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Table 3 Sources for information about influenza vaccination.

From: Factors associated with influenza vaccination status of residents of a rural community in Japan

Age group

< 18 years (n = 141)

18 to 64 years (n = 634)

≥65 years (n = 366)

Information sources

Vac*

Unvac

OR (95%CI)

p

Vac

Unvac

OR (95%CI)

p

Vac

Unvac

OR (95%CI)

p

1. Newspapers/magazines

13

26

0.59 (0.14, 2.44)

0.47

52

157

0.55 (0.30, 1.02)

0.058

87

48

0.33 (0.15, 0.76)

0.009

2. TV/radio

22

37

1.27 (0.39, 1.13)

0.68

72

219

0.43 (0.25, 0.74)

0.025

105

48

0.81 (0.36, 1.83)

0.61

3. Internet

1

3

0.62 (0.01, 33.6)

0.81

5

15

1.02 (0.16, 6.40)

0.97

0

0

-

-

4. Medical facilities

22

15

4.21 (1.17, 15.1)

0.027

68

128

1.28 (0.74, 2.20)

0.37

135

20

6.18 (2.42, 15.7)

< 0.001

5. Town office

10

8

2.04 (0.35, 11.6)

0.42

36

79

0.98 (0.50, 1.90)

0.95

143

26

5.59 (2.26, 13.8)

< 0.001

6. Public health center

0

0

-

-

2

4

0.77 (0.03, 17.7)

0.87

6

2

1.07 (0.06, 19.1)

0.96

7. School

9

22

0.37 (0.09, 1.53)

0.17

3

12

0.25 (0.02, 2.21)

0.21

1

0

-

-

8. Family

20

22

3.07 (0.95, 9.82)

0.058

43

84

1.04 (0.56, 1.93)

0.88

49

11

3.29 (1.01, 10.6)

0.046

9. Acquaintances/friends

5

12

0.75 (0.15, 3.78)

0.73

19

51

0.62 (0.27, 1.41)

0.25

25

16

0.73 (0.22, 2.36)

0.60

10. Workplaces

0

2

-

-

45

44

2.40 (1.22, 4.75)

0.011

2

0

-

-

11. Almost none

0

7

-

-

1

32

0.04 (0.01, 0.34)

0.003

2

3

0.49 (0.06, 3.59)

0.048

  1. * Vac: Vaccinated, Unvac: Unvaccinated, OR: Odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval.
  2. -: Not available because of no respondents in vaccinated or unvaccinated group.
  3. Note: ORs were calculated using a multivariate analysis adjusting for gender and year of survey, and values for response to information sources were weighted by the reciprocal of the number of sources selected by the respondent.