Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Study Sample
Characteristics | No. (%) (N=205) |
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Gender | |
Female | 200 (98) |
Male | 5 (2) |
Educational background | |
Never attended school | 2 (1) |
Elementary | 22 (11) |
High school undergraduate | 26 (13) |
High school graduate | 90 (44) |
Vocational education | 9 (4) |
College undergraduate | 32 (16) |
College graduate | 23 (11) |
Graduate studies | 1 (<1) |
Occupation | |
Housewife | 106 (52) |
None | 32 (16) |
Business (e.g., service and sales workers) | 19 (9) |
Self-employed (e.g., online business, retail) | 16 (8) |
Professional (e.g., doctors, engineers, IT) | 13 (6) |
Manual laborer (e.g., craft and related trade workers) | 12 (6) |
Farmer | 0 (0) |
Fisherman | 0 (0) |
Others | 7 (3) |
Vaccination behavior | |
Previously delayed or refused vaccination | 56 (27) |
Previously delayed vaccination | 41 (20) |
Previously refused vaccination | 21 (10) |
Would vaccinate their child today | 196 (96) |
Previous sources of vaccination information (multiple answers possible) | |
Barangay health workers | 104 (51) |
Family members | 69 (34) |
Midwives | 48 (23) |
Social media | 39 (19) |
Television | 33 (16) |
Nurses | 27 (13) |
Friends | 22 (11) |
Doctors | 11 (5) |
Newspapers | 10 (5) |
Abbreviation: IT, information technology.