

Gender

   

1.190

0.275

 Male

454(40.72)

127(38.25)

327(41.76)

  

 Female

661(59.28)

205(61.75)

456(58.24)

  

Age

   

7.485

0.112

 ≤20

36(3.22)

12(3.61)

24(3.07)

  

 21–30

520(46.64)

172(51.81)

348(44.44)

  

 31–40

283(25.38)

68(20.48)

215(27.46)

  

 41–50

189(16.95)

55(16.57)

134(17.11)

  

 ≥51

87(7.81)

25(7.53)

62(7.92)

  

Education background

   

5.872

0.118

 High school graduate or lower

275(24.66)

85(25.60)

190(24.27)

  

 Junior college

177(15.87)

43(12.95)

134(17.11)

  

 College graduate

440(39.46)

126(37.95)

314(40.10)

  

 Master degree and above

223(20.00)

78(23.49)

145(18.52)

  

Living area

   

0.036

0.849

 Urban area

805(72.20)

241(72.59)

564(72.03)

  

 Rural area

310(27.80)

91(27.41)

219(27.97)

  

Family income per month

   

6.883

0.142

 ≤7000 Yuan

122(10.94)

40(12.05)

82(10.47)

  

 7001–10,000 Yuan

248(22.24)

67(20.18)

181(23.12)

  

 10,001–13,000 Yuan

286(25.65)

76(22.89)

210(26.82)

  

 13,001–16,000 Yuan

227(20.36)

66(19.88)

161(20.56)

  

 > 16,000 Yuan

232(20.81)

83(25.00)

149(19.03)

  

Marital status

   

3.011

0.222

 Single

392(35.16)

127(38.25)

265(33.84)

  

 Married

681(61.08)

196(59.04)

485(61.94)

  

 Separated/divorced/widowed

42(3.76)

9(2.71)

33(4.22)

  

Have one or more children under 7 years of age

 

0.281

0.596

 Yes

362(32.47)

104(31.33)

258(32.95)

  

 No

753(67.53)

228(68.67)

525(67.05)

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