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. 2021 Mar 29;27(5):1104–1111. doi: 10.1111/jep.13568

TABLE 1.

Descriptive characteristics and information of all participants overall and stratified by mandatory vaccination support

Should vaccination be mandated? All (n = 901) No (n = 148) Yes (n = 753) P‐value
% 14.8 85.2
Gender (%) .020
Male 50.7 59.5 49.0
Female 49.3 40.5 51.0
Age groups (%) <.001
18 to 24 11.8 3.4 13.4
25 to 39 26.5 29.7 25.9
40 to 54 25.8 37.2 23.5
55 to 64 15.4 10.1 16.5
≥65 20.5 19.6 20.7
Education (%) .685
Elementary 7.9 8.8 7.7
High School 42.3 39.2 42.9
University 41.7 41.9 41.7
MSc/PhD 8.1 10.1 7.7
Occupation (%) <.001
Full‐time 50.6 65.5 47.8
Retired 26.9 23.6 27.5
Other (student, housewife) 15.3 6.8 17.0
Unemployed 7.2 4.1 7.7
Underage children living in the household (%) .443
No 75.9 78.4 75.4
Yes 24.1 21.6 24.6
Chronic conditions (at least one) (%) .033
No 56.9 64.9 55.4
Yes 43.1 35.1 44.6
Rural residence (%) .126
No 76.9 81.8 76.0
Yes 23.1 18.2 24.0
Income (%) .950
Very low 27.9 27.0 28.0
Low to average 18.5 19.6 18.3
Average 41.7 42.6 41.6
Higher than average 11.9 10.8 12.1
Uninsured (%) .216
No 95.3 97.3 95.0
Yes 4.7 2.7 5.0
Do you have private insurance coverage? (%) .484
No 86.0 87.8 85.7
Yes 14.0 12.2 14.3
Self‐reported health (%) .528
Average 21.2 25.0 20.5
Bad/very bad 5.2 5.4 5.2
Good 46.2 41.2 47.1
Very good 27.4 28.4 27.2
Trust in official healthcare authorities' guidelines and recommendations on healthcare issues (ie, vaccination) (%) <.001
No trust 9.1 20.3 6.9
Somewhat 19.3 31.8 16.9
Quite 42.2 31.0 44.3
A lot 29.4 16.9 31.9
How often do you use healthcare preventive services (ie, checkup)? (%) .002
Never/Rarely 26.5 38.5 24.2
Few times 33.3 32.4 33.4
Often 33.4 24.3 35.2
Very often 6.8 4.7 7.2
How satisfied are you with the healthcare system? (%) .011
Not at all 22.0 26.7 21.3
Somewhat 47.4 54.0 46.0
Quite/Very satisfied 30.6 20.3 32.7