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. 2011 May 2;26(5):751–760. doi: 10.1093/her/cyr025

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.