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. 2019 Sep 29;7(4):134. doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040134

Table 2.

Proportion of registered nurses who received influenza vaccination, China, 2017/2018.

Characteristics No. in Sample No. Vaccinated Weighted % # Vaccinated p-Value
Age group (years) <0.001
  <25 485 55 11
  25–34 2505 142 6
  ≥35 1163 60 5
Years of work in healthcare sector <0.001
  0–2 455 51 11
  3–5 942 74 7
  ≥6 2756 132 5
Type of health care institution 0.140
  Hospital 4100 251 6
  Others a 53 6 11
Level of healthcare institution 0.023
  Tertiary 3329 192 5
  Secondary 513 34 6
  Primary 166 19 12
  Unclassified 145 12 10
Department <0.001
  Internal medicine 1286 67 5
  Surgery 950 39 3
  Intensive care unit 450 25 5
  Outpatients and emergency department 440 55 13
  Pediatrics and maternity department 198 12 4
  Community health center 171 19 11
  Other 658 40 7
Province <0.001
  Beijing b 718 77 10
  Heilongjiang 773 31 3
  Shaanxi 516 16 3
  Guangdong 522 30 6
  Jiangsu 770 48 6
  Yunnan 854 55 6

Note: a other included emergency service center, long-term care facility, blood bank, public health setting, healthcare education institute, and pharmacy; b Since 2007, Beijing’s vaccine policy provides free influenza vaccine to older adults and school children; # numbers in the column were weighted to the distribution of the Chinese population of nurses by age, sex, province, and type of healthcare institution, using an iterative proportional fitting or raking method.