Influenza Vaccination among Underserved African-American Older Adults

Table 4

Binary logistic regression between independent variables and flu vaccination ().

Independent variables	Flu vaccination within last 12 months		Sig.
	OR	95% CI
Gender
Male	0.77	0.54–1.12	0.175
Female	1.00
Age
65-74	1.54	1.07–2.24	0.019
≥75	1.00
Education (scale: 1–15)	1.03	0.95–1.11	0.563
Living alone
No	0.70	0.49–0.98	0.049
Yes	1.00
Disabled
No	0.70	0.47–1.02	0.070
Yes	1.00
Financial stress (scale of 1: low to 5: high)	1.02	0.84–1.24	0.856
Continuity of care (scale 0: low to 3: high)	1.42	1.07–1.90	0.017
Satisfaction with access, availability, and quality of medical care (scale of 1: low to 3: high)	1.33	1.04–1.69	0.022
Self-rated health status (scale of 1: excellent to 5: poor)	1.14; 1.00	0.95–1.37	0.162
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
No	1.20	0.79–1.82	0.383
Yes	1.00
Number of major chronic conditions (scale: 1–5)	1.12; 1.00	0.91–1.37	0.275
Depression symptoms (scale: 1-15)	0.92; 1.00	0.84 – 0.99	0.041
Provider recommended flu vaccination
No	3.23	2.06–5.06	0.0001
Yes	1.00

Notes: -2 log likelihood: 767.8; Sig: 0.0001; Nagelkerke: 0.144.