Table 7.

Practices towards the influenza vaccine in the age, education and income group analysis- July 20–31, 2015 (N = 1,035).

	Young (n = 172)	%	Middle (n = 645)	%	Elder (n = 218)	%	X2	p	Education1 (n = 591)	%	Education2 (n = 444)	%	X2	p	$3001-$6000 (n = 608)	%	>$6000 (n = 427)	%	X2	p
Q1: Have you been vaccinated with the influenza vaccine within the past three years?							7.80	0.02					2.61	0.11					3.40	0.07
Yes (go to Q2)	44	25.58	112	17.36	32	14.68			97	16.41	91	20.50			122	20.07	66	15.46
No (finish Q6 and Q7)	125	72.67	548	84.96	159	72.94			483	81.73	349	78.60			479	78.78	353	82.67
Q2: The frequency of influenza vaccination							3.55	0.47					0.55	0.76					0.72	0.70
Every year	11	25.00	19	16.96	8	25.00			21	21.65	17	18.68			23	18.85	15	22.73
Every 2–3 years	15	34.09	46	41.07	8	25.00			33	34.02	36	39.56			47	38.52	22	33.33
Occasionally	16	36.36	46	41.07	14	43.75			38	39.18	38	41.76			48	39.34	28	42.42
Q3: The approach that led you to be vaccinated with the influenza vaccine (multiple choice)
Job demand	12	27.27	33	29.46	13	40.63	7.83	0.02	35	36.08	23	25.27	0.91	0.34	34	27.87	24	36.36	1.51	0.22
Advised by doctor	13	29.55	44	39.29	14	43.75	3.08	0.21	28	28.87	43	47.25	11.31	<0.001	51	41.80	20	30.30	0.36	0.55
Voluntarily vaccinated	8	18.18	28	25.00	9	28.13	1.52	0.47	25	25.77	20	21.98	0.15	0.70	23	18.85	22	33.33	9.11	0.00
Recommended by family members or friends	13	29.55	26	23.21	1	3.13	4.21	0.12	19	19.59	21	23.08	0.54	0.46	30	24.59	10	15.15	1.50	0.22
Other approaches	7	15.91	5	4.46	1	3.13	4.98	0.08	7	7.22	6	6.59	0.04	0.84	13	10.66	0	0.00	6.04	0.01
Q4: Willingness to continue to vaccinate:
Yes	23	52.27	57	50.89	16	50.00	2.12	0.71	53	54.64	43	47.25	1.47	0.48	67	54.92	29	43.94	3.37	0.19
No/maybe (go to Q5)	20	45.45	53	47.32	16	50.00			43	44.33	46	50.55			52	42.62	37	56.06
Q5: The reason you will not continue to vaccinate (multiple choice):
High cost	3	6.82	10	8.93	4	12.50	0.22	0.89	8	8.25	9	9.89	0.17	0.68	10	8.20	7	10.61	0.60	0.44
Limited effects	11	25.00	21	18.75	4	12.50	3.69	0.16	17	17.53	19	20.88	0.37	0.54	19	15.57	17	25.76	3.90	0.05
Side effects and poor safety	0	0.00	9	8.04	2	6.25	3.94	0.14	4	4.12	7	7.69	0.46	0.50	9	7.38	2	3.03	1.01	0.32
Limited vaccination sites	8	18.18	21	18.75	6	18.75	0.22	0.90	15	15.46	20	21.98	1.43	0.23	21	17.21	14	21.21	1.43	0.23
Other reasons	0	0.00	7	6.25	4	12.50	4.46	0.11	7	7.22	4	4.40	1.30	0.26	7	5.74	4	6.06	0.53	0.47
Q6: The reason you did not vaccinate (multiple choice):
High cost	14	11.20	79	14.42	30	18.87	8.55	0.01	81	16.77	42	12.03	5.45	0.02	77	16.08	46	13.03	0.96	0.33
Immune to influenza	60	48.00	226	41.24	65	40.88	4.10	0.13	182	37.68	169	48.42	3.60	0.06	189	39.46	162	45.89	3.47	0.06
Unsafe	19	15.20	147	26.82	42	26.42	12.43	0.00	129	26.71	79	22.64	3.05	0.08	104	21.71	104	29.46	5.12	0.02
Limited effects	12	9.60	100	18.25	39	24.53	14.68	0.00	88	18.22	63	18.05	0.47	0.49	88	18.37	63	17.85	0.07	0.79
Did not know = vaccination sites	50	40.00	241	43.98	55	34.59	1.10	0.58	188	38.92	158	45.27	0.83	0.36	189	39.46	157	44.48	2.42	0.12
No time	59	47.20	204	37.23	35	22.01	5.20	0.07	163	33.75	135	38.68	0.11	0.75	169	35.28	129	36.54	0.46	0.50
Never been recommended by The community	17	13.60	79	14.42	10	6.29	2.46	0.29	52	10.77	54	15.47	2.40	0.12	61	12.73	45	12.75	0.01	0.94
Others	11	8.80	26	4.74	13	8.18	6.18	0.05	30	6.21	20	5.73	0.44	0.51	30	6.26	20	5.67	0.04	0.83
Q7: Do you intend to vaccinate in the future?							0.81	0.94					12.40	0.00					6.26	0.04
Yes	21	16.80	111	20.26	30	18.87			77	15.94	85	24.36			81	16.91	81	22.95
No	16	12.80	70	12.77	20	12.58			56	11.59	50	14.33			56	11.69	50	14.16
Maybe	85	68.00	358	65.33	107	67.30			342	70.81	208	59.60			331	69.10	219	62.04