Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the overall study population and according to the vaccine literacy (VL) functional and interactive-critical skills

	Overall	VL functional score		VL interactive-critical score
	N (%)	Mean (SD)	P value	Mean (SD)	P value
Gender
Male	31 (8.0)	2.52 (0.91)	0.690	2.80 (0.69)	0.048
Female	356 (92.0)	2.59 (0.72)		3.09 (0.58)
Age groups
18–30	46 (11.9)	2.61 (0.75)	0.119	2.96 (0.66)	0.328
31–50	192 (49.5)	2.62 (0.71)		3.04 (0.63)
51–65	129 (33.2)	2.47 (0.76)		3.14 (0.52)
> 65	21 (5.4)	2.85 (0.75)		3.13 (0.55)
Country of residence
Spain	313 (81.1)	2.59 (0.75)	0.698	3.04 (0.58)	0.080
Other	73 (18.9)	2.55 (0.68)		3.19 (0.64)
Area of residence
Rural area	74 (19.6)	2.61 (0.67)	0.301	2.90 (0.57)	0.045
Urban area of < 100.000 inhabitants	133 (35.3)	2.67 (0.82)		3.08 (0.66)
Urban area of ≥ 100.000 inhabitants	170 (45.1)	2.53 (0.69)		3.12 (0.55)
Civil Status
Single	88 (22.6)	2.55 (0.74)	0.472	3.03 (0.54)	0.023
Living-in unit	62 (15.9)	2.58 (0.72)		2.86 (0.67)
Married	188 (48.3)	2.64 (0.75)		3.12 (0.59)
Separated or divorced	44 (11.3)	2.45 (0.69)		3.13 (0.55)
Widow	7 (1.8)	2.26 (0.96)		3.48 (0.33)
Socioeconomic status
Low	25 (6.4)	2.46 (0.86)	0.155	3.11 (0.55)	0.018
Middle	186 (47.8)	2.52 (0.70)		2.97 (0.63)
High	178 (45.8)	2.67 (0.75)		3.16 (0.55)
Educational attainment
Elementary	31 (8.1)	2.30 (0.77)	0.002	2.66 (0.74)	< 0.001
High school	58 (15.1)	2.35 (0.75)		2.92 (0.61)
Post-secondary school	118 (30.6)	2.53 (0.70)		2.95 (0.64)
College	175 (45.5)	2.74 (0.72)		3.25 (0.46)
Occupational status
Worker in the private sector	109 (28.2)	2.66 (0.76)	0.527	3.00 (0.65)	0.204
Worker in the public sector	73 (18.9)	2.50 (0.74)		3.20 (0.40)
Not working	84 (21.7)	2.50 (0.72)		2.99 (0.66)
Retired	74 (19.1)	2.62 (0.76)		3.12 (0.60)
Others	47 (12.1)	2.59 (0.74)		3.06 (0.57)

VL: vaccine literacy