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Table 1 Determinants of parents’ intention to get vaccinated and to vaccinate the child: univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses

From: Parents’ intention to get vaccinated and to have their child vaccinated against COVID-19: cross-sectional analyses using data from the KUNO-Kids health study

  Intention to get vaccinated Intention to vaccinate the child
Univariable Multivariable Univariable Multivariable
OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
Child’s age (years) 1.03 0.86–1.23 .767     1.13 0.94–1.35 .191 1.16 0.91–1.36 .279
Mother’ s age (years) 1.06 1.02–1.11 .006 1.02 0.97–1.07 .509 1.04 1.00–1.09 .040 1.01 0.96–1.05 .919
 Low educational level(< 10 years of schooling) 0.53 0.14–2.05 .358 0.98 0.23–4.23 .977 0.37 0.08–1.75 .209 0.59 0.11–3.06 .528
 Medium educational (10 years of schooling) Ref.       Ref.      
 High educational level (university entrance level) 2.86 1.88–4.32 < .001 2.70 1.70–4.28 < .001 2.37 1.56–3.60 < .001 1.99 1.26–3.34 .003
Migration background (yes) 1.03 0.63–1.70 .90     0.97 0.59–1.58 .892    
 No COVID-19 in family, friends Ref.       Ref.      
 COVID-19 with mild symptoms in family/friends 1.42 0.89–2.25 .139 1.13 0.68-1.88 .631 1.30 0.83-2.04 .249 1.09 0.67-1.77 0.74
 COVID-19 with severe symptoms in family/friends 1.65 0.91–2.97 .098 1.42 0.73–2.76 .299 1.59 0.90–2.79 .110 1.35 0.72–2.54 .346
Risk group member in family, friends (yes) 0.79 0.50–1.25 .317     0.63 0.40-0.99 .047 0.59 0.36–0.99 .044
Concerns about own health (0–4) 1.17 0.97–1.42 .097 1.12 0.87–1.44 .361 1.05 0.88–1.27 .575    
Concerns about family health (0–4) 1.22 1.04–1.44 .016 1.08 0.87–1.34 .500 1.10 0.95–1.30 .202    
Confidence in one’s knowledge about safety measures (0–6) 1.23 1.09–1.39 .001 1.21 1.05–1.39 .008 1.28 1.13–1.45 < .001 1.23 1.07–1.41 .003
Trust in policy measures (0–4) 1.69 1.4–2.02 < .001 1.19 0.94–1.51 .152 1.68 1.40–2.02 < .001 1.20 0.95–1.50 .127
Perception that policy measures are exaggerated (0–4) 0.50 0.41–0.60 < .001 0.58 0.46–0.73 < .001 0.54 0.45–0.65 < .001 0.60 0.49–0.76 < .001
Regular information seeking about Corona pandemic (0–4) 1.51 1.28–1.79 < .000 1.20 0.98–1.46 .073 1.52 1.28–1.80 < .001 1.22 1.00–1.48 .050
  1. Multivariable analysis: N = 600; Nagelkerke’s R2: .20; OR odds Ratio; 95% CI 95% confidence interval; p p-value; ref. reference category; educational level of the higher educated parent; migration background if at least one parent was born not in Germany; bold: statistically significant (p < .05) in the multivariable analyses
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