Influenza Vaccination among Underserved African-American Older Adults

Table 3

Bivariate correlates of flu vaccination within last 12 months ().

Independent variables	Flu vaccination (last 12 months)
	No; (%) or ()	Yes; (%) or ()
Gender			0.967
Male	108 (51)	105 (49)
Female	202 (51)	195 (49)
Age			0.010
65-74	196 (55)	159 (45)
≥75	114 (45)	141 (55)
Education (scale: 1–15)	()	()	0.517
Living alone			0.039
No	112 (46)	133 (54)
Yes	198 (54)	167 (46)
Disabled			0.006
No	201 (47)	225 (53)
Yes	109 (59)	75 (41)
Financial stress (scale: 1-5)			0.491
Continuity of care (scale: 0–3)			0.026
Satisfaction with access, availability, and quality of medical care (scale: 0–5)			0.020
Self-rated health status (scale: 1–5)			0.954
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease			0.993
No	235 (51)	226 (49)
Yes	75 (51)	72 (49)
Major chronic conditions (scale: 1–5)			0.281
Depression symptoms (scale: 1-15)			0.002
Flu vaccination recommended			0.001
No	94 (73)	35 (27)
Yes	215 (45)	263 (55)