Table 2.

Associations between individual and community factors with HPV Vaccination

	Model 2 including individual level determinants		Model 3 including individual and community level determinants
Fixed effect (OR, 95% CI)
Individual-level determinants
Girl’s age
10 (Ref)
11	1.31	(1.06–1.61)*	1.30	(1.06–1.61)*
12	1.15	(0.94–1.40)	1.14	(0.94–1.39)
13	1.41	(1.15–1.71)**	1.40	(1.15–1.70)**
14	1.42	(1.15–1.76)**	1.41	(1.14–1.75)**
School attendance status
No (Ref)
Yes	2.93	(2.16–4.0)***	2.88	(2.12–3.92)***
Ethnicity
Baganda (Ref)a
Foreigners	3.31	(1.71–6.42)***	3.33	(1.72–6.45)***
Luo	1.15	(0.71–1.86)	1.18	(0.73–1.91)
Lugbara	1.17	(0.65–2.11)	1.21	(0.67–2.18)
Iteso	1.73	(1.13–2.64)*	1.79	(1.17–2.73)**
Karamajong	3.66	(1.49–8.97)**	3.84	(1.57–9.43)**
Banyoro	1.52	(1.05–2.21)*	1.54	(1.06–2.23)*
Basoga	2.18	(1.43–3.32)***	2.15	(1.41–3.28)***
Other	1.48	(1.11–1.98)**	1.50	(1.12–2.01)**
Region
Western (Ref)
Central	0.97	(0.73–1.29)	1.00	(0.74–1.33)
Eastern	0.81	(0.58–1.12)	0.82	(0.59–1.14)
Karamoja	1.29	(0.56–2.95)	1.36	(0.59–3.14)
Northern	1.24	(0.77–2.00)	1.31	(0.81–2.12)
Household characteristics
Amount of media exposure
0 (Ref)
1	1.10	(0.90–1.35)	1.03	(0.83–1.28)
≥ 2	1.22	(1.00–1.50)	1.12	(0.87–1.41)
Sex of household head
Female (Ref)
Male	0.87	(0.75–1.01)	0.87	(0.75–1.01)
Number of members in the household
1–8 (Ref)
≥ 9	0.81	(0.69–0.96)*	0.81	(0.69–0.95)**
Relationship to household head
Daughter (Ref)
Other relationship	0.94	(0.75–1.18)	0.94	(0.75–1.18)
Mother in the household
No (Ref)
Yes	1.16	(0.94–1.44)	1.17	(0.94–1.46)
Community level factors
Type of residence
Rural (Ref)
Urban			0.92	(0.72–1.17)
Wealth index
Poorest (Ref)
Poorer			1.11	(0.88–1.40)
Middle			1.31	(1.01–1.69)*
Rich			1.22	(0.93–1.59)

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

Ref = Reference Category

OR = Odds Ratios

CI = Confidence Interval