Table 5.

Influencing factors of HCWs’ vaccination recommendation to children or the elderly (multiple logistic regression).

	Recommendation to Children		Recommendation to the Elderly
	OR (95% CI)	p-Value	OR (95% CI)	p-Value
Vaccinated in the previous season	2.79 (1.99–3.93)	<0.01 *	2.80 (1.96–4.00)	<0.01 *
Type of HCWs
General practitioner	Reference		Reference
public health worker	2.10 (1.57–2.80)	<0.01 *	1.69 (1.26–2.25)	<0.01 *
Know children (the elderly) are among the target groups for vaccination	2.20 (1.63–2.96)	< 0.01 *	3.45 (2.13–5.59)	<0.01 *
Self-reported high severity of influenza	1.18 (0.88–1.58)	0.26	1.22 (0.91–1.63)	0.19
Self-reported high possibility of catching influenza	1.31 (0.94–1.83)	0.12	1.24 (0.89–1.75)	0.21
Know the best timing to vaccinate against influenza is 1-2 months before the influenza epidemic peak	1.43 (1.05–1.95)	0.02 *	1.77 (1.30–2.42)	<0.01 *
Know the incubation period of influenza is 1-4 days	1.21 (0.92–1.59)	0.18	1.47 (1.12–1.95)	<0.01 *
Know influenza virus in droplets can live for 30 minutes in the air	1.06 (0.79–1.43)	0.70	1.29 (0.95-1.75)	0.10
Age (years)
<30	Reference
30–39	1.08 (0.75–1.56)	0.66	0.94 (0.65–1.35)	0.72
40–49	1.18 (0.77–1.8)	0.46	0.95 (0.62–1.47)	0.83
≥50	1.44 (0.77–2.72)	0.26	0.84 (0.45–1.57)	0.58
Gender
Female	Reference
Male	1.08 (0.76–1.52)	0.68	0.69 (0.49-0.97)	0.03 *
Education level
High school and below	Reference
Junior college	0.59 (0.38–0.92)	0.02 *	1.01 (0.65–1.56)	0.98
Bachelor and above	0.64 (0.4–1.04)	0.07	0.75 (0.47–1.20)	0.23
Monthly income
≤3000	Reference
3001-4000	1.63 (1.09–2.43)	0.02 *	1.13 (0.76–1.67)	0.56
4001-5000	1.6 (1.02–2.50)	0.04 *	1.7 (1.08–2.68)	0.02 *
>5000	1.6 (0.95–2.71)	0.08	1.96 (1.15–3.33)	< 0.01 *
Having children under 6 years	1.1 (0.81–1.5)	0.56	0.81 (0.59–1.11)	0.19
Self-reported good health status	1.11 (0.82–1.52)	0.50	1.18 (0.86–1.61)	0.31
Having chronic diseases	1.09 (0.64–1.85)	0.76	1.5 (0.87–2.59)	0.15
Place of residence
Rural	Reference
Urban	0.8 (0.6–1.07)	0.12	0.96 (0.72–1.29)	0.78

* p < 0.05.