Table 2 Selected opinions of parents depending on their preferred health behaviours
Proper eating habits | Preventive behaviour | Positive mental attitude | Health practices | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\(\overline{x}\) | s | \(\overline{x}\) | s | \(\overline{x}\) | s | \(\overline{x}\) | s | |
It is better to develop resistance by being infected than by vaccination | ||||||||
yes | 3.47 | 0.64 | 3.57 | 0.67 | 3.78 | 0.61 | 3.45 | 0.61 |
no | 3.42 | 0.64 | 3.54 | 0.66 | 3.58 | 0.60 | 3.20 | 0.61 |
hard to say | 3.33 | 0.75 | 3.37 | 0.77 | 3.52 | 0.67 | 3.15 | 0.63 |
p | 0.5632 | 0.2366 | 0.2531 | 0.1096 | ||||
You should be vaccinated against all diseases | ||||||||
yes | 3.38 | 0.69 | 3.50 | 0.66 | 3.57 | 0.64 | 3.10 | 0.61 |
no | 3.42 | 0.69 | 3.45 | 0.69 | 3.58 | 0.60 | 3.29 | 0.58 |
hard to say | 3.40 | 0.63 | 3.56 | 0.70 | 3.58 | 0.62 | 3.21 | 0.64 |
p | 0.9595 | 0.2819 | 0.8752 | 0.1326 | ||||
The current vaccination programme takes into account the situation in Poland | ||||||||
yes | 3.40 | 0.67 | 3.50 | 0.75 | 3.55 | 0.66 | 3.19 | 0.64 |
no | 3.49 | 0.61 | 3.59 | 0.61 | 3.58 | 0.49 | 3.18 | 0.58 |
hard to say | 3.36 | 0.68 | 3.46 | 0.59 | 3.62 | 0.59 | 3.24 | 0.59 |
p | 0.7630 | 0.6118 | 0.8036 | 0.7126 | ||||
The vaccines used in Poland are safe | ||||||||
yes | 3.40 | 0.64 | 3.52 | 0.71 | 3.58 | 0.62 | 3.19 | 0.63 |
no | 3.60 | 0.67 | 3.58 | 0.56 | 3.71 | 0.56 | 3.00 | 0.59 |
hard to say | 3.37 | 0.72 | 3.46 | 0.66 | 3.56 | 0.63 | 3.27 | 0.58 |
p | 0.8341 | 0.7924 | 0.8125 | 0.3811 | ||||
Vaccines contain toxic ingredients | ||||||||
yes | 3.67 | 0.66 | 3.67 | 0.55 | 3.80 | 0.52 | 3.36 | 0.61 |
no | 3.40 | 0.68 | 3.49 | 0.73 | 3.61 | 0.64 | 3.22 | 0.65 |
hard to say | 3.32 | 0.64 | 3.46 | 0.68 | 3.49 | 0.61 | 3.16 | 0.58 |
p | 0.0381* | 0.3287 | 0.0223* | 0.1416 | ||||
Vaccines cause developmental disorders and autism | ||||||||
yes | 3.63 | 0.56 | 3.80 | 0.61 | 3.90 | 0.64 | 3.42 | 0.62 |
no | 3.39 | 0.71 | 3.41 | 0.73 | 3.57 | 0.65 | 3.18 | 0.63 |
hard to say | 3.37 | 0.63 | 3.54 | 0.64 | 3.54 | 0.57 | 3.20 | 0.59 |
p | 0.2963 | 0.0375* | 0.0773 | 0.2425 | ||||
Vaccinations should be mandatory | ||||||||
yes | 3.43 | 0.63 | 3.50 | 0.71 | 3.55 | 0.63 | 3.20 | 0.63 |
no | 3.32 | 0.68 | 3.53 | 0.66 | 3.71 | 0.58 | 3.27 | 0.56 |
hard to say | 3.33 | 0.82 | 3.37 | 0.58 | 3.38 | 0.62 | 3.08 | 0.66 |
only some | 3.62 | 0.77 | 3.67 | 0.51 | 3.60 | 0.44 | 3.21 | 0.37 |
p | 0.5949 | 0.5182 | 0.1777 | 0.8082 | ||||
Children who are not vaccinated should not be admitted to kindergartens and crèches | ||||||||
yes | 3.40 | 0.64 | 3.48 | 0.70 | 3.52 | 0.67 | 3.16 | 0.68 |
no | 3.43 | 0.68 | 3.62 | 0.63 | 3.60 | 0.57 | 3.21 | 0.63 |
hard to say | 3.37 | 0.69 | 3.42 | 0.71 | 3.63 | 0.59 | 3.27 | 0.51 |
p | 0.8455 | 0.3155 | 0.5410 | 0.5826 | ||||
I have doubts about vaccinating my child | ||||||||
yes | 3.40 | 0.77 | 3.52 | 0.65 | 3.63 | 0.55 | 3.28 | 0.58 |
no | 3.40 | 0.61 | 3.55 | 0.66 | 3.62 | 0.62 | 3.19 | 0.61 |
hard to say | 3.38 | 0.68 | 3.26 | 0.82 | 3.30 | 0.67 | 3.15 | 0.70 |
p | 0.9613 | 0.0823 | 0.0156* | 0.4125 | ||||