Table 1.
Characteristics of participants.
| Characteristics | No. (%)(N = 2133) |
|---|---|
| Age group, years | |
| 18–≤30 | 911 (42.7) |
| 31–≤40 | 817 (38.3) |
| 41–≤50 | 290 (13.6) |
| >50 | 115 (5.4) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 996 (46.7) |
| Female | 1137 (53.3) |
| Marital status | |
| Unmarried | 1398 (65.5) |
| Married | 698 (32.7) |
| Divorce | 37 (1.7) |
| Education level | |
| Junior high school or below | 125 (5.9) |
| High school graduate or equivalent | 180 (8.4) |
| Undergraduate or equivalent | 1564 (73.3) |
| Postgraduate or above | 264 (12.4) |
| Occupation | |
| Healthcare-related | 732 (34.3) |
| Others | 1401 (65.7) |
| Living with children aged ≤6 years or old adults aged ≥60 years | |
| Yes | 1314 (61.6) |
| No | 819 (38.4) |
| Annual household income | |
| <50,000 CNY | 198 (9.3) |
| 50,000–≤149,999 CNY | 879 (41.2) |
| 150,000–≤299,999 CNY | 746 (35.0) |
| ≥300,000 CNY | 310 (14.5) |
| Having chronic diseases | |
| Yes | 266 (12.5) |
| No | 1780 (83.5) |
| Unclear | 87 (4.1) |
| Self-reported health | |
| Very poor | 27 (1.3) |
| Poor | 80 (3.8) |
| Neutral | 974 (45.7) |
| Well | 811 (38.0) |
| Very well | 241 (11.3) |
| Experiencing side effects following previous vaccination | |
| Yes | 163 (7.6) |
| No | 1859 (87.2) |
| Unclear | 111 (5.2) |
| Awareness of RSV | |
| I have never heard of it | 518 (24.3) |
| I have heard of it, but don’t really know what it is | 856 (40.1) |
| I know some facts about what it is | 689 (32.3) |
| I have a good understanding about RSV | 70 (3.3) |
| Perceptions of susceptibility of RSV infection | |
| Extremely unlikely | 63 (3.0) |
| Unlikely | 186 (8.7) |
| Neutral/not sure | 939 (44.0) |
| Likely | 846 (39.7) |
| Extremely likely | 99 (4.6) |
| Perceptions of severity of RSV infection | |
| Not at all | 51 (2.4) |
| Slightly | 312 (14.6) |
| Somewhat | 1276 (59.8) |
| Moderately | 419 (19.6) |
| Extremely | 75 (3.5) |
| If the RSV vaccine is available in the future, would you be willing to receive it? | |
| Strongly disagreement | 25 (1.2) |
| Disagreement | 107 (5.0) |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 542 (25.4) |
| Agreement | 1119 (52.5) |
| Strongly agreement | 340 (15.9) |
*50,000 CNY was equal to 6957 USD; 150,000 CNY was equal to 20,871 USD; and 300,000 CNY was equal to 41,742 USD.