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. 2020 Sep 29;17(5):1455–1462. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1814653

Table 3.

Associations between participants’ profiles and past behaviors/behavioral intention to take up PV

  Uptake of
at least one dose of PV (n = 483)
Behavioral intention to take up two doses of free PV at public clinics/hospitals in the next year (n = 397)
  Row% OR (95%CI) Row% OR (95%CI)
Socio-demographics        
Age group (years)        
 65–70 11.9 1.0 20.6 1.0
 70–80 22.7 2.16 (1.21, 3.86)** 18.8 0.89 (0.50, 1.60)
 ≥80 19.3 1.76 (0.94, 3.29)† 15.6 0.71 (0.37, 1.36)
Gender        
 Male 20.1 1.0 16.1 1.0
 Female 16.3 0.77 (0.48, 1.24) 20.2 1.32 (0.78, 2.24)
Highest education level attained        
 Primary school or lower 16.2 1.0 16.4 1.0
 Secondary school 29.5 2.17 (1.18, 3.99)* 32.6 2.47 (1.23, 4.96)*
 High diploma/undergraduate or higher 14.3 0.86 (0.19, 3.95) 33.3 2.55 (0.74, 8.77)
Marital status        
 Unmarried/divorced/widowed 20.1 1.0 21.8 1.0
 Married/cohabitation 12.5 0.57 (0.33, 0.99)* 11.9 0.49 (0.26, 0.90)*
Current employment status        
 Unemployed/retired/housewives 5.6 1.0 29.4 1.0
 Full-time/part-time 18.3 3.80 (0.50, 28.97) 18.2 0.53 (0.18, 1.56)
Monthly household income (HK$)        
 Receiving CSSA 9.4 1.0 17.2 1.0
 <20,000 18.3 2.17 (0.65, 7.31) 18.5 1.09 (0.40, 2.97)
 ≥20,000 20.0 2.42 (0.43, 13.71) 25.0 1.60 (0.32, 8.11)
Living alone        
 No 19.3 1.0 18.3 1.0
 Yes 10.8 0.51 (0.25, 1.06)a 20.3 1.14 (0.60, 2.14)
Lifestyles        
Cigarette smoking in the past year        
 No 17.8 1.0 18.7 1.0
 Yes 0.0 N.A. 0.0 N.A.
Binge drinking in the past year        
 No 17.8 1.0 18.7 1.0
 Yes 0.0 N.A. 0.0 N.A.
History of pneumonia and influenza vaccination        
History of pneumonia        
 No 17.7 1.0 18.5 1.0
 Yes 25.0 1.55 (0.16, 15.04) 33.3 2.20 (0.20, 24.57)
Family member/friend had history of pneumonia        
 No 17.7 1.0 18.5 1.0
 Yes 25.0 1.55 (0.16, 15.04) 33.3 2.20 (0.20, 24.57)
Uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination        
 No 0.4 1.0 15.3 1.0
 Yes 32.7 107.83
(14.87, 782.06)***
22.9 1.64
(0.99, 2.72)†
Number of high-risk conditions listed by Department of Health        
 1 20.5 1.0 18.4 1.0
 2 13.6 0.61 (0.34, 1.10)† 21.6 1.22 (0.70, 2.15)
 ≥3 3.6 0.14 (0.02, 1.07)† 11.1 0.56 (0.16, 1.92)

OR: crude odds ratios

a0.05 < p < 0.10, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001