Table 2. Stated intention to comply with home quarantine following exposure to pandemic influenza in a sample of Australian adults surveyed by telephone, 2007.

Characteristic	n	Compliance %		Non-compliance %		Univariate models predicting non‑compliance OR (95% CI)	Final multivariable models predicting non‑compliance OR (95% CI)
Gender
Male	448	92.2		7.8		2.1 (1.3–3.4)	2.0 (1.3–3.1)
Female	718	95.3		4.7		1.0	1.0
Age, in yearsa							NI
18–39	249	93.2		6.8		2.1 (1.0–4.5)
40–64	600	93.5		6.5		1.7 (0.8–3.7)
65+	316	95.9		4.1		1.0
Highest education levela							NI
University	283	93.6		6.4		1.0 (0.5–1.8)
Technical college	272	94.5		5.5		0.9 (0.5–1.7)
Year 11 or 12	196	92.9		7.1		1.0 (0.5–1.9)
Primary to year 10	414	94.7		5.3		1.0
Location							NI
Urban	832	93.6		6.4		1.6 (0.9–2.8)
Rural/remote	334	95.2		4.8		1.0
Children in household							NI
No	772	94.0		6.0		1.2 (0.8–1.9)
Yes	394	94.2		5.8		1.0
Employment situationa
Self-employed, unable to work from home	29	79.3		20.7		7.3 (3.0–17.5)	4.9 (2.3–10.5)
Self-employed, able to work from home	105	97.1		2.9		0.6 (0.1–2.3)	0.6 (0.2–1.8)
Wage earner, unable to work from home	369	89.2		10.8		3.4 (1.9–6.0)	3.3 (2.0–5.4)
Wage earner, able to work from home	107	96.3		3.7		1.2 (0.4–3.2)	1.2 (0.5–2.8)
Not in paid employment	555	97.1		2.9		1.0	1.0
Knowledge of pandemic flu
“Unsure/never heard of term”	649	92.9		7.1		2.8 (1.4–6.1)	3.0 (1.6–5.7)
“Yes,” < 4 replies to questions correct	254	94.9		5.1		1.6 (0.7–3.9)	1.8 (0.8–3.7)
“Yes,” all 4 replies to questions correct	263	96.2		3.8		1.0	1.0

CI, confidence interval; NI, not included in the final model; OR, odds ratio.
^a One person did not answer.