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. 2023 Mar 10;5(10):223–228. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2023.041

Table 1. Background characteristics of 525 participants who completed the primary COVID-19 vaccination series.

Background characteristic No. of participants Percentage (%)
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age group in years
18–45 87 16.6
46–60 219 41.7
61–75 194 37.0
>75 25 4.8
Gender
Male 293 55.8
Female 232 44.2
Ethnicity
Han majority 426 81.1
Other ethnic minority groups 99 18.9
Education level
Junior high school and below 338 64.4
High school education or equivalent 102 19.4
College-level and above 85 16.2
Relationship status
Single/divorced/widowed 39 7.4
Married 486 92.6
Employment status
Full-time 138 26.3
Part-time/self-employed/unemployed/retired/students 387 73.7
Characteristics of cancer
Type of cancer
Lung cancer 109 20.8
Gastric cancer 66 12.6
Liver cancer 15 2.9
Breast cancer 30 5.7
Colorectal cancer 97 18.5
Esophageal cancer 26 5.0
Ovarian cancer 43 8.2
Other types of cancer 139 26.5
Metastatic cancers
No 490 93.3
Yes 35 6.7
Current treatment for cancer
Untreated patients 17 3.2
Chemotherapy only 338 64.4
Radiotherapy only 89 17.0
Immunotherapy only 12 2.3
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy 34 6.5
Immunotherapy and chemotherapy/radiotherapy 15 2.9
Treatment completion 20 3.8
Presence of other chronic diseases
Diabetes mellitus 30 5.7
Hypertension and/or hyperlipidemia 73 13.9
Chronic cardiovascular diseases 13 2.5
Chronic respiratory diseases 4 0.8
Chronic liver and/or kidney diseases 7 1.3
Other chronic diseases 15 2.9