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. 2021 Feb 18;9(2):172. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9020172

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants according to their attitudes towards vaccination.

Influenza Vaccine 2020 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine 2020
Unlikely Likely Undecided p-Value Unlikely Likely Undecided p-Value
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Gender 0.825 0.049
Male 88 (31.5) 130 (46.6) 61 (21.9) 59 (21.2) 127 (45.7) 92 (33.1)
Female 108 (33.8) 142 (44.4) 70 (21.9) 90 (28.2) 117 (36.7) 112 (35.1)
Age <0.001 0.015
18–44 81 (45.8) 44 (24.9) 52 (29.4) 45 (25.6) 73 (41.5) 58 (32.9)
45–64 91 (33.7) 121 (44.8) 58 (21.5) 77 (28.6) 93 (34.6) 99 (36.8)
>65 24 (15.8) 107 (70.4) 21 (13.8) 27 (17.8) 78 (51.3) 47 (30.9)
Nationality 0.852 0.593
Italian 170 (32.4) 243 (46.4) 111 (21.2) 127 (24.3) 213 (40.8) 182 (34.9)
European 17 (38.6) 17 (38.6) 10 (22.7) 15 (34.1) 15 (34.1) 14 (31.8)
Extra European 2 (40.0) 2 (40.0) 1 (20.0) 1 (20.0) 3 (60.0) 1 (20.0)
Occupation <0.001 0.036
Workers, not with public 62 (40.8) 57 (37.5) 33 (21.7) 44 (28.9) 57 (37.5) 51 (33.5)
Workers, with public 38 (38.0) 40 (40.0) 22 (22.0) 27 (27.0) 40 (40.0) 33 (33.0)
Health care workers 44 (33.1) 60 (45.1) 29 (21.8) 31 (23.3) 54 (40.6) 48 (36.1)
Other 21 (32.8) 26 (40.6) 17 (26.6) 12 (19.3) 18 (29.0) 32 (51.6)
Retired 18 (16.8) 73 (68.2) 16 (14.9) 24 (22.4) 56 (52.3) 27 (25.2)
Smoking habits 0.860 0.924
Non-smoker 125 (32.1) 182 (46.8) 82 (21.1) 97 (25.0) 158 (40.7) 133 (34.3)
Current smoker 29 (35.4) 33 (40.2) 20 (24.4) 23 (28.05) 33 (40.2) 26 (31.7)
Ex-smoker 40 (31.7) 57 (45.2) 29 (23.0) 28 (22.4) 53 (42.4) 44 (35.2)
Alcohol consumption 0.007 0.154
Non-drinker 87 (29.1) 139 (46.5) 73 (24.4) 69 (23.2) 120 (40.4) 108 (36.4)
Occasional drinker 64 (37.2) 65 (37.8) 43 (25) 49 (28.5) 63 (36.3) 60 (34.9)
Daily drinker 42 (34.4) 66 (54.1) 14 (11.5) 28 (22.9) 60 (49.2) 34 (27.9)
Alcohol abuse 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7) 0 (0.0) 2 (66.7) 2 (33.3) 0 (0.0)
Flu shot 2019 <0.001 <0.001
No 193 (43.8) 133 (30.2) 115 (26.1) 128 (29.1) 160 (36.4) 152 (34.6)
Yes 2 (1.3) 139 (88.5) 16 (10.2) 21 (13.5) 83 (53.2) 52 (33.3)