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. 2022 May 5;40(24):3298–3304. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.077

Table 2.

The associations between background factors and the two IV-related dependent variables (n = 6,922).

IV uptake during the
COVID-19 outbreak
Intention of IV uptake in the next 12 months
ORu (95% CI) ORu (95% CI)
Sex
Female 1 1
Male 2.29 (1.72, 3.04)*** 1.26 (1.14, 1.40)***
Age 0.92 (0.83,1.02) 0.96 (0.93,0.99)*
Ethnicity
Han 1 1
Others 1.59 (1.11, 2.28)* 1.15 (0.99, 1.32)
Study major
Arts 1 1
Social Sciences 0.84 (0.42,1.69) 1.04 (0.81,1.35)
Business 0.96 (0.50,1.85) 1.34 (1.05,1.72)*
Science 0.75 (0.42,1.34) 1.04 (0.85,1.28)
Engineering 0.61 (0.34,1.09) 0.98 (0.80,1.19)
Medicine 0.76 (0.50,1.14) 1.01 (0.86,1.18)
Others 1.06 (0.50,2.26) 0.92 (0.68,1.25)
Grade
Postgraduate 1 1
Fourth/final year 0.85 (0.25, 2.92) 1.08 (0.68, 2.16)
Third year 0.73 (0.22, 2.45) 1.13 (0.72, 1.78)
Second year 0.71 (0.22, 2.34) 1.13 (0.73, 1.77)
First year 1.10 (0.34, 3.54) 1.39 (0.89, 2.16)
Studied province
Guangdong 1 1
Inner Mongolia 2.54 (1.23, 5.26)* 1.22 (1.00, 1.49)*
Henan 1.58 (0.74, 3.39) 1.28 (1.04, 1.57)*
Zhejiang 1.96 (0.88, 4.37) 1.14 (0.91, 1.43)
Yunnan 2.12 (0.96, 4.71) 1.28 (1.02, 1.60)*
IV during the 12-month period prior to the COVID-19 outbreak
No 1
Yes 76.82 (54.99,107.31)***
Past IV behavior prior to or during the COVID-19 outbreak†
No 1
Yes 1.98 (1.61,2.43)***

Notes: ORu, univariable odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; IV, influenza vaccination. *, p <.05; **, p <.01; ***, p <.001. ¶, The period starts from January to December 2019. †, The period starts from January 2019 till November 2020.