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. 2019 Dec 9;90(2):269–278. doi: 10.23750/abm.v90i2.6759

Table 3.

Comparisons of recalled demographic factors and vaccination settings between CWs having received last shot of tetanus vaccine (TeV) as a monovalent formulation and as a combined tetanus-diphtheria (Td) or tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) one

Variable Formulation employed for last TeV shot p value
Monovalent (n/159, %) Combined (Td / Tdap) (n/26, %)
Age 40.6 ± 9.6 38.4 ± 9.6 0.418
Age group
<30 29,18.2% 4,15.4% 0.126
30-39 58. 36.5% 4,15.4%
40-40 39,24.5% 10, 38.5%
≥50 33,20,8% 8, 30.8%
Migration background
Italian-born people 108,67.9% 21,80.8% 0.275
Foreign-born people 51,32.1% 5,19.2%
Year of Birth (only Italian-born people)
Born before 1968 28, 25.9% 8,38.1% 0.383
Born in 1968 or thereafter 80. 74.1% 13,61.9%
Born before 1986 25,23.4% 4,19.0% 0.883
Born in 1986 or thereafter 82. 76.6% 17,81.0%
Occupational status
Employee 21,13.2% 4,15.4% 1.000
Self-employed 138,86.8% 22,84.6%
Vaccination settings
Vaccination Services 72,45.3% 25,96.2% <0.001
Occupational Physicians 40, 25.2% 1,3.8%
General Practitioners 23,14.5% 0,-
Emergency Department 13,8.2% 0,-
Military services 11,6.9% 0,-
Vaccination references
NIPP 2017-2019 14,8.8% 11,42.3% <0.001
NIPP 2012-2014 57,35.8% 12,46.2%
NIPP 2005-2007 60, 37.7% 3,11.5%
Prior NIPP 2005-2007 28,17,6% 0,-

Notes. NIPP: National Immunization Prevention Plan