Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of parents towards varicella and its vaccination

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Self-reported characteristics of the participants in the study

	N	%
Gender (414)
Male	113	27.3
Female	301	72.7
Age (years) (408)	40.4 ± 6 (22–58)^a
18–30	25	6.1
31–35	57	14
36–40	112	27.4
41–45	137	33.6
> 45	77	18.9
Marital status (411)
Married	334	81.3
Other	77	18.7
Education level (411)
No formal education, elementary or middle school	68	16.5
High school	147	35.8
College degree or higher	196	47.7
Socioeconomic status (395)
Low	164	41.5
Middle	131	33.2
High	100	25.3
Number of children (414)
1	88	21.3
2	227	54.8
≥ 3	99	23.9
Number of children by age (years) (414)
4	50	12.1
5	68	16.4
6	151	36.5
7	145	35
Birth order of the selected children (414)
First	203	49
Second	149	36
Third	48	11.6
Fourth and more	14	3.4
Varicella vaccination according to the age (years) of the selected children (156)^b
4–5	45	28.8
6–7	111	71.2

In brackets there is the number of parents reporting the information
Number for each item may not add up to total number of study population due to missing value
^a Mean ± standard deviation (range)
^b Only for the selected children who had been vaccinated

ISSN: 1471-2334