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Table 3 Vaccine-Positive, Vaccine-Negative, and Don't Know/Undecided Responses Related to Demographic Characteristics

From: A Canadian national survey of attitudes and knowledge regarding preventive vaccines

  

# Positive responses

# Negative responses

# Don't know/undecided responses

 

N

Mean (S.D.)

Mean (S.D.)

Mean (S.D.)

Gender

    

Male

525

12.19 (3.84)

3.88 (2.80)

3.85 (3.01)

Female

532

11.77 (3.75)

3.80 (2.60)

4.37 (2.93)**

Marital Status

    

Single (never married)

294

11.85 (3.85)

3.91 (2.86)

4.18 (2.96)

Married / common-law

620

12.06 (3.75)

3.89 (2.70)

3.98 (2.88)

Widowed

52

11.23 (4.15)

3.61 (2.33)

5.09 (3.83)

Separated

25

12.96 (3.41)

2.84 (1.79)

4.16 (2.79)

Divorced

49

12.57 (3.26)

3.43 (2.27)

3.96 (3.02)

Children

    

Yes

721

12.10 (3.74)

3.84 (2.66)

4.00 (2.94)

No

327

11.77 (3.85)

3.88 (2.80)

4.29 (2.98)

Age Quartile (years)

    

18–32

256

12.01 (3.55)

3.64 (2.57)

4.33 (2.90)

33–42

252

11.80 (3.90)

4.00 (2.83)

4.17 (2.92)

43–55

263

12.18 (3.71)

4.01 (2.74)

3.74 (2.93)

56–88

256

12.20 (3.90)

3.62 (2.62)

4.08 (3.08)

Education

    

Less than high school

157

11.41 (3.41)

4.19 (2.56)

4.34 (3.23)

High school completed

307

11.64 (3.77)

3.81 (2.45)

4.47 (3.04)

Some college/ university

132

12.24 (3.39)

3.79 (2.71)

3.87 (2.50)

College diploma

186

11.75 (4.08)

4.23 (3.05)

4.01 (2.89)

University undergraduate degree

200

12.75 (4.00)

3.34 (2.78)

3.89 (3.05)

University Masters degree

51

12.96 (3.41)

3.63 (2.73)

3.33 (2.41)

University Doctorate degree

9

14.55 (4.36) **

2.44 (2.24) *

3.00 (3.84) *

Employment

    

Full-time

534

12.06 (3.85)

3.85 (2.72)

4.04 (3.01)

Part-time

122

11.98 (3.50)

3.74 (2.75)

4.20 (2.67)

Not presently employed

393

11.92 (3.79)

3.85 (2.67)

4.16 (3.04)

Residence

    

Urban

698

12.03 (3.85)

3.78 (2.81)

4.13 (2.98)

Rural

338

11.94 (3.68)

3.95 (2.49)

4.05 (2.95)

  1. * p < 0.05 between groups in ANOVA (with linear trend where applicable) ** p < 0.01 between groups in ANOVA (with linear trend where applicable)