Table 2 Main reasons for not receiving the influenza vaccine during pregnancy (n = 520), Quito, Ecuador, 2016–2017
From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices on influenza vaccination during pregnancy in Quito, Ecuador
Main reason | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All n (%) | Concern about vaccine safety n (%) | Do not need/do not want n (%) | Access barriersa n (%) | Did not receive recommendation/offer n (%) | Other reasonsb n (%) | p-value ǂ | |
All | 520 (100)c | 32 (6.2) | 19 (3.7) | 47 (9.0) | 384 (73.9) | 38 (7.3) | |
Age | 0.509 | ||||||
18–24 | 226 (43.5) | 19 (59.4) | 9 (47.4) | 17 (36.2) | 169 (44.0) | 12 (31.6) | |
25–30 | 159 (30.6) | 8 (25.0) | 4 (21.1) | 18 (38.3) | 117 (30.5) | 12 (31.6) | |
31–35 | 77 (14.8) | 2 (6.2) | 4 (21.0) | 9 (19.1) | 54 (14.1) | 8 (21.0) | |
≥ 36 | 58 (11.1) | 3 (9.4) | 2 (10.5) | 3 (6.4) | 44 (11.4) | 6 (15.8) | |
Education | 0.001 | ||||||
Complete higher education or graduate degree | 60 (11.5) | 2 (6.3) | 1 (5.3) | 3 (6.4) | 47 (12.2) | 7 (18.4) | |
Complete high school or incomplete higher education | 244 (46.9) | 16 (50.0) | 6 (31.6) | 21 (44.7) | 180 (46.9) | 21 (55.3) | |
Complete basic education or incomplete high school | 134 (25.8) | 13 (40.6) | 5 (26.3) | 7 (14.9) | 103 (26.8) | 6 (15.8) | |
Illiterate or incomplete basic education | 82 (15.8) | 1 (3.1) | 7 (36.8) | 16 (34.0) | 54 (14.1) | 4 (10.5) | |
Number of children (prior to this pregnancy) | 0.065 | ||||||
None | 188 (36.2) | 17 (53.1) | 4 (26.3) | 12 (25.5) | 146 (38.0) | 8 (21.0) | |
1–2 | 285 (54.8) | 12 (37.5) | 12 (63.2) | 29 (61.7) | 208 (54.2) | 24 (63.2) | |
3–6 | 47 (9.0) | 3 (9.4) | 2 (10.5) | 6 (12.8) | 30 (7.8) | 6 (15.8) | |
Number of antenatal visits | 0.621 | ||||||
≤ 4 | 117 (22.5) | 7 (21.9) | 6 (31.6) | 13 (27.7) | 85 (22.1) | 6 (15.8) | |
≥ 5 | 403 (77.5) | 25 (78.1) | 13 (68.4) | 34 (72.3) | 299 (78.9) | 32 (84.2) | |
High-risk conditions | 0.615 | ||||||
No | 472 (90.8) | 28 (87.5) | 19 (100) | 42 (89.4) | 349 (90.9) | 37 (89.5) | |
Yes | 48 (9.2) | 4 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 5 (10.6) | 35 (9.1) | 4 (10.5) | |