Research Article

Factors Affecting Acceptance and Intention to Receive Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 Vaccine among Primary School Children: A Cross-Sectional Study in Birmingham, UK

Table 6

Factors affecting intention to receive pandemic vaccine.

FactorPositive intention
N (%)
OR (95% CI)Model 1
Adjusted OR*(95% CI)
Model 2
Adjusted OR(95% CI)

Age of parent (years)
>25 86 (62.3%)1.01.01.0
 < 255 (45.5%)0.5 (0.1, 1.7)0.3 (0.1, 1.3)0.3 (0.1, 1.3)
Sex of parent
 Male18 (58.1%)1.01.01.0
 Female73 (61.9%)1.2 (0.5, 2.6)1.7 (0.7, 4.0)1.7 (0.7, 4.1)
Smoking status of parent
 Never smoker57 (59.4%)1.01.01.0
 Ex-smoker17 (58.6%)1.0 (0.4, 2.3)1.4 (0.5, 3.7)1.5 (0.5, 3.9)
 Current smoker17 (70.8%)1.7 (0.6, 4.4)2.3 (0.8, 6.5)2.0 (0.7, 5.8)
Education of main earner
 Primary or less14 (73.7%)1.0
 Secondary or higher77 (59.2%)0.5 (0.2, 1.5)
Ethnicity
 White36 (52.2%)1.01.01.0
 Non-white54 (68.4%)2.0 (1.0, 3.9)2.4 (1.1, 5.0)2.5 (1.2, 5.5)
Parent vaccinated against swine flu
 No74 (58.3%)1.0
 Yes17 (77.3%)2.4 (0.8, 7.0)
Child has asthma
 No77 (57.9%)1.01.01.0
 Yes14 (87.5%)5.1 (1.1, 23.3)6.6 (1.4, 32.1)4.5 (0.8, 24.7)
Child ever received seasonal influenza vaccine
 No79 (58.1%)1.01.0
 Yes12 (92.3%)8.7 (1.1, 68.5)6.2 (0.7, 58.0)

*Model adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, ethnicity, and asthma.
Model adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, ethnicity, asthma, and receipt of seasonal influenza vaccine.