Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics and caregiver's attitude and satisfaction toward immunization of 1146 target children born between 2008 and 2009 in Zhejiang province in eastern China.
Variable | No. | % |
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Socio-demographic characteristics | ||
Child’s gender | ||
Female | 560 | 48.87 |
Male | 586 | 51.13 |
Mother’s age (y) | ||
<30 | 834 | 72.77 |
≥30 | 312 | 27.23 |
Mother’s occupation | ||
Housewife | 861 | 75.13 |
Working | 285 | 24.87 |
Mother’s education level | ||
Under senior middle school | 673 | 58.73 |
Senior middle school or above | 473 | 41.27 |
Immigration status of child | ||
Resident | 710 | 61.95 |
Migrant | 436 | 38.05 |
Siblings | ||
1 | 819 | 71.46 |
≥2 | 327 | 28.54 |
Place of delivery | ||
Home | 35 | 3.05 |
Hospital | 1111 | 96.95 |
Socio-economic developing level | ||
Low | 384 | 33.51 |
Middle | 380 | 33.16 |
High | 382 | 33.33 |
The caregiver's attitude and satisfaction toward immunization | ||
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Caregivers’ awareness of importance of immunization | ||
Yes | 1137 | 99.21 |
No | 9 | 0.78 |
Satisfaction with immunization service | ||
Yes | 941 | 82.11 |
No | 205 | 17.89 |
Distance of the house to immunization clinics | ||
<5 km | 883 | 77.05 |
≥5 km | 263 | 22.95 |