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. 2019 Oct 12;5(10):e02604. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02604

Table 1.

Analytic sample demographics & influenza vaccination rates.

Demographic Distributions
Vaccination Uptake Within Demographic Characteristics
Overall Among Vaccinated Among Unvaccinated
Total Sample Size: 1,039 652 (62.8) 387 (37.3) 652 (62.8)
Age 24.4 ± 6.5 24.8 ± 6.5 23.8 ± 6.6
Gender
 Male 187 (18.0) 113 (17.3) 74 (19.1) 113 (60.4)
 Female 847 (81.5) 534 (81.9) 313 (80.9) 534 (63.1)
 Transgender 5 (0.5) 5 (0.8) -- 5 (100.0)
Race/Ethnicity
 Asian 63 (6.1) 48 (7.4) 15 (3.9) 48 (76.2)
 Black/African American 40 (3.9) 24 (3.7) 16 (4.1) 24 (60.0)
 Native American/Pacific Islander 3 (0.3) 2 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 2 (66.7)
 Hispanic 179 (17.2) 103 (15.8) 76 (19.6) 103 (57.5)
 White 726 (69.9) 458 (70.3) 268 (69.3) 458 (63.1)
 Other 28 (2.7) 17 (2.6) 11 (2.8) 17 (60.7)
US Citizens 979 (94.2) 612 (93.9) 367 (94.8) 612 (62.5)
Non-US Citizens1 58 (5.6) 39 (6.0) 19 (4.9) 39 (67.2)
College
 Agricultural and Life Sciences 350 (33.7) 175 (26.8) 175 (45.2) 175 (50.0)
 Arts 27 (2.6) 10 (1.5) 17 (4.4) 10 (37.0)
 Business Administration 5 (0.5) -- 5 (1.3) 0 (0.0)
 Health and Human Performance 19 (1.8) 12 (1.8) 7 (1.8) 12 (63.2)
 Journalism and Communications 79 (7.6) 34 (5.2) 45 (11.6) 34 (43.0)
 Liberal Arts and Sciences 73 (7.0) 48 (7.4) 25 (6.5) 48 (65.8)
 Public Health and Health Professions 170 (16.4) 129 (19.8) 41 (10.6) 129 (75.9)
 Veterinary Medicine 1 (0.1) 1 (0.2) -- 1 (100.0)
 Education 88 (8.5) 47 (7.2) 41 (10.6) 47 (53.4)
 Engineering 1 (0.1) -- 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0)
 Medicine 72 (6.9) 72 (11.0) -- 72 (100.0)
 Nursing 46 (4.4) 45 (6.9) 1 (0.3) 45 (97.8)
 Pharmacy 61 (5.9) 61 (9.4) -- 61 (100.0)
 Design, Construction and Planning 47 (4.5) 18 (2.8) 29 (7.5) 18 (38.3)
Health Sciences Field of Study 575 (55.3) 437 (67.0) 138 (35.7) 437 (76.0)
Non-Health Sciences Field of Study2 464 (44.7) 215 (33.0) 249 (64.3) 215 (46.9)
Undergraduate Students
 Overall 558 (53.7) 305 (46.8) 253 (65.4) 305 (54.7)
 Freshman 99 (17.7) 49 (16.1) 50 (19.8) 49 (49.5)
 Sophomore 119 (21.3) 76 (24.9) 43 (17.0) 76 (63.9)
 Junior 183 (32.8) 90 (29.5) 93 (36.8) 90 (49.2)
 Senior 157 (28.1) 90 (29.5) 67 (26.5) 90 (57.3)
Age 20.9 ± 3.7 20.9 ± 3.8 20.9 ± 3.5 --
Routinely makes own appointments
for medical care 376 (67.4) 222 (72.8) 154 (60.9 222 (59.0)
Does not routinely make own appointments for medical care 182 (32.6) 83 (27.2) 99 (39.1) 83 (45.6)
Graduate Students
Overall 481 (46.3) 347 (53.2) 134 (34.6) 347 (72.1)
Age 28.5 ± 6.8 28.2 ± 6.4 29.3 ± 7.5 --
Routinely makes own appointments for medical care 421 (87.5) 312 (89.9) 109 (81.3) 312 (74.1)
Does not routinely make own appointments for medical care 60 (12.5) 35 (10.1) 25 (18.7) 35 (58.3)

Demographic Distributions presented within Columns (Overall, and Among the Vaccinated and Unvaccinated); Vaccine Uptake/Rates are Row Percentages.

1

Two students preferred not to answer regarding citizenship.

2

Six students did not indicate of their field of study was health-sciences related, and were grouped with those who were not.