Table 2.
Antenatal vaccination attitudes, intentions, social influences and risk considerations
| Overall % (N) | Primips | Multips | P value | Post-secondary qualifs | Other | P value | Not at all hesitant | Others | P value | Very or somewhat hesitant | Others | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccination attitudes, intentions & pre-natal actions | |||||||||||||
| Qn1 Strongly support childhood vaccination | 80.0% (230) | 76.0% (79) | 81.8% (148) | 0.304 | 81.3% (143) | 80.0% (32) | 0.826 | 93.5% (139) | 58.1% (74) | < 0.0001 | 15.4% (13) | 83.9% (211) | < 0.0001 |
| Qn26 Want baby to get all recommended vaccines (Yes) | 92.2% (204) | 86.0% (57) | 94.6% (147) | 0.077 | 93.0% (158) | 92.1% (38) | 0.737 | 99.2% (133) | 73.2% (82) | < 0.0001 | 33.3% (12) | 95.8% (190) | < 0.0001 |
| Qn27 Not at all hesitant | 65.3% (225) | 59.5% (79) | 68.5% (146) | 0.189 | 62.5% (184) | 57.8% (45) | 0.609 | ||||||
| Qn27 Very/somewhat hesitant or unsure | 5.8% (225) | 16.5% (79) | 5.5% (146) | 0.014 | 12.0% (184) | 15.6% (45) | 0.616 | ||||||
| Qn 31 Want baby to have all recommended vaccines and have no concerns | 42.5% (226) | 41.8% (79) | 42.9% (147) | 0.681 | 38.7% (186) | 43.2% (44) | 0.610 | 60.5% (147) | 9.2% (76) | < 0.0001 | 0.0% (12) | 45.5% (211) | 0.001 |
| Qn 36 Plan to have flu vaccine (Yes) | 48.5% (231) | 50.0% (86) | 47.4% (152) | 0.787 | 51.4% (185) | 36.4% (44) | 0.093 | 55.9% (145) | 35.6% (90) | 0.003 | 15.4% (13) | 51.7% (209) | 0.019 |
| Qn 37 Plan to have pertussis vaccine (Yes) | 87.5% (231) | 90.7% (86) | 88.2% (152) | 0.667 | 90.3% (185) | 86.4% (44) | 0.421 | 89.38% (147) | 87.5% (88) | 0.669 | 75.0% (12) | 90.1% (211) | 0.126 |
| Qn24 Ever delayed vaccine for reasons not illness or allergy? (% yes, multips only) | 7.5% (147) | 7.8% (116) | 7.7% (26) | 0.588 | 2.1% (97) | 16.3% (43) | 0.0008 | 60.0% (5) | 4.5% (134) | 0.002 | |||
| Qn25 Ever decided not to vaccinate child for reasons other than illness or allergy? (% yes, multips only) | 3.5% (144) | 4.3% (116) | 0.0% (24) | > 0.999 | 1.0% (98) | 8.9% (45) | 0.0341 | 66.7% (6) | 0.7% (135) | < 0.0001 | |||
| Social influences | |||||||||||||
| Qn4 Strongly agree “Most people who are important to me think I should get my child vaccinated” | 62.7% (220) | 57.3% (75) | 65.0% (143) | 0.304 | 60.4% (169) | 70.0% (40) | 0.282 | 75.9% (141) | 39.2% (74) | < 0.0001 | 35.3% (17) | 64.5% (211) | 0.034 |
| Qn5 Strongly agree “Most people who are important to me would have their child vaccinated” | 63.0% (227) | 61.5% (78) | 63.7% (146) | 0.773 | 60.7% (173) | 71.4% (42) | 0.217 | 75.2% (145) | 42.1% (76) | < 0.0001 | 30.8% (13) | 65.9% (208) | 0.016 |
| Qn20 Strongly agree “Access to government family support payments is important in my decisions” | 16.4% (226) | 16.9% (77) | 15.8% (146) | 0.850 | 15.0% (173) | 22.0% (41) | 0.346 | 14.6% (144) | 18.4% (76) | 0.561 | 33.3% (18) | 14.9% (215) | 0.235 |
| Qn29 All things considered, how much do you trust your child’s doctor? (From 0 = Do not trust at all to 10 = completely trust) Mean (95% CI) | 8.8 (8.6–9.1) | 8.7 (8.3–9.2) | 8.7 (8.4–9.0) | 0.990 | 8.8 (8.5–9.1) | 8.5 (8.0–9.2) | 0.369 | 9.4 (9.3–9.6) | 7.7 (7.3–8.2) | < 0.0001 | 5.4 (3.8–6.9) | 9.0 (8.8–9.2) | < 0.0001 |
| Risk considerations | |||||||||||||
| Q3 “Because other children are vaccinated it isn’t necessary to have my child vaccinated” –Strongly or moderately agree | 9.9% (223) | 7.9% (76) | 9.0% (145) | > 0.999 | 9.3% (172) | 7.3% (41) | > 0.999 | 8.3% (144) | 9.5% (74) | 0.803 | 16.7% (12) | 8.3% (206) | 0.281 |
| Q19 “The benefits of vaccines outweigh the risks of vaccines” – Neither agree nor disagree | 5.8% (224) | 12.0% (75) | 2.7% (146) | 0.012 | 7.7% (181) | 9.1% (44) | 0.759 | 1.4% (141) | 14.3% (77) | 0.0003 | 30.8% (13) | 4.4% (205) | 0.0041 |
| Q21 “How concerned are you that your child may have a serious side effect from a vaccine?” - Very or somewhat concerned | 25.4% (228) | 26.6% (79) | 24.7 (146) | 0.751 | 25.7% (175) | 24.4% (41) | > 0.999 | 8.3% (145) | 55.8% (77) | < 0.0001 | 76.9% (13) | 21.5% (209) | < 0.0001 |
| Q22 “How concerned are you that any one of the childhood vaccines might not be safe?” - Very or somewhat concerned | 23.6% (229) | 30.4% (79) | 19.7% (147) | 0.099 | 244.0% (175) | 23.8% (42) | > 0.999 | 6.8% (146) | 54.5% (77) | < 0.0001 | 84.6% (13) | 19.5% (210) | < 0.0001 |
| Q23 “How concerned are you that a vaccine might not prevent the disease” - Very or somewhat concerned | 23.1% (226) | 21.8% (78) | 23.3% (146) | 0.868 | 24.3% (173) | 16.7% (42) | 0.412 | 11.7% (145) | 43.4% (76) | < 0.0001 | 61.5% (13) | 20.2% (208) | 0.002 |
| Q28 How sure are you that following the recommended vaccine schedule is a good idea for your child? (0 = not at all sure, 10 = completely sure) Mean (95% CI) | 8.83 (8.54–9.12) | 8.49 (7.89–9.09) | 9.01 (8.70–9.33) | 0.564 | 8.91 (8.59–9.24) | 8.38 (7.58–9.18) | 0.176 | 9.73 (9.62–9.84) | 7.17 (6.47–7.86) | < 0.0001 | 3.77 (2.02–5.52) | 9.15 (8.91–9.39) | < 0.0001 |
| Q30 If children in Australia are not vaccinated, how likely do you think they are to get a disease that vaccines prevent? (0 = not at all likely, 10 = very likely) Mean (95% CI) | 7.14 (6.81–7.47) | 7.17 (6.57–7.79) | 7.13 (6.74–7.52) | 0.887 | 7.18 (6.83–7.53) | 6.66 (5.68–7.63) | 0.240 | 7.57 (7.19–7.95) | 6.38 (5.77–6.99) | 0.001 | 3.83 (2.18–5.49) | 7.35 (7.02–7.67) | < 0.0001 |
P value is for Fisher’s exact test for 2 × 2 contingency table. Figures shown are percentage and total number of respondents as % (N)
Primips=first-time mothers; Multips=experienced mothers