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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical data of the parents and their children

From: The willingness of parents to vaccinate their children younger than 12 years against COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Malaysia

Parameters

Total respondents,

n = 3,528

Age, (mean ± SD, 95% CI) Years

38.6 ± 6.64, 38.37 – 38.83

Gender, n (%)

 Mother

2,495 (70.7)

 Father

1,033 (29.3)

Marital status, n (%)

 Married couple

3,337 (94.6)

 Single parent

191 (5.4)

Region, n (%)

 Central

2,057 (58.3)

 Southern

488 (13.8)

 Northern

325 (9.2)

 East coast

125 (3.5)

 Borneo

533 (15.1)

Education level, n (%)

 Tertiary

2,951 (83.6)

 Secondary and below

577 (16.4)

Household income, n (%)

 B40

1,201 (34.0)

 M40

1,517 (43.0)

 T20

810 (23.0)

Employment status, n (%)

 Employed

2,793 (79.2)

 Unemployed

700 (19.8)

 Retired

35 (1.0)

Healthcare workers, n (%)

 No

3,006 (85.2)

 Yes

522 (14.8)

Lived with elderly or someone with chronic illness, n (%)

 No

2,576 (73.0)

 Yes

952 (27.0)

History of contact with COVID-19, n (%)

 No

2,668 (75.6)

 Yes

860 (24.4)

Required quarantine

344 (9.8)

Required self-surveillance

516 (14.6)

Had been diagnosed with COVID-19, n (%)

 No

3,297 (93.5)

 Yes

198 (5.6)

 Prefers not to answer

33 (0.9)

Families, relatives, colleagues diagnosed with COVID-19, n (%)

 No

1,140 (32.3)

 Yes

2,388 (67.7)

Vaccinated for COVID-19, n (%)

 No

130 (3.7)

 Yes

3,332 (94.4)

 Prefers not to answer

66 (1.9)

Children under 12 years, (median, IQR)

 Number

2, 1 – 3

Age groups of children, n (%)

 5 – 11 years

2,703 (76.6)a

 2 – 4 years

1,691 (47.9)a

 Below 2 years

567 (16.1)a

Children had chronic illness, n (%)

 No

3,345 (94.8)

 Yes

132 (3.7)

 Prefers not to answer

51 (1.4)

  1. afrom the total of 3,528 respondents
  2. Italic: subgroup of parents with COVID-19 contact
  3. SD Standard deviation, CI Confidence interval, COVID-19 Coronavirus 2019, B40, lowest 40% of family income group, M40 Middle 40% of family income group, T20 Top 20% of the family income group, IQR Interquartile range