Table 2.
Logistic regression analysis for maternal willingness to vaccinate their children
| Characteristics of employed women | N |
Willingness to vaccinate their children |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Ajusted OR (95% CI) | Walds χ2 | P | ||
| Age (yrs) |
|
|
|
|
|
| ≤25 |
164 |
61 (59.2) |
1.00 |
|
|
| 26-35 |
292 |
91 (37.1) |
1.16 (0.37-3.7) |
0.06 |
0.80 |
| 36-45 |
282 |
96 (41.2) |
0.35 (0.18-0.68) |
9.45 |
0.00 |
| >45 |
253 |
99 (51.3) |
0.46 (0.25-0.87) |
5.76 |
0.02 |
| Education level |
|
|
|
|
|
| ≤High school |
408 |
154 (49.36) |
1.00 |
|
|
| > High school |
703 |
229 (41.11) |
0.93 (0.53-1.6) |
0.07 |
0.79 |
| Occupation |
|
|
|
|
|
| Skilled professionals |
821 |
278 (42.25) |
1.00 |
|
|
| Manual laborers |
132 |
53 (51.46) |
0.52 (0.16-1.8) |
1.10 |
0.29 |
| Others |
64 |
25 (50.00) |
1.2 (0.29-4.9) |
0.05 |
0.82 |
| Household registration |
|
|
|
|
|
| Rural |
112 |
39 (50.65) |
1.00 |
|
|
| Urban |
707 |
241 (43.11) |
0.91 (0.29-2.9) |
0.02 |
0.88 |
| History of childbirth |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
524 |
172 (41.55) |
1.00 |
|
|
| Yes |
408 |
159 (46.90) |
0.98 (0.6-1.6) |
0.01 |
0.94 |
| Number of lifetime sexual partners |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
668 |
231 (41.77) |
1.00 |
|
|
| ≥2 |
87 |
43 (54.43) |
2.0 (0.95-4.2) |
3.3 |
0.1 |
| Prior experience with vaccinations outside the EPI (e.g., flu vaccine) |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
810 |
279 (42.27) |
1.0 |
|
|
| Yes |
266 |
100 (47.39) |
1.0 (0.58-1.7) |
<0.001 |
1.0 |
| Fear of developing cervical cancer |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
222 |
62 (35.23) |
1.0 |
|
|
| Yes |
586 |
243 (49.90) |
1.8 (1.06-3.2) |
4.6 |
0.0 |
| Voluntarily sought out HPV-related information |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
981 |
344 (42.95) |
1.0 |
|
|
| Yes | 82 | 39 (55.71) | 1.4 (0.64-3.2) | 0.8 | 0.4 |