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. 2014 Nov 5;9(11):e111321. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111321

Table 1. Association between sociodemographic/behavioral characteristics and willingness to participate (WTP) in HIV therapeutic vaccine trials.

Intention to accept vaccination
Variable Total Yes No OR (95% CI) P value
Age 0.78
<30 82 (18.5) 75 (91.5) 7 (8.5) 1.00
30–49 244 (55.0) 222 (91.0) 22 (9.0) 0.94 (0.39–2.29) 0.90
>50 118 (26.6) 109 (92.4) 9 (7.6) 1.13 (0.40–3.17) 0.82
Gender 0.94
Men 398 (89.8) 364 (91.5) 34 (8.5) 1.00
Women 45 (10.2) 41 (91.1) 4 (8.9) 0.96 (0.32–2.83) 0.94
Ethnicity a 1.00
Han 438 (99.5) 400 (91.3) 38 (8.7) 1.00
others 2 (0.5) 2 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 4.39 (0.00–56.88) 1.00
Residence 0.67
Village 81 (18.3) 75 (92.6) 6 (7.4) 1.00
City 361 (81.7) 329 (91.1) 32 (8.9) 0.82 (0.33–2.04) 0.67
Marital status 0.27
Unmarried 197 (44.8) 182 (92.4) 15 (7.6) 1.00
Married 212 (48.2) 195 (92.0) 17 (8.0) 0.95 (0.46–1.95) 0.88
Divorce 31 (7.0) 26 (83.9) 5 (16.1) 0.43 (0.14–1.28) 0.13
Education 0.67
Junior high school and lower 108 (24.4) 97 (89.8) 11 (10.2) 1.00
Senior high school and technical secondary school 135 (30.5) 125 (92.6) 10 (7.4) 1.42 (0.58–3.47) 0.45
Junior college 90 (20.4) 83 (92.2) 7 (7.8) 1.35 (0.50–3.63) 0.56
Undergraduate and above 109 (24.7) 100 (91.7) 9 (8.3) 1.26 (0.50–3.18) 0.62
Annual income (RMB) 0.57
<20000 148 (34.6) 131 (88.5) 17 (11.5) 1.00
20000–40000 152 (35.5) 142 (93.4) 10 (6.6) 1.84 (0.82–4.17) 0.14
40000–100000 95 (22.2) 88 (92.6) 7 (7.4) 1.63 (0.65–4.10) 0.30
>100000 33 (7.7) 29 (87.9) 4 (12.1) 0.94 (0.30–3.00) 0.92
Routes of HIV infection 0.18
Blood transfusion 80 (19.4) 73 (91.3) 7 (8.8) 1.00
Drug abuse 11 (2.7) 7 (63.6) 4 (36.4) 0.17 (0.04–0.72) 0.02
Sexual transmission 322 (78.0) 303 (94.1) 19 (5.9) 1.53 (0.62–3.77) 0.36
Sexual preference 0.14
Heterosexual 195 (47.6) 173 (88.7) 22 (11.3) 1.00
Homosexual 189 (46.1) 180 (95.2) 9 (4.8) 2.54 (1.14–5.68) 0.02
Bisexual 26 (6.3) 23 (88.5) 3 (11.5) 0.98 (0.27–3.52) 0.97
Number of lifetime sexual partners 0.18
<2 111 (28.2) 98 (88.3) 13 (11.7) 1.00
≥2 283 (71.8) 262 (92.6) 21 (7.4) 1.66 (0.80–3.43) 0.18
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the variable was analyzed with exact logistic regression.