Religious Affiliation and Flu Vaccination in Germany: Results of the German Ageing Survey / Hamzah Shaheen ; Betreuer: Andre Hajek

Abstract: Our aim was to examine the association between religious affiliation and the likelihood of taking the flu vaccine. Cross-sectional data (year 2014 with n = 7172) were used from the nationally representative German Ageing Survey—covering community- dwelling individuals aged 40 years and over. Multiple logistic regressions showed that compared with individuals without a religious affiliation, individuals with certain religious affiliations had a lower likelihood of taking the flu vaccine. More precisely, the likelihood of taking a flu shot was significantly associated with belonging to the Roman Catholic Church (OR: 0.50, 95% CI: 0.44–0.57), the Protestant Church (OR: 0.68, 0.60–0.77), the Evangelic Free Church (OR: 0.54, 0.35–0.82) and other religious communities (OR: 0.25, 0.14–0.45). This knowledge could help to improve the immunization coverage by addressing individuals with certain religious affiliations..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

Hamburg: Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky ; 2022

Weitere Ausgaben:

Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe: Religious affiliation and flu vaccination in Germany

Sprache:

Englisch

Weiterer Titel:

Religionszugehörigkeit und Grippeimpfung in Deutschland: Ergebnisse des Deutschen Alterssurveys

Beteiligte Personen:

Shaheen, Hamzah [VerfasserIn]
Hajek, André, 1983- [Akademische/r BetreuerIn]

Hochschulschrift:

Dissertation, Hamburg, Universität Hamburg, 2023

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Weitere IDs:

urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-ediss-110110

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1856485374