Volume 14, Number 1—January 2008
Research
Telephone Survey to Assess Influenza-like Illness, United States, 2006
Joseph L. Malone*
, Mohammad Madjid†, and S. Ward Casscells*‡
, Mohammad Madjid†, and S. Ward Casscells*‡
Table 3
Results of a national telephone survey of US adults at home (2006) regarding influenza-like illness, cats, and live chickens in the household*
| Information and questions | Survey date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 2006 (wk 17) | 16 May 2006 (wk 20) | 06 Jun 2006 (wk 23) | 25 Jul 2006 (wk 30) | 15 Aug 2006 (wk 33) | 14 Sep 2006 (wk 37) | 12 Oct 2006 (wk 41) | |
| No. participants/no. surveyed (%) | 1,039/1,209 (86) | 1,036/1,200 (86) | 1,068/1,205 (89) | 1,031/1,200 (86) | 1,048/1,214 (86) | 1,001/1,210 (83) | 1,045/1,211 (86) |
| No. participants who answered “yes” to the following (%) | |||||||
| “Do you have the flu?” | 41 (4) | 32 (3) | 30 (3) | 46 (5) | 23 (2) | 23 (2) | 35 (3) |
| “Do you have any cats?” | 379 (37) | 316 (30) | 298 (28) | 331 (32) | 354 (34) | 330 (33) | 330 (32) |
| “Do you have any chickens?” | 21 (2) | 15 (1) | 39 (4) | 44 (4) | 18 (2) | 14 (1) | 33 (3) |
| Sex, no. participants/no. surveyed (%) | |||||||
| Male | 514/583 (88) | 491/578 (85) | 509/581 (88) | 492/578 (85) | 509/585 (87) | 492/583 (84) | 520/584 (89) |
| Female | 525/626 (84) | 545/662 (82) | 558/624 (90) | 539/622 (87) | 539/629 (86) | 509/627 (81) | 526/627 (84) |
| Age, y, no. participants/no. surveyed (%) | |||||||
| 18–29 | 195/239 (82) | 186/237 (78) | 198/237 (83) | 188/236 (80) | 192/236 (81) | 207/236 (88) | 211/237 (89) |
| 30–49 | 418/477 (88) | 425/475 (90) | 438/474 (92) | 416/472 (88) | 422/472 (89) | 395/472 (84) | 416/474 (88) |
| 50–64 | 248/274 (90) | 247/273 (90) | 240/273 (88) | 250/271 (92) | 244/272 (90) | 227/272 (84) | 242/273 (89) |
| >65 | 165/203 (82) | 169/202 (84) | 176/200 (88) | 165/201 (82) | 164/201 (82) | 153/201 (76) | 153/201 (76) |
| Ethnicity, no. participants/no. surveyed (%) | |||||||
| White | 787/896 (88) | 763/878 (87) | 795/887 (89) | 765/879 (87) | 775/884 (88) | 733/884 (83) | 769/885 (87) |
| Hispanic | 96/119 (81) | 90/119 (76) | 107/120 (89) | 93/119 (78) | 104/120 (87) | 105/119 (88) | 101/120 (84) |
| African American | 106/131 (81) | 117/131 (89) | 115/132 (87) | 121/131 (92) | 103/131 (79) | 100/131 (76) | 116/132 (88) |
| Asian | 19/24 (79) | 21/24 (88) | 23/24 (96) | 20/24 (83) | 18/24 (75) | 19/24 (79) | 20/24 (83) |
| Other | 19/24 (79) | 33/36 (92) | 24/36 (67) | 24/36 (67) | 33/36 (92) | 30/36 (83) | 27/36 (75) |
| Marital status and children, no. participants/no. surveyed (%) | |||||||
| Married | 594/676 (88) | 556/654 (85) | 582/651 (89) | 576/644 (89) | 567/656 (86) | 597/688 (87) | 606/702 (86) |
| Children in home | 336/385 (87) | 334/385 (87) | 406/442 (92) | 351/393 (89) | 343/389 (88) | NA | NA |
| Home locale, no. participants/no. surveyed (%) | |||||||
| Large city | 259/292 (89) | 285/322 (89) | 286/326 (88) | 262/313 (84) | 267/292 (91) | 273/332 (82) | 296/341 (87) |
| Small city | 270/342 (79) | 300/355 (85) | 265/317 (84) | 281/343 (82) | 280/332 (84) | 310/382 (81) | 282/327 (86) |
| Suburb | 230/259 (89) | 161/186 (87) | 223/231 (97) | 211/235 (90) | 171/203 (84) | 182/213 (85) | 205/228 (90) |
| Rural | 270/312 (87) | 279/325 (86) | 283/319 (89) | 262/290 (90) | 327/380 (86) | 232/275 (84) | 257/302 (85) |
| Region, no. participants/no. surveyed (%) | |||||||
| East | 244/278 (88) | 242/276 (88) | 250/277 (90) | 239/276 (87) | 243/279 (87) | 234/278 (84) | 239/279 (86) |
| South | 263/314 (84) | 278/312 (89) | 262/313 (84) | 274/312 (88) | 266/316 (84) | 284/315 (90) | 276/315 (88) |
| Central | 328/375 (88) | 324/372 (87) | 325/374 (87) | 324/372 (87) | 318/376 (85) | 277/375 (74) | 323/375 (86) |
| West | 204/242 (84) | 192/240 (80) | 231/241 (96) | 194/240 (81) | 220/243 (91) | 206/242 (85) | 207/242 (86) |
| Education, no. participants/no. surveyed (%) | |||||||
| Less than high school | 345/52 (87) | 213/240 (89) | 178/240 (74) | 191/240 (80) | 210/242 (87) | 180/241 (75) | 205/242 (85) |
| High school graduate | 221/265 (84) | 266/335 (79) | 304/336 (90) | 279/336 (83) | 285/339 (84) | 273/338 (81) | 297/339 (88) |
| Some college | 306/356 (86) | 250/276 (91) | 259/276 (94) | 242/276 (88) | 236/278 (85) | 238/278 (86) | 241/278 (87) |
| More than college | 466/534 (87) | 305/347 (88) | 323/348 (93) | 318/348 (91) | 314/351 (90) | 308/350 (88) | 300/351 (86) |
*Data regarding annual income available from authors upon request. NA, not available.
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