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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Shandong, China, 2013

From: Rural-urban disparity in category II vaccination among children under five years of age: evidence from a survey in Shandong, China

Variable

Overall

Urban

Rural

*P - value

N (%)

1638(100)

764

874

 

Sex

   

0.136

 Boy

894(54.6)

402(52.6)

492(56.3)

 

 Girl

744(45.4)

362(47.4)

382(43.7)

 

Age

   

0.714

 0–1

500(30.5)

240(31.4)

260(29.7)

 

 -2

320(19.5)

149(19.5)

171(19.6)

 

 -3

350(21.4)

169(22.1)

181(20.7)

 

 -4

303(18.5)

132(17.3)

171(19.6)

 

 -5

165(10.1)

74(9.7%)

91(10.4)

 

Family size

   

0.241

  ≤ 4

916(55.9)

439(57.5)

477(54.6)

 

  > 4

722(44.1)

325(42.5)

397(45.4)

 

Household income a

   

0.000

 Q1

363(22.2)

121(15.8)

242(27.7)

 

 Q2

292(17.8)

117(15.4)

175(20.0)

 

 Q3

333(20.3)

149(19.5)

184(21.1)

 

 Q4

364(22.2)

186(24.3)

178(20.4)

 

 Q5

286(17.5)

191(25.0)

95(10.9)

 

Physical examination

   

0.320

 Yes

988(60.3)

451(59.0)

537(61.4)

 

 No

650(39.7)

313(41.0)

337(28.6)

 

Primary caregiver

   

0.000

 Parents

1445(88.2)

700(91.6)

745(85.2)

 

 Grandparents

193(11.8)

64(8.4)

129(14.8)

 

Primary caregiver’s education

   

0.000

 Primary and below

247(15.1)

44(5.8)

203(23.2)

 

 Junior education

821(50.1)

320(41.9)

501(57.3)

 

 Senior and above

570(34.8)

400(52.4)

170(19.5)

 

Satisfaction b

   

0.496

 Satisfaction

1396(85.2)

656(85.9)

740(84.7)

 

 Non-satisfaction

242(14.8)

108(14.1)

134(15.3)

 
  1. Note: The P-values indicate statistical significance at 5% level, the italics indicate significance
  2. aQuintile 1(Q1) is the poorest and Quintile 5(Q5) is the richest *: Chi-test
  3. bSatisfaction with the vaccination services