TABLE 1—

Characteristics and Beliefs Associated With Influenza Vaccination Among Health Care Workers (N = 1020) at Long-Term Care Facilities: Southern California, 2002

		Received Influenza Vaccine for 2001–2002a
Characteristic or Belief	Total No. (%)b	No. (%)	Pc
Job Classification
Nurse	275 (27)	92 (35)	.85
Nursing assistant	564 (55)	177 (35)
Housekeeping staff	127 (12)	37 (33)
Rehabilitation therapist	54 (5)	16 (30)
Gender
Women	799 (79)	250 (33)	.26
Men	208 (21)	69 (38)
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic	507 (50)	144 (31)	.07
Asian/Pacific Islander	349 (35)	129 (40)
White	80 (8)	26 (34)
Black	73 (7)	19 (28)
Age, y
< 30	221 (23)	50 (26)	<.001
30–39	276 (28)	86 (33)
40–49	293 (30)	94 (35)
≥ 50	191 (19)	81 (46)
Receives paid sick leave
Yes	522 (54)	177 (36)	.14
No	436 (46)	125 (32)
Health insurance
Insured	709 (70)	237 (36)	.09
Uninsured	298 (30)	81 (30)
Received influenza vaccine for the 2000–2001 influenza season
Yes	274 (30)	205 (78)	<.001
No	637 (70)	82 (13)
Received influenza vaccine for the 2001–2002 influenza season
Yes	322 (34)	. . .	. . .
No	615 (66)	. . .	. . .
Facility offered influenza vaccine in 2001
Yes	473 (48)	221 (48)	<.001
No	308 (31)	49 (17)
Do not know	205 (21)	47 (27)
Vaccine can cause influenza
Yes	379 (39)	96 (26)	<.001
No	351 (36)	159 (48)
Do not know	246 (25)	57 (26)
Effectiveness of vaccine
Very effective	320 (32)	157 (53)	<.001
Somewhat effective	397 (40)	121 (32)
Not effective	83 (8)	17 (22)
Do not know	200 (20)	21 (12)

Note. Ellipses indicate that data was not applicable.

^aHealth care workers who responded “don’t remember” to receiving influenza vaccine for 2001–2002 season were excluded.

^bHealth care workers who did not respond regarding a characteristic or belief were excluded.

^cSignificance determined using the χ² test.