Characteristics and attitudes of those respondents who expressed a clear intention either to have or not to have the influenza vaccine (n=466)
| Variable | |
| Age (years): mean (SD); range | 53.07 (16.86); 18–87 |
| Gender* | |
| Male | 203 (43.7) |
| Female | 262 (56.3) |
| Ethnicity† | |
| White | 403 (87.0) |
| Non-white | 60 (13.0) |
| Qualifications | |
| Degree equivalent or higher | 231 (49.6) |
| Other | 235 (50.4) |
| Working‡ | |
| Part-time | 58 (12.5) |
| Full-time | 136 (29.3) |
| Not working/other§ | 270 (58.2) |
| Key worker | |
| Yes | 175 (37.6) |
| No | 291 (62.4) |
| Influenza vaccination last winter* | |
| Yes | 299 (64.3) |
| No | 166 (35.7) |
| In general, vaccination is a good thing (0–10 scale): mean (SD)¶ | 8.78 (2.09) |
| I am afraid of needles (0–10 scale): mean (SD)¶ | 2.14 (3.17) |
Values are n (%) except where stated otherwise.
*One missing value.
†Three missing values.
‡Two missing values.
§Includes 30 unemployed, 36 furloughed and 157 retired.
¶These variables showed a marked skew.