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. 2011 May 13;6(5):e19381. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019381

Table 3. Attitudes and catch-up invitation receipt by catch-up MMR uptake.

All cases Unimmunised Partially immunised
Mean(SD) / n(%) Effect size and p for no uptake vs uptake Mean(SD) / n(%) Effect size and p for no uptake vs uptake Mean(SD) / n(%) Effect size and p for no uptake vs uptake
No catch-up uptake Catch-up uptake No catch-up uptake Catch-up uptake No catch-up uptake Catch-up uptake
n 281–290 65–70 152–182 27–31 98–110 27–41
MMR beliefs 2.8 (0.7) 3.1 (0.7) 0.04*** 2.7 (0.7) 3.0 (0.6) 0.03* 2.9 (0.7) 3.2 (0.7) 0.04*
Measles beliefs 3.8 (0.7) 4.0 (0.6) 0.01* 3.8 (0.7) 3.9 (0.6) 0.01 3.8 (0.6) 4.0 (0.6) 0.01
Social and parenting beliefs 3.2 (1.0) 3.7 (0.8) 0.07*** 3.1 (1.1) 3.4 (0.9) 0.02* 3.4 (0.9) 4.0 (0.6) 0.10***
Information source beliefs 3.0 (0.7) 3.2 (0.7) 0.03* 2.9 (0.7) 3.1 (0.8) 0.02* 3.2 (0.6) 3.3 (0.6) 0.03*
Practicalities 4.3 (0.8) 4.4 (0.7) 0.002 4.3 (0.8) 4.3 (0.8) 0.003 4.2 (0.8) 4.6 (0.6) 0.03*
MMR catch-up invitation received in past year 77 (26) 30 (42) - 54 (30) 15 (48) - 23 (21) 15 (37) -

P values and effect size (partial Eta squared) from ANCOVA, adjusted for child age and IMD2007 score.

* = p<.05,

** = p<.01,

*** = p<.001.