Table III.
Predictors of adolescents’ acceptance of 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine
| Variable | Unadjusted logistic regression analysis, OR (95% CI) | P-value | Adjusted logistic regression analysis, OR (95% CI) | P-value |
| Age | 0.89 (0.73–1.08) | 0.249 | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | Ref | |||
| Female | 1.45 (0.70–3.00) | 0.318 | ||
| Race | ||||
| White | Ref | |||
| Black | 0.74 (0.35–1.56) | 0.435 | ||
| Received seasonal flu vaccine last year | 3.36 (1.49–7.58) | 0.003 | 3.96 (1.35–11.63) | 0.012 |
| Knowledge | 1.02 (0.87–1.20) | 0.816 | ||
| Social norms | 1.30 (1.03–1.65) | 0.027 | 0.96 (0.69, 1.34) | 0.811 |
| Perceived severity | 1.10 (0.79–1.53) | 0.565 | ||
| Fear of getting swine flu | 1.54 (1.17–2.02) | 0.002 | 1.54 (1.05–2.25) | 0.027 |
| Feel comfortable getting swine flu vaccine | 2.78 (1.85–4.18) | <0.001 | 2.27 (1.41–3.66) | 0.001 |
| The swine flu vaccine will make me sick | 0.58 (0.40–0.84) | 0.004 | 0.52 (0.30–0.89) | 0.016 |
| Parental acceptance of swine flu vaccine for their children | 2.31 (1.54–3.45) | <0.001 | 1.84 (1.14–2.95) | 0.012 |
CI, confidence interval. OR, odds ratio.