Table III.

Multivariable predictors of recommendation and initiation of HPV vaccine among female (n = 1552) and male (n = 845) college students

	Women: HPV vaccine recommendation receipt	Women: HPV vaccine initiation	Men: HPV vaccine recommendation receipt	Men: HPV vaccine initiation
	aOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)
Age	1.2 (1.2–1.3)	1.1 (1.1–1.2)	0.8 (0.7–0.9)	0.97 (0.8–1.1)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Homosexual	1.5 (0.8–3.1)	1.1 (0.5–2.5)	3.8 (1.8–7.7)	1.5 (0.5–4.2)
Bisexual	1.01 (0.6–1.7)	0.96 (0.5–1.8)	1.6 (0.6–4.3)	0.6 (0.1–2.7)
Race
White	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Black	1.2 (0.9–1.6)	0.91 (0.6–1.4)	1.00 (0.5–2.1)	1.4 (0.5–3.7)
AAPI	0.8 (0.4–1.4)	1.01 (0.5–2.2)	0.5 (0.2–1.1)	1.4 (0.5–3.6)
More than one race/other	1.2 (0.7–1.9)	1.2 (0.6–2.2)	1.8 (0.8–3.8)	0.4 (0.1–0.99)
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Hispanic	1.1 (0.7–1.7)	1.1 (0.6–2.0)	1.3 (0.6–2.5)	1.7 (0.6–4.6)
Nativity
US-born	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Foreign-born	0.4 (0.2–0.7)	0.6 (0.3–1.2)	0.5 (0.2–1.2)	0.6 (0.2–1.9)
Highest parental education
<Bachelor’s degree	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
≥Bachelor’s degree	1.3 (1.03–1.6)	0.96 (0.7–1.3)	1.5 (0.93–2.3)	0.95 (0.5–1.8)
School type
Private	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Public	0.6 (0.5–0.8)	0.9 (0.6–1.2)	0.4 (0.3–0.7)	0.8 (0.4–1.4)
Technical	0.4 (0.3–0.6)	0.6 (0.4–0.9)	0.4 (0.1–0.90)	0.4 (0.1–1.5)
HBCU	0.5 (0.3–0.8)	0.9 (0.5–1.6)	0.6 (0.2–2.0)	0.2 (0.03–1.6)
HPV vaccine recommendation by a doctor
No or do not know		Reference		Reference
Yes		19.2 (14.5–25.3)		54.0 (31.2–93.4)