Table 1.
Background characteristics of all respondents (N = 401)
| n | % # | |
|---|---|---|
|
Socio-demographic factors
|
|
|
| Gender |
|
|
| Male |
61 |
15.2 |
| Female |
340 |
84.8 |
| Age |
|
|
| 18 – 19 |
2 |
0.5 |
| 20 – 24 |
24 |
6.0 |
| 25 – 29 |
74 |
18.5 |
| 30 – 34 |
159 |
39.7 |
| 35 - 39 |
92 |
22.9 |
| 40 – 44 |
44 |
11.0 |
| 45 – 49 |
4 |
1.0 |
| 50 – 54 |
2 |
0.5 |
| Education level |
|
|
| Primary school or below |
19 |
4.7 |
| Junior – senior secondary school |
271 |
67.6 |
| Post secondary or matriculation |
32 |
8.0 |
| University or above |
79 |
19.7 |
| Receiving CSSA |
|
|
| Yes |
10 |
2.5 |
| No |
385 |
96.0 |
| Refused to answer |
6 |
1.5 |
| Gender of the index children |
|
|
| Male |
221 |
55.1 |
| Female |
180 |
44.9 |
| Age of the index children |
|
|
| 6 months to 12 months |
194 |
48.9 |
| 13 months to 23 months |
203 |
51.1 |
|
Information related to influenza
|
|
|
| Perceived health impact on own child if contracting influenza (perceived severity) |
|
|
| Very severe/Severe |
204 |
50.8 |
| Moderate |
157 |
39.2 |
| Mild |
16 |
4.0 |
| No effect |
7 |
1.7 |
| Do not know |
17 |
4.2 |
| Perceived consequences of contracting influenza in children aged 6-23 months compared to the general public (perceived severity) |
|
|
| Much more severe/More severe |
247 |
61.6 |
| Same |
128 |
31.9 |
| Less severe/Much less severe |
21 |
5.4 |
| Do not know |
4 |
1.0 |
| Perceived chances for children aged 6-23 months to contract influenza compared to the general public (perceived susceptibility) |
|
|
| Much higher/Higher |
231 |
57.6 |
| Same |
122 |
30.4 |
| Lower/Much lower |
47 |
11.7 |
| Do not know |
1 |
0.2 |
| Ever heard of IV |
369 |
92.0 |
| Ever had IV |
36 |
9.0 |
| Received IV in the 05/06 flu season |
34 |
8.5 |
| Age of the index children at the last IVa |
|
|
| 6 months to 12 months |
16 |
47.1 |
| 13 months to 21 months |
18 |
52.9 |
| Health service seeking behaviors for the last influenzab |
|
|
| Visited private clinics |
233 |
57.2 |
| Visited government/HA general outpatient clinics |
42 |
10.3 |
| Took herbal medicine |
10 |
2.5 |
| Visited acute and emergency unit |
8 |
2.0 |
| Took over-the-counter western medicine |
6 |
1.5 |
| Saw a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) doctor |
2 |
0.5 |
| Took over-the-counter TCM |
1 |
0.2 |
| No treatment/No drugs used |
5 |
1.2 |
| Do not know |
1 |
0.2 |
| Not ever having influenza | 99 | 24.3 |
#Valid percentages were reported (i.e. missing values were not included in the denominator) and the frequencies therefore may not sum up to the total.
aAmong those who had received IV in the 05/06 flu section (N = 34).
bAmong those who had had influenza (N = 302). Multiple answers were allowed, so summing up the individual numbers (n) might not be equal to the total number of respondents (N) in each sample.