Sociodemographic and geographic disparities in COVID-19 booster vaccination in Nueces County, Texas, USA

Autor: Yuxia Huang, Jim Lee, Lei Jin, Md Mahabubur Rahman, Ana Guerrero, Meng Zhao, Kyoung Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 6, Pp e27763- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2405-8440
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27763
Popis: Objective: This paper explores sociodemographic determinants and geographic disparities in COVID-19 booster uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Nueces County, Texas, USA with a population of over 353,000. Methods: A logistic generalized additive model was applied to analyze 184,252 official vaccination records of fully vaccinated adults over the period between December 2020 and August 2022. An individual's odds in receiving a booster shot were estimated with a host of sociodemographic characteristics as predictors. Results: Model estimation results reveal that male (odds ratio 0.836, 95% confidence interval 0.835–0.836, p
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