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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 619 children and their caregivers from Shanghai, 2014

From: Perceptions of measles, pneumonia, and meningitis vaccines among caregivers in Shanghai, China, and the health belief model: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Category

Unweighted Count

Weighted proportion (95% CI)

Caregiver relation

Mother

405

64.5 (59.8, 69.3)

Father

156

27.6 (23.1, 32.2)

Other

57

7.8 (5.5, 10.1)

Parent’s agea

<28 years

105

23.1 (18.3, 27.9)

28 to <31 years

142

28.0 (23.3, 32.8)

31 to <34 years

129

24.5 (19.9, 29.1)

≥35 years

144

24.3 (19.9, 28.8)

Caregiver’s education

≤Middle school

142

24.2 (19.9, 28.6)

≤High school

93

17.8 (13.8, 21.8)

Some college

153

23.3 (19.4, 27.3)

College graduate

227

34.6 (30.1, 39.2)

Family monthly income

<4000 RMB

109

19.1 (15.1, 23.1)

4000 to <6000 RMB

142

23.9 (19.6, 28.2)

6000 to <10,000 RMB

156

26.8 (22.4, 31.2)

≥10,000 RMB

208

30.2 (25.9, 34.5)

Child’s sex

Male

324

51.3 (46.4, 56.2)

Female

292

48.7 (43.8, 53.6)

Child’s residency

Local

315

43.2 (38.5, 47.8)

Non-local

303

56.8 (52.2, 61.5)

Township urbanicity

Urban

203

31.3 (26.9, 35.7)

Suburban

415

68.7 (64.3, 73.1)

Pneumococcal vaccination

Yes

170

25.2 (21.0, 29.3)

No

448

74.8 (70.7, 79.0)

Measles vaccination

Yes

609

98.8 (98.0, 99.7)

No

9

1.2 (0.3, 2.0)

  1. CI confidence interval
  2. aOnly for mothers and fathers