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. 2014 Apr 29;10(7):1807–1811. doi: 10.4161/hv.28779

Table 3. Odds ratios (OR) of HPV vaccine initiation and completion among 9–17 y old children by family decision making process.

Decision making process as reported by mother Received 1 dosea Completed 3-dose seriesa
Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR
(95% CI)
P value
For 9–17 y old daughters
Decided/will decide jointly with partner/husband Reference   Reference   Reference   Reference  
Decided/will decide by mother herself 3.74
(2.17–6.44)
<0.001 3.55 (2.00–6.31) <0.001 2.90
(1.47–5.72)
0.002 2.34 (1.14–4.81) 0.020
Decided/will decide jointly with daughter 2.20
(1.23–3.93)
0.008 1.73 (0.94–3.21) 0.080 1.86
(0.90–3.86)
0.095 1.22 (0.56–2.65) 0.618
Other formats (e.g., daughter alone, husband alone) 1.93
(0.83–4.47)
0.127 1.73 (0.72–4.16) 0.219 1.81
(0.64–5.16)
0.264 1.46 (0.49–4.32) 0.493
For 9–17 y old sons
Decided/will decide jointly with partner/husband Reference   Reference   Reference   Reference  
Decided/will decide by mother herself 4.42
(2.19–8.94)
<0.001 3.93 (1.86–8.28) <0.001 5.85
(1.72–19.85)
0.005 5.80
(1.64–20.58)
0.006
Decided/will decide jointly with son 2.38
(1.07–5.29)
0.033 1.78 (0.77–4.08) 0.279 3.423
(0.90–13.14)
0.071 2.94
(0.74–11.63)
0.125
Other formats (e.g., son alone, husband alone) -b   -b   - b   -b  

a Sociodemogrpahic variables (age category, race/ethnicity, education, partner’s education, work status, awareness about HPV vaccine, and history of abnormal Pap smears) with a P value < 0.1 based on bivariate logistic regression analysis where vaccine initiation and completion in daughters and sons were dependent variables in separate models were included in the multivariate models. However, variables with a P value > 0.1 in the initial multivariate model were removed from the final multivariate models (education, partner’s education, work status, and history of abnormal Pap smears). Age categories and race/ethnicity were forced in the models if the P value did not achieve significance at <0.1 level. ; bVaccine initiation or completion were not observed in this category of decision making.