Table 1.
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of respondents according to vaccine hesitancy, Eastern Townships, 2014.
| Total (n = 8,737), n(%) |
Vaccine-hesitant (n = 2,772), n (%) |
Non-vaccine-hesitant (n = 5,840), n (%) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (n = 8,737) | ||||
| Male | 4,275 (48.9) | 1,381 (49.8) | 2,843 (48.7) | 0.327 |
| Age (n = 8,620) | ||||
| 18–29 y | 1,650 (19.1) | 513 (18.8) | 1,130 (19.6) | |
| 30–49 y | 2,494 (28.9) | 751 (27.6) | 1,712 (29.6) | |
| 50–64 y | 2,637 (30.6) | 857 (31.5) | 1,734 (30.0) | |
| ≥65 y | 1,840 (21.3) | 601 (22.1) | 1,203 (20.8) | 0.120 |
| Place of residence (n = 8,737) | ||||
| Sherbrooke | 4,840 (55.4) | 1,413 (51.0) | 3,357 (57.5) | <0.001 |
| Education level (n = 8,697) | ||||
| High school or less | 2,951 (33.9) | 1,180 (42.8) | 1,723 (29.6) | |
| College | 2,802 (32.2) | 887 (32.1) | 1,879 (32.3) | |
| University | 2,944 (33.9) | 693 (25.1) | 2,211 (38.0) | <0.001 |
| Annual household income (before income taxes) (n = 8,329) | ||||
| <$30,000 | 2,257 (27.1) | 928 (35.1) | 1,295 (23.2) | |
| $30,000–$79,000 | 3,908 (46.9) | 1,230 (46.5) | 2,623 (47.0) | |
| ≥$80,000 | 2,163 (26.0) | 485 (18.4) | 1,660 (29.8) | <0.001 |
| Language spoken at home (n = 8,737) | ||||
| French | 8,134 (93.1) | 2,659 (95.9) | 5,353 (91.7) | <0.001 |
| Household composition (n = 8,716) | ||||
| Couple (with or without children) | 5,345 (61.3) | 1,572 (57.0) | 3,705 (63.5) | |
| Person living alone | 2,076 (23.8) | 741 (26.8) | 1,288 (22.1) | |
| Other (single-parent family, multiple families, and roommates) | 1,295 (14.9) | 447 (16.2) | 840 (14.4) | <0.001 |