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Table 3 The association between flu vaccination and its determinants among adults

From: Socio-economic inequalities in the use of flu vaccination in Europe: a multilevel approach

Variables

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Fixed Effects

OR

p-value

OR

p-value

OR

p-value

Intercept

0.07

< 0.001

0.04

< 0.001

0.29

< 0.001

Sex (reference: Male)

      

 Female

1.08

< 0.001

1.07

0.001

1.09

< 0.001

Age (reference: 45–49 years)

      

 50–54 years

1.17

< 0.001

1.16

< 0.001

1.11

0.002

 55–59 years

1.62

< 0.001

1.58

< 0.001

1.43

< 0.001

 60–64 years

2.31

< 0.001

2.24

< 0.001

2.00

< 0.001

Education (reference: Primary)

      

 Secondary

0.86

< 0.001

0.86

< 0.001

0.90

0.011

 Tertiary

1.14

0.002

1.13

0.004

1.23

< 0.001

Marital status (reference: Married)

      

 Divorced

0.88

< 0.001

0.92

0.004

0.87

< 0.001

 Widowed

0.99

0.831

1.01

0.864

0.96

0.463

 Never

1.04

0.216

1.07

0.018

1.04

0.147

Employment (reference: Unemployed)

      

 Employed

1.11

0.027

1.09

0.091

1.18

0.001

 Retired

1.34

< 0.001

1.30

< 0.001

1.24

< 0.001

 Other

1.54

< 0.001

1.50

< 0.001

1.31

< 0.001

Income (reference: < Q1)

      

 Q1-Q2

0.96

0.306

0.95

0.198

0.99

0.738

 Q2-Q3

1.04

0.314

1.02

0.537

1.08

0.031

 Q3-Q4

1.12

0.002

1.10

0.008

1.20

< 0.001

 Q4-Q5

1.23

< 0.001

1.22

< 0.001

1.36

< 0.001

Area of residence (reference: Rural areas)

      

 Cities

1.19

< 0.001

1.21

< 0.001

1.17

< 0.001

 Towns and suburbs

1.08

0.003

1.09

0.001

1.07

0.014

BMI (reference: Normal weight)

      

 Underweight

  

0.96

0.655

0.93

0.450

 Overweight

  

1.11

< 0.001

1.03

0.206

 Obese

  

1.37

< 0.001

1.06

0.042

Smoking (reference: Daily)

      

 Former

  

1.29

< 0.001

1.29

< 0.001

 Occasional

  

1.03

0.557

1.07

0.268

 Never

  

1.21

< 0.001

1.27

< 0.001

Diet (reference: Insufficient)

      

 Moderate

  

1.13

0.007

1.16

0.002

 Sufficient

  

1.32

< 0.001

1.36

< 0.001

Physical activity (reference: Inactive)

      

 Low

  

0.97

0.410

1.03

0.446

 Moderate

  

0.98

0.629

1.09

0.009

 High

  

0.94

0.117

1.10

0.016

Limitations (reference: Not limited)

      

 Limited

    

1.42

< 0.001

 Severely limited

    

1.66

< 0.001

Asthma (reference: Yes)

      

 No

    

0.57

< 0.001

Bronchitis (reference: Yes)

      

 No

    

0.59

< 0.001

Blood pressure (reference: Yes)

      

 No

    

0.76

< 0.001

Coronary (reference: Yes)

      

 No

    

0.72

< 0.001

Diabetes (reference: Yes)

      

 No

    

0.52

< 0.001

Depression (reference: Yes)

      

 No

    

0.94

0.116

Random Effects

      

VPC*

0.148

0.147

0.147

N COUNTRY

29

29

29

Observations

93,720

93,720

93,720

Marginal R2 / Conditional R2

0.043 / 0.173

0.052 / 0.179

0.084 / 0.220

  1. Notes: *Variance partitioning coefficient