Table 2.
Information about the youngest children of respondents, overall and by NUTS statistical region
| Characteristic | Italy | Northwestern Italy | Northeastern Italy | Central Italy | Southern Italy | Insular Italy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 711) | (n = 194) | (n = 105) | (n = 152) | (n = 184) | (n = 76) | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 388 (54.6%) | 97 (50.0%) | 49 (46.7%) | 87 (57.2%) | 111 (60.3%) | 44 (57.9%) |
| Female | 323 (45.4%) | 97 (50.0%) | 56 (53.3%) | 65 (42.8%) | 73 (39.7%) | 32 (42.1%) |
| Age group | ||||||
| 6 to 8 weeks | 11 (1.5%) | 4 (2.1%) | 1 (1.0%) | 3 (2.0%) | 2 (1.1%) | 1 (1.3%) |
| 9 weeks to 5 months | 83 (11.7%) | 27 (13.9%) | 19 (18.1%) | 17 (11.2%) | 14 (7.6%) | 6 (7.9%) |
| 6 months 3 years | 617 (86.8%) | 163 (84.0%) | 85 (81.0%) | 132 (86.8%) | 168 (91.3%) | 69 (90.8%) |
| Who takes charge of the child’s vaccinations | ||||||
| Mostly myself | 346 (48.7%) | 88 (45.4%) | 52 (49.5%) | 70 (46.1%) | 100 (54.3%) | 36 (47.4%) |
| Mostly my partner | 72 (10.1%) | 15 (7.7%) | 10 (9.5%) | 13 (8.6%) | 22 (12.0%) | 12 (15.8%) |
| Equally myself and my partner | 293 (41.2%) | 91 (46.9%) | 43 (41.0%) | 69 (45.4%) | 62 (33.7%) | 28 (36.8%) |
Notes: Northwestern Italy includes the regions of Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Lombardy, and Liguria; Northeastern Italy includes the regions of Trentino-South Tyrol, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Emilia-Romagna; Central Italy includes the regions of Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, and Lazio; Southern Italy includes the regions of Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, and Calabria; Insular Italy includes the regions of Sicily and Sardinia. NUTS, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics