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. 2013 Mar 4;10(3):856–866. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10030856

Table 2.

Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals from univariate (Model 1) and multiple logistic regression analyses with leaving the infant unsupervised in the bathtub as dependent variable and demographic variables (Model 2) and Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) variables (Model 3) as independent factors (n = 1,410).

Infant left unsupervised in the bathtub
Model 1 OR (95%CI) p value Model 2 OR (95%CI) p value Model 3 OR (95%CI) p value
Demographic variables
Infants
  Age in months 1.29 (1.06–1.57) 0.01 1.29 (1.06–1.57) 0.01 1.24 (1.00–1.54) 0.05
  Girl 1.27 (0.82–1.97) 0.28 - - - -
  Infant can crawl 0.81 (0.52–1.26) 0.35 - - - -
Family
  One-parent family 1.30 (0.39–4.30) 0.67 - - - -
  First-time parent 0.67 (0.43–1.05) 0.08 - - 0.59 (0.36–0.97) 0.04
Mother
  Employment
    Paid job fulltime 1.00 - - - - -
    Paid job part time 0.78 (0.35–1.76) 0.55 - - - -
    No paid job 0.61 (0.23–1.59) 0.31 - - - -
  Educational level
    Low 1.00 - - - - -
    Intermediate 1.32 (0.66–2.62) 0.44 - - - -
    High 1.50 (0.75–2.98) 0.25 - - - -
  Non-Western migrant 1.14 (0.54–2.41) 0.74 - - - -
Father
  Employment
    Paid job fulltime 1.00 - - - - -
    Paid job part time 0.70 (0.30–1.65) 0.42 - - - -
    No paid job 1.23 (0.43–3.50) 0.70 - - - -
  Educational level
    Low 1.00 - - - - -
    Intermediate 0.77 (0.44–1.33) 0.35 - - - -
    High 0.81 (0.46–1.42) 0.47 - - - -
  Non-Western migrant 0.54 (0.19–1.50) 0.24 - - 0.18 (0.05–0.63) 0.01
PMT constructs a
  Self-efficacy (−2, +2) 0.53 (0.45–0.62) <0.001 - - 0.57 (0.47–0.69) <0.001
  Response efficacy (−2, +2) 0.26 (0.19–0.35) <0.001 - - 0.34 (0.24–0.48) <0.001
  Vulnerability (−2, +2) 1.30 (1.05–1.61) 0.02 - - - -
  Severity (−2, +2) 0.63 (0.52–0.76) <0.001 - - 0.74 (0.58–0.93) 0.01

a The OR represents a one-unit change in the scale score.