TABLE 1.
Baseline sociodemographic and health characteristics of ARI‐participant encounters, overall and by study period, 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 influenza seasons
| Study period | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n = 514) | Intervention (n = 769) | Overall participant encounters (N = 1283) | |
| Sociodemographic variables | |||
| Age, median [IQR] | 42.0 [24.0] | 49.0 [24.0] | 45.0 [24.0] |
| Age group | |||
| 3 months to 4 years | 25 (4.86%) | 37 (4.81%) | 62 (4.83%) |
| 5–11 years | 14 (2.72%) | 15 (1.95%) | 29 (2.26%) |
| 12–17 years | 7 (1.36%) | 8 (1.04%) | 15 (1.17%) |
| 18–49 years | 301 (58.6%) | 330 (42.9%) | 631 (49.2%) |
| 50–64 years | 145 (28.2%) | 340 (44.2%) | 485 (37.8%) |
| ≥65 years | 22 (4.28%) | 39 (5.07%) | 61 (4.75%) |
| Male sex | 298 (58.5%) | 580 (76.2%) | 878 (69.1%) |
| Race | |||
| American Indian and Alaskan Native | 13 (2.80%) | 25 (3.71%) | 38 (3.34%) |
| Asian | 11 (2.37%) | 12 (1.78%) | 23 (2.02%) |
| Black/African American | 127 (27.3%) | 192 (28.5%) | 319 (28.0%) |
| Multiple | 65 (14.0%) | 84 (12.5%) | 149 (13.1%) |
| Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander | 15 (3.23%) | 2 (0.297%) | 17 (1.49%) |
| White | 234 (50.3%) | 358 (53.2%) | 592 (52.0%) |
| Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity | 69 (13.6%) | 71 (9.37%) | 140 (11.1%) |
| Employed | 80 (17.0%) | 152 (21.4%) | 232 (19.6%) |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school | 85 (18.4%) | 113 (16.1%) | 198 (17.0%) |
| High school or GED | 192 (41.6%) | 291 (41.5%) | 483 (41.5%) |
| Some college | 131 (28.4%) | 223 (31.8%) | 354 (30.4%) |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 53 (11.5%) | 75 (10.7%) | 128 (11.0%) |
| Health variables | |||
| Has health insurance | 481 (94.3%) | 665 (88.0%) | 1146 (90.5%) |
| Received current season's influenza vaccine (self‐report) | 198 (40.9%) | 305 (41.2%) | 503 (41.1%) |
| Current smoker | 345 (67.1%) | 469 (61.0%) | 814 (63.4%) |
| Pregnant | 12 (6.28%) | 7 (4.40%) | 19 (5.43%) |
| Lifestyle variables | |||
| Sleeping location | |||
| Communal | 395 (76.8%) | 618 (80.4%) | 1013 (79.0%) |
| Cubicles | 10 (1.95%) | 15 (1.95%) | 25 (1.95%) |
| Private/family room | 109 (21.2%) | 136 (17.7%) | 245 (19.1%) |
| Duration of homelessness | |||
| <6 months | 177 (35.2%) | 221 (29.7%) | 398 (31.9%) |
| 6–12 months | 97 (19.3%) | 111 (14.9%) | 208 (16.7%) |
| 13–24 months | 58 (11.5%) | 90 (12.1%) | 148 (11.9%) |
| >24 months | 171 (34.0%) | 322 (43.3%) | 493 (39.5%) |
| Usual nighttime accommodations a | |||
| Shelter | 377 (73.3%) | 563 (73.3%) | 940 (73.3%) |
| Transitional housing | 13 (2.53%) | 22 (2.86%) | 35 (2.73%) |
| Street/outside/tent/encampment | 68 (13.2%) | 89 (11.6%) | 157 (12.2%) |
| Abandoned building/squat | 5 (0.973%) | 3 (0.391%) | 8 (0.624%) |
| Vehicle | 19 (3.70%) | 37 (4.82%) | 56 (4.37%) |
| Hotel or motel | 25 (4.86%) | 46 (5.99%) | 71 (5.54%) |
| Other | 4 (0.778%) | 4 (0.521%) | 8 (0.624%) |
| Unknown | 3 (0.584%) | 4 (0.521%) | 7 (0.546%) |
Note: All columns apart from “Total” have calculated row percentages; “Total” column percentages calculated exclude missing responses.
Abbreviations: ARI, acute respiratory illness; IQR, interquartile range.
a
Not mutually exclusive.