Factors Affecting Acceptance and Intention to Receive Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 Vaccine among Primary School Children: A Cross-Sectional Study in Birmingham, UK

Table 1

Characteristics of respondents.

Characteristic	N (%)
Number of respondents	149
School
A	46 (30.9%)
B	14 (9.4%)
C	5 (3.4%)
D	45 (30.2%)
E	39 (26.2%)
Females	118 (79.2%)
Age (years)
<25	11 (7.4%)
26–30	30 (20.1%)
31–35	34 (22.8%)
36–40	42 (28.2%)
41+	32 (21.5%)
Number of children (mean) (SD)	2.4 (1.0)
Smoking status
Never smoked	96 (64.4%)
Ex smoker	29 (19.5%)
Current smoker	24 (16.1%)
Ethnicity
White British/other	69 (46.3%)
Mixed	10 (6.7%)
Indian	18 (12.1%)
Pakistani	42 (28.2%)
Other Asian	5 (3.4%)
Black	4 (2.7%)
Not stated	1 (0.7%)
Education of main earner
No education completed	19 (12.8%)
Secondary	35 (23.5%)
College/vocational	47 (31.5%)
Degree or higher	48 (32.2%)
Long term illness
None	101 (67.8%)
Child	14 (9.4%)
Parent/other member	22 (14.8%)
Combination	12 (8.1%)
Long term illness of child
None	126 (84.6%)
Asthma	16 (10.7%)
Other	6 (4.7%)
Childhood routine vaccines
Yes	129/149 (86.6)
No	15/149 (10.1)
Partially	5/149 (3.4)
Child ever received seasonal flu vaccine
Yes	13/149 (8.7)
No	136/149 (91.3)