Religious subgroups influencing vaccination coverage in the Dutch Bible belt: an ecological study

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Table 4 Influence of votes for SGP on municipal vaccination coverage

	N = 135 municipalities or geographical entities with OPDs					N = 128 municipalities or geographical entities with OPDs, leaving out 7 outliers
Explaining variables	Pearson		multiple regression			Pearson		multiple regression
	r	p	b	t	p	r	p	b	t	p
Constant			96.25	212.55	<0.001			95.81	336.14	<0.001
Votes for SGP*	-0.66	<0.001	-6.40	-9.42	<0.001	-0.66	<0.001	-5.24	-9.75	<0.001
% Non western immigrants**	0.23	<0.001				0.17	<0.05
% With income support**	0.22	<0.05				0.18	<0.05
Level of urbanization***	0.28	<0.001	1.54	1.69	0.094	0.24	<0.001
Explained variance			45%					43%

Results of bivariate correlation and multiple regression analysis, showing influence of votes for SGP, immigration, socio-economical status and urbanization on vaccination coverage (in municipalities and geographical entities with OPDs, and leaving out outliers)
* dichotomized variable: < 5% votes for SGP = 0, >5% votes for SGP = 1
** % = percentage of municipal population consisting of non western immigrants respectively percentage of municipal population with income support
*** dichotomized variable: rural = 0, urban = 1

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