Table 3.

Bivariate and Multivariate Correlates of HPV Vaccine Initiation (Received ≥ 1 dose of HPV vaccine)

	Bivariate Analysis	Multivariate Model
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Demographics
Caregiver Characteristics
Age (Continuous)	0.99 (0.97, 1.02)	0.99 (0.95,1.02)
Race/ethnicity
Latina	1.57 (1.06, 2.33)
Chinese	0.78 (0.47, 1.30)
Korean	0.74 (0.40, 1.36)
African American	0.73 (0.34, 1.58)
Other	0.68 (0.29, 1.61)
Race/ethnicity (Ref: non-Latina)
Latina		0.84 (0.41,1.71)
Income (Ref: <$24,000 or unemployed)
$24,000 or more per year	0.82 (0.52, 1.29)
Education (Ref: <HS Diploma)
HS Diploma or more	1.38 (0.94, 2.04)	0.71 (0.37,1.39)
Marital Status (Ref: Not Married)
Married	1.16 (0.76, 1.77)
Nativity (Ref: Foreign-Born)
U.S. Born	0.73 (0.39, 1.38)
Years in U.S. among Foreign Born (Continuous)	1.11 (0.99, 1.04)
Adolescent Girl Characteristics
Daughter’s Age (Continuous)	1.13 (1.06, 1.22)	1.23 (1.11, 1.36)
Insurance Status of Daughter (Ref: Uninsured)
Insured	1.61 (0.99, 2.60)
Usual Source of Care for Daughter (Ref: No)
Yes	1.95 (1.21, 3.14)	1.76 (0.95, 3.30)
HPV and HPV Vaccine Related Factors
Heard of HPV virus (Ref: No)
Yes	12.25 (6.40, 23.4)	12.8 (6.01, 27.23)
Perceived Severity of HPV Infection (Ref: Disagree/Not Serious)
Agree/Serious	2.01 (1.02, 3.99)	1.61 (0.66, 3.92)
Perceived Risk (Ref: Less Risk/Don’t Know)
Daughter at same risk or more risk than other girls	1.02 (0.64,1.62)
Perceived Effectiveness of Vaccine (Ref: Not effective/Don’t Know)
Very Effective/Somewhat Effective	2.87 (1.81, 4.53)	1.41 (0.75, 2.66)
Immunization against disease is good (Ref: Disagree/Neither agree not disagree)
Agree	2.97 (1.14, 7.75)	1.88 (0.60, 5.85)
School mandate for HPV vaccine (Ref: Disagree/Neither agree not disagree)
Agree	1.78 (1.19, 2.66)	1.38 (0.81, 2.34)
Youngest acceptable age for HPV vaccination (Continuous)	1.18 (1.10, 1.26)	1.19 (1.09, 1.29)