Table 2.
Bivariate analysis of association between vaccination status and respondent characteristics and multivariate analysis of likelihood of vaccination.
| Character | UAE (%) | Kuwait (%) | Oman (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccinated | Non- vaccinated | Bivariate P | Vaccinated | Non- vaccinated | Bivariate P | Vaccinated | non- vaccinated | Bivariate P | OR (95%CI) | ||
| Age | <25 | 13 | 87.1 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 25.5 | 74.5 | 0.788 (0.614-1.011) | |||
| 25-35 | 22.1 | 78 | 50 | 50 | 44.7 | 55.3 | |||||
| 36-45 | 25.8 | 74.2 | 69.5 | 30.5 | 56.3 | 43.7 | |||||
| >45 | 32.2 | 67.8 | 0.131 | 65.7 | 34.3 | 0.326 | 53.6 | 46.4 | 0.005 | ||
| Gender | Male | 29.6 | 70.4 | 62.6 | 37.4 | 48.4 | 51.6 | ||||
| Female | 22.7 | 76.9 | 0.156 | 71.2 | 28.8 | 0.165 | 45.4 | 54.6 | 0.591 | ||
| Professional group | Professionals | 26.3 | 73.7 | 75 | 25 | 50 | 50 | ||||
| Paramedic | 25.2 | 74.8 | 70 | 30 | 34.8 | 65.2 | |||||
| Others | 18.9 | 81.1 | 0.434 | 57.1 | 42.9 | 0.798 | 40 | 60 | 0.090 | ||
| Previous influenza history | Never | 18.8 | 81.3 | 63.2 | 36.8 | 66.4 | 33.6 | ||||
| Regularly | 24.4 | 75.6 | 63.6 | 36.4 | 51.2 | 48.8 | |||||
| Rarely | 29.5 | 70.5 | 0.063 | 70.7 | 29.3 | 0.484 | 52.7 | 47.3 | 0.004 | 0.662 (0.519-0.844) | |
| Working while sick | Yes | 70.1 | 29.9 | 66 | 34 | 60.2 | 39.8 | ||||
| No | 21.3 | 78.7 | 0.051 | 68.1 | 31.9 | 0.735 | 42 | 58 | 0.191 | ||
| Awareness of CDC recommendations | Yes | 26.7 | 73.3 | 65.5 | 34.5 | 56.5 | 43.5 | ||||
| No | 22.8 | 77.2 | 0.371 | 68.9 | 31.1 | 0.582 | 36.6 | 63.4 | 0.000 | 2.205 (1.407-3.456) | |