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Table 3 Knowledge of Measles symptoms

From: Parental attitudes towards measles vaccination in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland: a latent class analysis

Knowledge of measles symptoms:

“positive attitudes” %

“fearful/ uncertain attitudes” %

“critical attitudes” %

Koplik’s spots

 Very often

92.9

85.7

76

 Sometimes

5.1

10.2

20

 Rare

0

2

0

 Don’t know

2

2

4

Total N (ns)

99

49

25

Fever

 Very often

82.8

69.4

76

 Sometimes

16.2

24.5

20

 Rare

0

2

0

 Don’t know

1

4.1

4

Total N (ns)

99

49

25

Headache

 Very often

21.5

20.9

16.7

 Sometimes

38.7

25.6

41.7

 Rare

16.1

20.9

16.7

 Never

3.2

4.7

4.2

 Don’t know

20.4

27.9

20.8

Total N (ns)

93

43

24

Sore throat

 Very often

17.6

19

13

 Sometimes

27.5

21.4

26.1

 Rare

18.7

16.7

17.4

 Never

8.8

9.5

8.7

 Don’t know

27.5

33.3

34.8

Total N (ns)

91

42

23

Pneumonia

 Very often

3.4

0

0

 Sometimes

12.4

21.1

8.7

 Rare

38.2

23.7

47.8

 Never

18

21.1

8.7

 Don’t know

28.1

34.2

34.8

Total N (ns)

89

38

23

Unconsciousness

 Sometimes

4.5

5.4

4.5

 Rare

40.4

35.1

27.3

 Never

22.5

18.9

22.7

 Don’t know

32.6

40.5

45.5

Total N (ns)

89

37

22

Vomiting

 Very often

11

0

0

 Sometimes

17.6

15.4

30.4

 Rare

34.1

30.8

26.1

 Never

9.9

15.4

4.3

 Don’t know

27.5

38.5

39.1

Total N (ns)

91

39

23

Convulsion

 Very often

2.2

0

4.3

 Sometimes

13.2

5.3

21.7

 Rare

39.6

34.2

30.4

 Never

13.2

15.8

13

 Don’t know

31.9

44.7

30.4

Total N (ns)

91

38

23

  1. Note: ns not significant