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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Community Health. 2010 Sep 29;66(3):204–209. doi: 10.1136/jech.2009.099879

Table 1.

Characteristics and immunisation status of study participants

n (%) Percentage vaccinated in year 1 Percentage vaccinated in year 2 Percentage vaccinated in both years Percentage vaccinated in any year p Value*
Sex
 Male 1342 (48.1) 27.5 33.5 18.3 42.7 0.20
 Female 1446 (51.9) 31.3 34.4 20.6 45.1
Age (years)
 <5 704 (25.3) 47.3 53.1 33.8 66.6 <0.001
 5–17 603 (21.6) 39.3 43.6 27.0 55.9
 18–49 1292 (46.3) 15.3 19.5 8.5 26.2
 50–64 129 (4.6) 31.0 34.1 19.4 45.7
 ≥65 35 (1.3) 37.1 34.3 22.9 48.6
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 2682 (96.7) 29.6 34.8 19.6 44.1 0.46
 Other 92 (3.3) 28.3 31.5 19.6 40.2
Place of birth
 Inside USA 1276 (46.0) 42.6 47.8 29.8 60.1 <0.001
 Outside USA 1500 (54.0) 18.5 22.4 10.9 29.9
Level of education
 Less than high school 666 (47.4) 15.3 18.3 8.1 25.5 0.002
 High school diploma/ general educational development 395 (28.1) 15.2 19.5 8.4 26.3
 Some college 239 (17.0) 23.4 25.5 13.8 35.1
 College diploma 106 (7.5) 27.4 30.2 18.9 38.7
Primary respondent Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice score
 Low (1–6) 1162 (47.8) 25.2 32.2 16.2 41.2 <0.001
 High (7–10) 1270 (52.2) 33.8 45.1 28.0 50.9
School attended
 Home care only 398 (30.7) 43.5 49.5 30.4 62.6 0.82
 Outside home 900 (69.3) 44.0 48.9 31.0 61.9
Place of work
 Inside home 488 (33.4) 20.5 24.4 12.5 32.4 0.03
 Outside home 975 (66.6) 15.6 19.7 8.5 26.8
Respiratory illness
 Yes 260 (9.6) 53.1 50.0 37.7 65.4 <0.001
 No 2448 (90.4) 27.5 33.2 18.2 42.5
Total 2788 (100.0) 29.5 34.0 19.5 43.9
*

Differences between groups assed for percentage vaccinated in any year using the Pearson χ2.

For adults ≥18 years only.

For children <18 years only.