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Published in final edited form as: Nat Med. 2023 Jan 31;29(3):623–631. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02241-7

Table A4.

Determinants of vaccination status among older adults: an analysis of using a comorbidity measure counting the number of major conditions

Dependent variable in logistic regression Vaccination (at least one dose) vs. the unvaccinated Primary series recipients vs. others Booster recipients vs. others
(n/mean of dep. variable) n=12900 mean=.939 n=12900 mean=.913 n=12900 mean=.773
OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value
Female 0.82 (0.70–0.97) 0.019 0.81 (0.71–0.93) 0.002 0.93 (0.85–1.01) 0.068
Married 1.52 (1.26–1.83) 0.000 1.40 (1.19–1.65) 0.000 1.20 (1.06–1.35) 0.003
Ethnic minorities 0.91 (0.64–1.28) 0.571 0.68 (0.52–0.88) 0.003 0.64 (0.54–0.77) 0.000
Urban Hukou 0.62 (0.51–0.76) 0.000 0.73 (0.61–0.87) 0.000 0.98 (0.87–1.12) 0.787
Age group (ref. 52–59)
 Age 60–69 1.00 (0.79–1.27) 0.972 0.89 (0.73–1.09) 0.278 0.85 (0.75–0.97) 0.015
 Age 70–79 0.78 (0.61–1.00) 0.051 0.64 (0.52–0.80) 0.000 0.64 (0.55–0.73) 0.000
 Age 80+ 0.36 (0.27–0.48) 0.000 0.27 (0.21–0.34) 0.000 0.27 (0.22–0.32) 0.000
Education (ref. illiterate)
 Primary school (literate) 1.03 (0.85–1.25) 0.786 0.91 (0.77–1.07) 0.244 1.01 (0.91–1.13) 0.823
 Middle and high school + 1.16 (0.91–1.48) 0.231 1.15 (0.94–1.42) 0.179 1.11 (0.97–1.27) 0.126
Region (ref. East)
 Central 1.08 (0.89–1.32) 0.434 1.29 (1.08–1.54) 0.004 1.15 (1.02–1.30) 0.026
 West 1.52 (1.23–1.87) 0.000 1.40 (1.17–1.67) 0.000 1.30 (1.14–1.47) 0.000
 Northeast 1.38 (0.99–1.91) 0.057 1.22 (0.92–1.62) 0.170 0.91 (0.74–1.10) 0.327
Functionally dependent 0.29 (0.24–0.34) 0.000 0.31 (0.26–0.36) 0.000 0.44 (0.39–0.50) 0.000
Chronic conditions
Comorbidity 0.82 (0.79–0.86) 0.000 0.85 (0.81–0.89) 0.000 0.92 (0.89–0.94) 0.000
 Arthritis/rheumatism 1.46 (1.23–1.73) 0.000 1.39 (1.20–1.61) 0.000 1.17 (1.06–1.28) 0.002
 Digestive disease 1.13 (0.95–1.34) 0.184 1.22 (1.05–1.42) 0.011 1.22 (1.10–1.35) 0.000
Constant 22.90 (16.20–32.39) 0.000 17.53 (12.98–23.67) 0.000 4.58 (3.73–5.61) 0.000

Note: Other specifications are same as in Table 2. Standard errors are clustered at the household level. OR stands for odds ratio. The variable “Comorbidity” counts the number of the ten major conditions, including hypertension, heart diseases, stroke, diabetes, lung diseases, cancer, dyslipidaemia, liver diseases, kidney diseases, and asthma.