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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants according to self-reported Tdap vaccination during pregnancya

From: Do intentions lead to action? Results of a longitudinal study assessing determinants of Tdap vaccine uptake during pregnancy in Quebec, Canada

 

Vaccine status

Total

Vaccinated

Not vaccinated

Characteristics of participants

n

%

n

%

n (%)

Total

468

82.4

100

17.6

100.0

Age

  < 30 years old

184

39.3

38

38.0

39.1

  ≥ 30 years old

284

60.7

62

62.0

60.9

Country of birth**

 Canada

364

77.8

60

60.0

74.7

 Outside Canada

90

19.2

35

35.0

22.0

 Unknown

14

3.0

5.0

5.0

3.4

First language**

 French

399

85.3

71

71.0

82.8

 English

17

3.6

2

2.0

3.4

 Other

52

11.1

27

27.0

13.9

Level of education

 High school or less

83

17.7

25

25.0

19.0

 College

99

21.2

16

16.0

20.3

 University

285

60.9

59

59.0

60.6

 Other

1.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

Marital status

 Prefer not to answer

3

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.5

 Single/Divorced

36

7.7

8

8.0

7.8

 Married / Common-law partner

429

91.7

91

91.0

91.6

 Other

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.0

0.2

N of pregnancies

 1

231

49.4

43

43.0

48.2

 2

166

35.5

36

36.0

35.6

  ≥ 3

71

15.2

21

21.0

16.2

Health care professional following pregnancy

 N/A

6

1.3

0

0.0

1.1

 Family physician or general practitioner

143

30.6

23

23.0

29.2

 Gynecologist/ Obstetrician

298

63.7

73

73.0

65.3

 Midwife

0.0

0.0

1

1.0

0.2

 Other

21

1.5

3

3.0

1.4

Vaccination sites

 University Hospital

125

26.7

54

54.0

31.5

 Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic

127

27.1

7

7.0

23.6

 Family medicine group

96

20.5

12

12.0

19.0

 Local community service centre

120

25.6

27

27.0

25.9

  1. aMissing values were excluded, this explains when % do not add up to 100%
  2. **P value calculated without missing values. P value < 0.004