Influenza vaccine uptake among children and older adults in China: a secondary analysis of a quasi-experimental study

Table 1 Characteristics of participants by study groups in Guangdong Province, China, 2020–2021 (N = 450)

Sociodemographic factors	Total (N = 450) (n,%)	Study groups		P-value*
Sociodemographic factors	Total (N = 450) (n,%)	Self-paid group (N = 150) (n, %)	Subsidized group (N = 300) (n,%)	P-value*
Participant type
Children’s caregiver	225 (50.0)	75 (50.0)	150 (50.0)	1.000
Older people	225 (50.0)	75 (50.0)	150 (50.0)	1.000
Age, mean (SD)	52 (17.9)	53 (18.9)	52 (17.3)	0.401
Sex
Male	120 (26.7)	37 (24.7)	83 (27.7)	0.498
Female	330 (73.3)	113 (75.3)	217 (72.3)	0.498
Completed highest education level
Primary school	104 (23.1)	41 (27.3)	63 (21.0)	0.042
Middle school	214 (47.6)	76 (50.7)	138 (46.0)
Undergraduate or above	132 (29.3)	33 (22.0)	132 (29.3)
Occupation
Unemployed/retired	234 (52.0)	73 (48.7)	234 (52.0)	0.587
Farmer†	54 (12.0)	20 (13.3)	54 (12.0)
Employed	162 (36.0)	57 (38.0)	99 (33.0)
Marital status
Single‡	61 (13.6)	24 (16.0)	37 (12.3)	0.284
Married or living with a partner	389 (86.4)	126 (84.0)	263 (87.7)	0.284

*P-value from chi-square test for comparison of proportion and t test for comparison of mean age
† Farmer refers to people engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials by leasing land from the government in China, which is different from conventional employed occupations
‡ Single refers to participants who were unmarried, divorced, separated or widowed

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