Religious affiliation and flu vaccination in Germany: Results of the German Ageing Survey

Shaheen, Hamzah

dc.contributor.author	Shaheen, Hamzah	de
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-08T07:50:59Z
dc.date.available	2023-11-08T07:50:59Z
dc.date.issued	2023	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/90312
dc.description.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.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Medizin und Gesundheit	de
dc.subject.ddc	Medicine and health	en
dc.subject.other	DEAS 2014; Grippeschutzimpfung	de
dc.title	Religious affiliation and flu vaccination in Germany: Results of the German Ageing Survey	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.publisher.country	DEU	de
dc.publisher.city	Hamburg	de
dc.subject.classoz	Medizin, Sozialmedizin	de
dc.subject.classoz	Medicine, Social Medicine	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Gesundheitsverhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	health behavior	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Prophylaxe	de
dc.subject.thesoz	prophylaxis	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Impfung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	vaccination	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Religionszugehörigkeit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	religious affiliation	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Federal Republic of Germany	en
dc.identifier.urn	https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/10325	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
ssoar.contributor.institution	Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen	de
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
internal.identifier.thesoz	10045563
internal.identifier.thesoz	10044417
internal.identifier.thesoz	10045567
internal.identifier.thesoz	10048902
internal.identifier.thesoz	10037571
dc.type.stock	monograph	de
dc.source.pageinfo	35	de
internal.identifier.classoz	50100
dc.rights.sherpa	Grüner Verlag	de
dc.rights.sherpa	Green Publisher	en
internal.identifier.ddc	610
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
internal.identifier.sherpa	1
internal.identifier.licence	16
internal.identifier.pubstatus	1
internal.identifier.review	1
dc.subject.classhort	20300	de
internal.embargo.terms	2023-10-27
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