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Table 6 Bivariate analysis of general characteristics and participants’ willingness to be vaccinated by a pharmacist

From: Determinants of influenza vaccine uptake and willingness to be vaccinated by pharmacists among the active adult population in Hungary: a cross-sectional exploratory study

Variable

Willingness to be vaccinated by a pharmacist

Statistical test

p-value

Yes

n = 474 (100%)

No

n = 1157 (100%)

Number (%)

Number (%)

Age (years)

(mean ± SD)

32.5 ± 10.8

34.2 ± 10.6

Welch’s two sample t-test

0.0029

Sex

 Male

132(42.6)

178(57.4)

Pearson’s Chi-square test

< 0.001

 Female

341(25.8)

979(74.2)

N/A

1(100)

0(0.0)

 

Type of residence

 Village

61(23.6)

197(76.4)

Pearson’s Chi-square test

0.0375

 City

412(30.0)

959(70.0)

 

N/A

1(50.0)

1(50.0)

 

Education level

 Primary

14(53.9)

12(46.1)

Pearson’s Chi-square test

0.0192

 Secondary

245(28.5)

614(71.5)

 Tertiary

214(28.8)

530(71.2)

N/A

1(50.0)

1(50.0)

  

Occupational risk a

 Yes

122(23.8)

390 (76.2)

Pearson’s Chi-square test

0.0014

 No

352(31.6)

762(68.4)

N/A

0(0.0)

5(100)

Health conditions risk b

 Yes

179(28.4)

452(71.6)

Pearson’s Chi-square test

0.6238

 No

295(29.5)

705 (70.5)

Vaccinated

 Yes

116(58.0)

84(42.0)

Pearson’s Chi-square test

< 0.001

 No

358(25.0)

1073(75.0)

Knowledge (n = 1609)

 (mean ± SD)

79.3 ± 12.4

69.8 ± 15.5

Welch’s two sample t-test

< 0.001

  1. aOccupational risk factors include participants who have at least one of the following statuses: students in the healthcare field; work in health care services; social institution/long care term facility; nursery school/kindergarten; livestock or animal transfer (swine, poultry, horse); poultry processing or abattoir; work with immigrants/foreign people
  2. bHealth risk factors include participants who had at least one of following conditions in the previous year: heart failure; coronary artery disease; chronic pulmonary disease; immune disease; taking immunosuppressive drugs; inflammatory bowel disease; chronic liver disease; chronic kidney disease; pregnancy/planning pregnancy; disabled (physically); smoker