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. 2021 Mar 1;36(2):197–211. doi: 10.1007/s10654-021-00728-6

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics among pregnant women and mothers of young children (n = 17,871)

Vaccine acceptance among core demographic groups All respondents N = 17,871 (100) Accept for themselves Accept for child/children
Pregnant women N = 5282 Non-pregnant mothers N = 12,562 Women who indicated whether or not they would vaccinate their child/children N = 17,054
Total frequency (% of sample) All N (%) Accepted vaccine N (%) All N (%) Accepted vaccine N (%) All N (%) Accepted vaccine N (%)
No. children
 None 2661 (14.9) 2658 (50.3) 1488 (56.0) NA NA 1916 (11.2) 1416 (73.9)
 One child 6795 (38.1) 1735 (32.9) 906 (52.2) 5054 (40.2) 3957 (78.3) 6765 (39.7) 4878 (72.1)
 Two children 5465 (30.6) 594 (11.3) 249 (41.9) 4868 (38.8) 3599 (73.9) 5448 (32.0) 3785 (69.5)
 At least 3 children 2938 (16.5) 295 (5.6) 104 (35.3) 2640 (21.0) 1658 (62.8) 2925 (17.2) 1721 (58.8)
Age (years)
 18–24 1299 (7.3) 674 (12.8) 331 (49.1) 625 (5.0) 415 (66.4) 1175 (6.9) 716 (60.9)
 25–29 3396 (19.0) 1566 (29.7) 807 (51.5) 1827 (14.5) 1287 (70.4) 3118 (18.3) 2050 (65.8)
 30–34 4937 (27.6) 1911 (36.2) 1010 (52.9) 3021 (24.1) 2235 (74.0) 4680 (27.4) 3254 (69.6)
 35–39 4041 (22.6) 983 (18.6) 518 (52.7) 3054 (24.3) 2247 (73.6) 3929 (23.0) 2749 (70.0)
 40–65 4189 (23.5) 148 (2.8) 81 (54.7) 4035 (32.1) 3030 (75.1) 4152 (24.4) 3031 (73.0)
Socioeconomic status
 Poor 1993 (11.2) 444 (8.4) 249 (56.1) 1548 (12.3) 1054 (68.1) 1944 (11.4) 1264 (65.0)
 Lower-middle class 5224 (29.3) 1386 (26.2) 727 (52.5) 3835 (30.5) 2757 (71.9) 5027 (29.5) 3446 (68.6)
 Middle class 8061 (45.2) 2553 (48.3) 1295 (50.7) 5505 (43.8) 4107 (74.6) 7662 (44.9) 5345 (69.8)
 Upper-middle class or wealthy 2573 (14.4) 899 (17.0) 476 (53.0) 1674 (13.3) 1296 (77.4) 2421 (14.2) 1745 (72.1)
Education
 Never attended high school 1098 (6.2) 239 (4.5) 104 (43.5) 859 (6.9) 614 (71.5) 1074 (6.3) 698 (65.0)
 High school or GED 2114 (11.9) 469 (8.9) 263 (56.1) 1644 (13.1) 1151 (70.0) 2061 (12.1) 1382 (67.1)
 Some College or University 3159 (17.7) 867 (16.4) 422 (48.7) 2289 (18.3) 1575 (68.8) 3052 (17.9) 1964 (64.4)
 College Diploma or University Degree 6746 (37.9) 2164 (41.0) 1092 (50.5) 4579 (36.5) 3304 (72.2) 6386 (37.5) 4337 (67.9)
 Master's, Professional or Doctoral Degree 4703 (26.4) 1534 (29.1) 862 (56.2) 3167 (25.3) 2558 (80.8) 4450 (26.1) 3403 (76.5)
Health insurance status
 Insured 13,737 (77.0) 4416 (83.6) 2284 (51.7) 9319 (74.2) 6888 (73.9) 13,050 (76.5) 9090 (69.7)
 Not insured 4111 (23.0) 866 (16.4) 263 (53.5) 3243 (25.8) 2326 (71.7) 4004 (23.5) 2710 (67.7)
Marital status
 Married 12,004 (67.4) 3762 (71.4) 1934 (51.4) 8236 (65.8) 6094 (74.0) 11,456 (67.4) 7955 (69.4)
 All unmarried 5797 (32.6) 1505 (28.6) 806 (53.6) 4288 (32.2) 3095 (72.1) 5546 (32.6) 3816 (68.8)
 Living with a partner 3195 (18.0) 1031 (19.6) 580 (56.3) 2162 (17.3) 1623 (75.1) 3026 (17.8) 2163 (71.5)
 Never married 1541 (8.7) 386 (7.3) 188 (48.7) 1154 (9.2) 782 (67.8) 1471 (8.7) 952 (64.7)
 Divorced 514 (2.9) 55 (1.0) 26 (47.3) 458 (3.7) 312 (68.1) 507 (3.0) 323 (63.7)
 Separated 437 (2.5) 27 (0.5) 12 (44.4) 410 (3.3) 296 (72.2) 342 (2.5) 298 (69.0)
 Widowed 110 (0.6) 6 (0.1) 0 (0) 104 (0.8) 82 (78.9) 110 (0.7) 80 (72.7)