Table 2 Prevalence of action for rubella prevention stratified by sociodemographic background among working-age men and women
Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Action for rubella prevention | No action for rubella prevention | Action for rubella prevention | No action for rubella prevention | |||||
n = 217 | (%) | n = 710 | (%) | n = 365 | (%) | n = 562 | (%) | |
Having knowledge about | ||||||||
Confirmation of immune status by testing | 138 | (53.1) | 121 | (46.7) | 256 | (59.8) | 172 | (40.2) |
2013 rubella outbreak in men in their 20s-40s | 131 | (47.0) | 148 | (53.0) | 191 | (53.4) | 167 | (46.6) |
Congenital rubella syndrome | 160 | (40.7) | 233 | (59.3) | 328 | (48.4) | 349 | (51.6) |
Having acquaintances who got vaccinated or tested for rubella | ||||||||
Yes | 62 | (66.0) | 32 | (34.0) | 110 | (74.8) | 37 | (25.2) |
No/ Don’t know | 155 | (18.6) | 678 | (81.4) | 255 | (32.7) | 525 | (67.3) |
Receiving influenza vaccination | ||||||||
Every year | 78 | (42.4) | 106 | (57.6) | 102 | (55.1) | 83 | (44.9) |
Almost every year | 41 | (30.6) | 93 | (69.4) | 72 | (50.3) | 71 | (49.7) |
Sometimes | 50 | (22.4) | 173 | (77.6) | 97 | (41.5) | 137 | (58.5) |
Never | 46 | (12.6) | 319 | (87.4) | 92 | (26.3) | 258 | (73.7) |
Don’t know | 2 | (9.5) | 19 | (90.5) | 2 | (13.3) | 13 | (86.7) |
Marriage | ||||||||
Married | 121 | (35.4) | 221 | (64.6) | 242 | (49.2) | 250 | (50.8) |
Single | 96 | (16.4) | 489 | (83.6) | 123 | (28.3) | 312 | (71.7) |
Desire for pregnancy | ||||||||
Yes | 81 | (31.2) | 179 | (68.8) | 148 | (48.4) | 158 | (51.6) |
No/ Don’t know | 136 | (20.4) | 531 | (79.6) | 217 | (34.9) | 404 | (65.1) |
Having a child/children | ||||||||
Yes | 108 | (38.4) | 173 | (61.6) | 211 | (52.8) | 189 | (47.3) |
No/Don’t know | 109 | (16.9) | 537 | (83.1) | 154 | (29.2) | 373 | (70.8) |
Age, years | ||||||||
20-29 | 64 | (20.7) | 245 | (79.3) | 124 | (40.1) | 185 | (59.9) |
30-39 | 64 | (20.7) | 245 | (79.3) | 163 | (52.8) | 146 | (47.2) |
40-49 | 89 | (28.8) | 220 | (71.2) | 78 | (25.2) | 231 | (74.8) |
Highest education level | ||||||||
High school or lower | 53 | (17.7) | 247 | (82.3) | 88 | (30.1) | 204 | (69.9) |
Junior college | 26 | (22.2) | 91 | (77.8) | 106 | (41.1) | 152 | (58.9) |
University | 119 | (27.6) | 312 | (72.4) | 153 | (44.7) | 189 | (55.3) |
Graduate school | 17 | (28.8) | 42 | (71.2) | 16 | (61.5) | 10 | (38.5) |
No answer | 2 | (10.0) | 18 | (90.0) | 2 | (22.2) | 7 | (77.8) |