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Table 1 Immunization rates according to main sociodemographic characteristics among a representative sample of older Italians (n = 25,183)

From: Influenza vaccine uptake among community-dwelling Italian elderly: results from a large cross-sectional study

   

Vaccination rate

 
   

(%)

pC

Enabling resources

Marital status

Married/Cohabiting (n = 14,318)

62.3

0.286

  

Single/Widowed (n = 10,865)

63.0

 
 

Help from family

No (n = 3,773)

60.5

0.003

  

Yes (n = 21,410)

63.0

 
 

Help from friends

No (n = 12,731)

63.3

0.022

  

Yes (n = 12,452)

61.9

 
 

Help from neighbours

No (n = 12,754)

61.7

0.004

  

Yes (n = 12,429)

63.5

 
 

Household size

- Single person (n = 16,977)

63.8

<0.001

  

- Couple (n = 11,953)

64.6

 
  

- 3-5 persons (n = 5,865)

57.3

 
  

- More than 6 persons (n = 388)

59.5

 
 

Private domestic worker: home helper

No (n = 22,335)

61.9

<0.001

  

Yes (n = 2,848)

67.9

 
 

Private domestic worker: home carer

No (n = 24,169)

62.1

<0.001

  

Yes (n = 1,014)

73.6

 

Predisposing characteristics

Gender

Male (n = 10,668)

61.6

0.008

  

Female (n = 14,515)

63.3

 
 

Age (in years)

- 65 - 74 (n = 13,667)

55.4

<0.001

  

- 75 - 84 (n = 9,098)

70.5

 
  

- 85 + (n = 2,418)

73.5

 
 

Education A

- Low (n = 3,818)

66.5

<0.001

  

- Medium-low (n = 13,828)

63.3

 
  

- Medium-high (n = 4,674)

59.4

 
  

- High (n = 2,863)

59.3

 
 

Self-reported household wealth

- Low (n = 923)

65.2

0.002

  

- Medium-low (n = 8,077)

64.0

 
  

- Medium-high (n = 15,378)

61.7

 
  

- High (n = 805)

63.7

 
 

Smoking status

Smoker (n = 22,996)

52.0

<0.001

  

Non smoker (n = 2,187)

63.6

 

Need factors

Chronic diseases B

- No (n = 4,191)

47.0

<0.001

  

- Yes, mild (n = 9,891)

60.1

 
  

- Yes, severe (n = 11,101)

70.7

 
 

Self-reported health status

- Good (n = 5,768)

50.3

<0.001

  

- Fair (n = 14,292)

64.5

 
  

- Bad (n = 5,123)

71.1

 

Survey Respondent

Respondent type

- Index subject (n = 21,813)

62.8

<0.001

  

- Index subject with help (n = 1,239)

68.0

 
  

- Proxy respondent (n = 1,708)

55.7

 
  

Total sample (n = 25,183)

62.6

 
  1. A Educational level was categorized as follows: Low (no title), Medium-Low (primary school degree), Medium-Upper (intermediate degree), Upper (high school, bachelor or higher); B We categorized as severe the following chronic diseases: diabetes, cardiac disease, stroke, neoplasm, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, Alzheimer and other forms of dementia and cirrhosis. Other chronic conditions have been categorized as mild. C Chi square test result for the association between vaccine uptake and individuals' characteristics.
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