Table 4 The association between flu vaccination and its determinants among elderly

Intercept

0.28

< 0.001

0.15

< 0.001

0.72

0.133

Sex (reference: Male)

 Female

0.98

0.336

1.00

0.820

0.96

0.053

Age (reference: 65–69 years)

 70–74 years

1.50

< 0.001

1.49

< 0.001

1.45

< 0.001

 75–79 years

2.05

< 0.001

2.05

< 0.001

1.91

< 0.001

 80–84 years

2.44

< 0.001

2.46

< 0.001

2.22

< 0.001

 85 + years

2.52

< 0.001

2.62

< 0.001

2.39

< 0.001

Education (reference: Primary)

 Secondary

0.96

0.084

0.95

0.038

1.00

0.979

 Tertiary

1.14

< 0.001

1.12

< 0.001

1.20

< 0.001

Marital status (reference: Married)

 Divorced

0.73

< 0.001

0.75

< 0.001

0.73

< 0.001

 Widowed

0.86

< 0.001

0.88

< 0.001

0.86

< 0.001

 Never

0.78

< 0.001

0.81

< 0.001

0.81

< 0.001

Employment (reference: Retired)

 Employed

0.74

< 0.001

0.75

< 0.001

0.79

< 0.001

 Other

0.97

0.350

0.99

0.669

0.98

0.436

Income (reference: < Q1)

 Q1-Q2

1.15

< 0.001

1.14

< 0.001

1.15

< 0.001

 Q2-Q3

1.25

< 0.001

1.23

< 0.001

1.27

< 0.001

 Q3-Q4

1.33

< 0.001

1.30

< 0.001

1.37

< 0.001

 Q4-Q5

1.26

< 0.001

1.24

< 0.001

1.33

< 0.001

Area of residence (reference: Rural areas)

 Cities

1.12

< 0.001

1.11

< 0.001

1.10

< 0.001

 Towns and suburbs

1.04

0.038

1.04

0.065

1.04

0.084

BMI (reference: Normal weight)

 Underweight

0.88

0.059

0.86

0.030

 Overweight

1.10

< 0.001

1.03

0.140

 Obese

1.25

< 0.001

1.04

0.081

Smoking (reference: Daily)

 Former

1.46

< 0.001

1.44

< 0.001

 Occasional

1.12

0.072

1.13

0.069

 Never

1.27

< 0.001

1.31

< 0.001

Diet (reference: Insufficient)

 Moderate

1.14

0.001

1.17

< 0.001

 Sufficient

1.35

< 0.001

1.40

< 0.001

Physical activity (reference: Inactive)

 Low

1.04

0.173

1.12

< 0.001

 Moderate

1.07

0.005

1.22

< 0.001

 High

1.08

0.008

1.31

< 0.001

Limitations (reference: Not limited)

 Limited

1.22

< 0.001

 Severely limited

1.18

< 0.001

Asthma (reference: Yes)

 No

0.66

< 0.001

Bronchitis (reference: Yes)

 No

0.63

< 0.001

Blood pressure (reference: Yes)

 No

0.79

< 0.001

Coronary (reference: Yes)

 No

0.83

< 0.001

Heart attack (reference: Yes)

 No

0.90

0.011

Stroke (reference: Yes)

 No

0.99

0.826

Arthrosis (reference: Yes)

 No

0.82

< 0.001

Diabetes (reference: Yes)

 No

0.74

< 0.001

Bladder (reference: Yes)

 No

0.95

0.057

Kidney (reference: Yes)

 No

0.93

0.052

Depression (reference: Yes)

 No

0.94

0.036

Random Effects

VPC*

0.258

0.258

0.256

N _COUNTRY

29

29

29

Observations

77,941

77,941

77,941

Marginal R² / Conditional R²

0.036 / 0.267

0.043 / 0.270

0.067 / 0.308