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. 2007 Feb;97(2):259–266. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.076661

TABLE 3—

Full Model Including Interaction Effects Between Mother’s Race/Ethnicity and Family Income-to-Poverty Ratio: US National Immunization Survey, 2003

Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Child’s race/ethnicity
    Non-Hispanic other/multirace 0.98 (0.85, 1.13)
    Non-Hispanic Black 0.63 (0.47, 0.84)***
    Hispanic 0.97 (0.80, 1.18)
    Non-Hispanic White (reference) 1.00
Income-to-poverty ratio
    < 1 0.87 (0.74, 1.01)
    1–1.99 0.93 (0.83, 1.05)
    2–2.99 0.92 (0.83, 1.02)
    ≥ 3 (reference) 1.00
Interaction effectsa
    Non-Hispanic other/multiracial × IPR < 1 0.89 (0.64, 1.25)
    Non-Hispanic other/multiracial × IPR 1–1.99 1.11 (0.83, 1.49)
    Non-Hispanic other/multiracial × IPR 2–2.99 0.95 (0.70, 1.30)
    Non-Hispanic Black × IPR < 1 1.90 (1.32, 2.74)***
    Non-Hispanic Black × IPR 1–1.99 1.48 (1.01, 2.19)*
    Non-Hispanic Black × IPR 2–2.99 1.20 (0.75, 1.91)
    Hispanic × IPR < 1 1.33 (1.02, 1.74)*
    Hispanic × IPR 1–1.99 1.13 (0.88, 1.47)
    Hispanic × IPR 2–2.99 1.13 (0.84, 1.52)

Note. IPR = income-to-poverty ratio. Model 7 included all variables used in the main effects model (model 6), but parameters are not shown here. A total of 9510 children completed the vaccination series.

aInteraction terms between child’s race/ethnicity and IPR.

* P < .05; ***P < .001.