Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics (n = 395).
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Background Factors | ||
| Sex | ||
| Female | 249 | 63.0 |
| Male | 146 | 37.0 |
| Age groups (years) | ||
| 18–50 | 225 | 57.0 |
| 51–75 | 170 | 43.0 |
| Educational attainment | ||
| Below college | 278 | 70.4 |
| College or above | 109 | 27.6 |
| Missing data | 8 | 2.0 |
| Marital status | ||
| Others (single/separated/divorced/w-idowed/cohabited) | 141 | 35.7 |
| Married | 254 | 64.3 |
| Chronic disease status ¶ | ||
| No | 287 | 72.7 |
| Yes | 108 | 27.3 |
| History of influenza vaccination | ||
| No | 303 | 76.7 |
| Yes | 92 | 23.3 |
| Vaccination resistance | ||
| No | 172 | 43.5 |
| Yes | 223 | 56.5 |
¶, Chronic disease status was defined as those who self-reported having at least one of the listed common chronic diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, chronic pulmonary diseases, myocardial infarction, cardiac failure, cerebrovascular diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, ulcerative diseases, liver diseases, and tumors.