Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study respondents who provided information about their youngest children’s pneumococcal vaccine uptake, overall and by NUTS statistical region
Characteristic | Italy | Northwestern Italy | Northeastern Italy | Central Italy | Southern Italy | Insular Italy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 1064) | (n = 301) | (n = 172) | (n = 237) | (n = 241) | (n = 113) | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 423 (39.8%) | 123 (40.9%) | 56 (32.6%) | 104 (43.9%) | 103 (42.7%) | 37 (32.7%) |
Female | 640 (60.2%) | 178 (59.1%) | 116 (67.4%) | 133 (56.1%) | 138 (57.3%) | 75 (66.4%) |
Non-binary | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.9%) |
Age group, y | ||||||
18–24 | 32 (3.0%) | 7 (2.3%) | 7 (4.1%) | 4 (1.7%) | 8 (3.3%) | 6 (5.3%) |
25–34 | 260 (24.4%) | 69 (22.9%) | 48 (27.9%) | 59 (24.9%) | 63 (26.1%) | 21 (18.6%) |
35–44 | 551 (51.8%) | 151 (50.2%) | 84 (48.8%) | 132 (55.7%) | 115 (47.7%) | 69 (61.1%) |
45–54 | 198 (18.6%) | 66 (21.9%) | 29 (16.9%) | 39 (16.5%) | 48 (19.9%) | 16 (14.2%) |
55–64 | 23 (2.2%) | 8 (2.7%) | 4 (2.3%) | 3 (1.3%) | 7 (2.9%) | 1 (0.9%) |
Place of residence degree of urbanization* | ||||||
City (densely populated area) | 417 (39.2%) | 133 (44.2%) | 48 (27.9%) | 106 (44.7%) | 100 (41.5%) | 30 (26.5%) |
Town or suburb (intermediate density area) | 485 (45.6%) | 136 (45.2%) | 87 (50.6%) | 97 (40.9%) | 103 (42.7%) | 62 (54.9%) |
Rural area (thinly populated area) | 162 (15.2%) | 32 (10.6%) | 37 (21.5%) | 34 (14.3%) | 38 (15.8%) | 21 (18.6%) |
Educational attainment | ||||||
Less than high school diploma | 91 (8.6%) | 28 (9.3%) | 17 (9.9%) | 26 (11.0%) | 13 (5.4%) | 7 (6.2%) |
High school diploma | 593 (55.7%) | 181 (60.1%) | 91 (52.9%) | 128 (54.0%) | 122 (50.6%) | 71 (62.8%) |
Academic degree | 272 (25.6%) | 62 (20.6%) | 46 (26.7%) | 62 (26.2%) | 77 (32.0%) | 25 (22.1%) |
Post-graduate/Doctorate degree | 108 (10.2%) | 30 (10.0%) | 18 (10.5%) | 21 (8.9%) | 29 (12.0%) | 10 (8.8%) |
Household composition | ||||||
Alone | 28 (2.6%) | 10 (3.3%) | 4 (2.3%) | 6 (2.5%) | 7 (2.9%) | 1 (0.9%) |
Couple | 875 (82.2%) | 251 (83.4%) | 137 (79.7%) | 195 (82.3%) | 193 (80.1%) | 99 (87.6%) |
With parents/family | 85 (8.0%) | 15 (5.0%) | 19 (11.0%) | 21 (8.9%) | 23 (9.5%) | 7 (6.2%) |
Other | 76 (7.1%) | 25 (8.3%) | 12 (7.0%) | 15 (6.3%) | 18 (7.5%) | 6 (5.3%) |
Able to pay for things needed in life | ||||||
With great difficulty | 102 (9.6%) | 24 (8.0%) | 16 (9.3%) | 23 (9.7%) | 22 (9.1%) | 17 (15.0%) |
With some difficulty | 502 (47.2%) | 131 (43.5%) | 93 (54.1%) | 107 (45.1%) | 113 (46.9%) | 58 (51.3%) |
Quite easily | 422 (39.7%) | 131 (43.5%) | 52 (30.2%) | 102 (43.0%) | 101 (41.9%) | 36 (31.9%) |
Easily | 38 (3.6%) | 15 (5.0%) | 11 (6.4%) | 5 (2.1%) | 5 (2.1%) | 2 (1.8%) |