Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| Provider Characteristics | n (%) or Mean ± SD |
|---|---|
| Province | |
| Guangdong | 7 (26.9) |
| Henan | 9 (34.6) |
| Sichuan | 10 (38.5) |
| Age in years [mean] | 42.5 ± 7.3 |
| Age range | |
| <35 | 5 (19.2) |
| 35–45 | 12 (46.2) |
| >45 | 9 (34.6) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 9 (34.6) |
| Female | 17 (65.4) |
| Educational level | |
| Below vocational college | 6 (23.1) |
| Vocational college | 6 (23.1) |
| Undergraduate | 5 (19.2) |
| Masters | 1 (3.8) |
| Missing | 8 (30.8) * |
| Major | |
| Clinical medicine | 5 (19.2) |
| Nursing | 11 (42.3) |
| Preventive medicine | 6 (23.1) |
| Sanitary inspection | 1 (3.8) |
| Chinese medicine | 1 (3.8) |
| Missing | 2 (7.7) * |
| Personnel category | |
| CDC EPI manager | 3 (11.5) |
| EPI manager | 18 (69.3) |
| Vaccinator | 5 (19.2) |
| Caregiver Characteristics | n (%) or Mean ± SD |
| Province | |
| Guangdong | 66 (41.2) |
| Henan | 51 (31.9) |
| Sichuan | 43 (26.9) |
| Age in years [mean] | 35.0 ± 11.0 |
| Age range | |
| <35 | 100 (62.5) |
| 35–45 | 19 (11.9) |
| >45 | 30 (18.8) |
| Missing | 11 (6.8) * |
| Gender | |
| Male | 33 (20.6) |
| Female | 127 (79.4) |
| Educational level | |
| Below vocational college | 34 (21.3) |
| Vocational college | 10 (6.3) |
| Undergraduate | 13 (8.1) |
| Master | 1 (0.6) |
| Missing | 102 (63.7) * |
| Source of respondents | |
| Vaccination facilities | 94 (58.8) |
| Vaccination registers | 66 (41.2) |
| Regional | |
| Urban | 81 (50.6) |
| Rural | 79 (49.4) |
Note: * Some participants were unwilling to disclose personal information.