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Table 4 Descriptive statistics stage 2b: Information seeking behaviour (Overall N = 307 searched for information)

From: How to increase awareness of additional vaccinations; the case of maternal pertussis vaccination

 

Pregnant (N = 217)

Non-pregnant (N = 283)

Sought information (N = 131 (60.4))

Did not seek information (N = 86 (39.6))

Sought information (N = 176 (62.2))

Did not seek information (N = 107 (37.8))

Age (M, Sd)

31.2 (5.7)

31.3 (6.0)

32.6 (4.1)

32.3 (4.4)

Ethnicity (N, %)

 Dutch

120 (91.6)

79 (91.9)

171 (97.2)

96 (89.7)**

 Other

11 (8.4)

7 (8.1)

5 (2.8)

11 (10.3)**

Education (N, %)

 Low

8 (6.1)

15 (17.4)**

11 (6.3)

17 (15.9)*

 Middle

34 (26.0)

30 (34.9)

28 (15.9)

22 (20.6)

 High

89 (67.9)

41 (47.7)**

137 (77.8)

68 (63.6)*

Occupation as a HCW (N, %)

 Yes

54 (41.2)

25 (29.1)

85 (48.3)

35 (32.7)*

 No

77 (58.8)

61 (70.9)

91 (51.7)

72 (67.3)*

Children (N, %)

 Yes

84 (64.1)

56 (65.1)

176 (100)

107 (100)

 No

47 (35.9)

30 (34.9)

N/A

N/A

Time of search (N, %)

 

N/A

 

N/A

 Before pregnancy

17 (13.0)

 

6 (3.4)

 

 1st trimester

51 (38.9)

 

31 (17.6)

 

 2nd trimester

47 (35.9)

 

85 (48.3)

 

 3rd trimester

13 (9.9)

 

48 (27.3)

 

 After pregnancy

3 (2.3)

 

6 (3.4)

 

Decision-making style (M, Sd)

 Rational

4.0 (0.5)

3.8 (0.6)**

4.1 (0.5)

3.9 (0.5)**

 Intuitive

3.6 (0.7)

3.6 (0.7)

3.5 (0.7)

3.7 (0.7)

 Dependent

3.6 (0.6)

3.6 (0.7)

3.4 (0.7)

3.4 (0.6)

 Avoidant

2.8 (1.0)

2.8 (1.0)

2.2 (0.9)

2.5 (0.9)*

 Impulsive

3.0 (0.8)

3.1 (0.7)

2.8 (0.7)

2.9 (0.7)

Critical Thinkinga (M, Sd)

5.6 (0.8)

4.9 (1.1)***

5.9 (0.8)

5.4 (0.9)***

Descriptive norma (M, Sd)

4.8 (1.1)

4.6 (1.2)

4.7 (1.2)

4.6 (1.2)

Injunctive norma (M, Sd)

 Loved ones

4.8 (1.3)

4.7 (1.4)

5.0 (1.2)

4.8 (1.2)

 Health care worker

4.8 (1.4)

4.7 (1.4)

5.0 (1.3)

4.8 (1.2)

Trust (M, Sd)a

 Midwife

5.7 (1.1)

5.3 (1.2)*

5.7 (1.3)

5.6 (1.1)

 Public Health Institute

5.7 (1.0)

5.2 (1.0)***

6.0 (1.1)

5.6 (1.1)**

 Youth Health Care centre

5.3 (1.1)

5.1 (1.1)

5.3 (1.4)

5.3 (1.2)

Subjective Knowledgea (M, Sd)

3.7 (0.7)

3.1 (1.0)***

3.8 (0.9)

3.0 (1.0)***

Self-efficacy (N, %)

 Yes

113 (86.3)

50 (58.1)***

142 (80.7)

65 (60.7)***

 No

18 (13.7)

36 (41.9)***

34 (19.3)

42 (39.3)***

Information source (N, %)

 

N/A

 

N/A

 GP

25 (11.5)

 

22 (7.8)

 

 Midwife/Gynaecologist

42 (19.4)

 

41 (14.5)

 

 Youth health care worker

12 (5.5)

 

9 (3.2)

 

 Municipal public health services

19 (8.8)

 

22 (7.8)

 

 Website of Public Health Institute

74 (34.1)

 

130 (45.9)

 

 Other Website

15 (6.9)

 

33 (11.7)

 

 Scientific articles

11 (5.1)

 

16 (5.7)

 

 Television

2 (0.9)

 

3 (1.1)

 

 Newspaper/magazine

2 (0.9)

 

1 (0.4)

 

 Pregnant women

18 (8.3)

 

18 (6.4)

 

 Social media

9 (4.1)

 

14 (4.9)

 

 Family/friends

10 (4.6)

 

6 (2.1)

 

 Other

4 (1.8)

 

2 (0.7)

 

Information Trusta (M, Sd)

 

N/A

 

N/A

 GP

5.8 (1.0)

 

5.1 (1.8)

 

 Midwife/Gynaecologist

5.8 (1.1)

 

5.7 (1.3)

 

 Youth health care worker

6.0 (0.9)

 

5.4 (1.3)

 

 Municipal public health services

5.7 (1.0)

 

6.1 (0.9)

 

 Website of Public Health Institute

6.0 (0.8)

 

5.9 (1.4)

 

 Other Website

4.4 (0.5)

 

4.6 (1.3)

 

 Scientific articles

4.9 (1.8)

 

5.9 (1.3)

 

 Television

5.0 (0.0)

 

5.0 (1.0)

 

 Newspaper/magazine

5.0 (1.4)

 

3.0 (N/A)

 

 Pregnant women

4.5 (0.9)

 

4.1 (1.5)

 

 Social media

3.6 (0.7)

 

3.7 (1.5)

 

 Family/friends

5.9 (1.1)

 

5.8 (0.8)

 

 Other

5.8 (1.9)

 

4.5 (0.7)

 
  1. M = Mean; Sd = standard deviation; N = number of participants; % = percentage of participants; N/A = not applicable. * p < .05; ** p < .01; ***p < .0001. a scale 1–7