Influenza and pertussis vaccination during pregnancy – attitudes, practices and barriers in gynaecological practices in Germany

Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants compared to all privately practicing gynaecologists registered with BÄK [49]

	Survey (n = 867)		BÄK (n = 11,500)
Characteristics	Frequency	Percent	Percent
Sex	856
Female	653	76.3	66.3
Male	203	23.7	33.7
Age (in years)	842
≤49	277	32.9	31.8
50–59	419	49.8	41.1
≥60	146	17.3	27.1
Work experience in gynaecological practice (in years)	854
≤9	217	25.4	–
9–19	346	40.5	–
≥20	291	34.1	–
Geographical region	849
East^a	145	17.1	13.3
West^b	704	82.9	86.7

Abbreviations: BÄK German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer)
^aEast: Brandenburg, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
^bWest: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate, Saarland, Schleswig-Holstein
Missing values were not considered, thus the number of participants differs slightly between variables

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