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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of adolescents and parents’ participants by country

From: Exploring reported causes of vaccine hesitancy among European adolescents and parents: results of a citizen science project

Variable

Italy

Poland

Portugal

Spain

p-value

Adolescents’ participants (N)

473

472

470

462

Ìý

Gender [N (%)]

Female

189 (40.0)

230 (48.7)

198 (42.1)

195 (42.2)

0.058

Male

284 (60.0)

241 (51.1)

271 (57.7)

265 (57.4)

Ìý

Non-binary

0

1 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

2 (0.4)

Age [mean ± SD]

14.5 ±â¶Ä‰1.6

14.4 ±â¶Ä‰1.6

14.5 ±â¶Ä‰1.6

15.1 ±â¶Ä‰1.5

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Educational level [N (%)]

High school

199 (42.1)

0

0

143 (31.0)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Vocational training

120 (25.4)

15 (3.2)

34 (7.2)

44 (9.5)

Secondary

154 (32.6)

251 (53.2)

244 (51.9)

268 (58.0)

Primary

0

206 (43.6)

192 (40.9)

7 (1.5)

Parents’ participants (N)

292

290

291

262

Ìý

Gender [N (%)]

Female

147 (50.3)

155 (53.4)

146 (50.2)

134 (51.1)

0.895

Ìý

Male

145 (49.7)

134 (46.2)

144 (49.5)

128 (48.9)

Ìý

Non-binary

0

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

0

Age [mean ± SD]

46.7 ±â¶Ä‰7.1

41.6 ±â¶Ä‰6.9

43.8 ±â¶Ä‰5.9

43.3 ±â¶Ä‰7.0

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Educational level [N (%)]

High school

145 (49.7)

106 (36.6)

0

70 (26.7)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

PhD

16 (5.5)

7 (2.4)

2 (0.7)

11 (4.2)

²Ñ²¹²õ³Ù±ð°ù’s

57 (19.5)

78 (26.9)

22 (7.6)

31 (11.8)

University degree

39 (13.4)

55 (19.0)

84 (28.9)

91 (34.7)

Vocational training

0

25 (8.6)

0

0

Secondary

32 (11.0)

7 (2.4)

161 (55.3)

21 (8.0)

Primary

3 (1.0)

12 (4.1)

22 (7.6)

38 (14.5)

Number of children [mean ± SD]

1.8 ±â¶Ä‰0.7

1.9 ±â¶Ä‰0.9

1.8 ±â¶Ä‰0.6

1.7 ±â¶Ä‰0.7

0.002

  1. Main demographic characteristics across the four participating countries. P  values for comparison were obtained using Chi-square test; ANOVA test was used for the age variable. Abbreviations: N = number, SD = Standard Deviation