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Table 3 Statistical associations between action for rubella prevention and sociodemographic background

From: Factors associated with adults’ actions to confirm their own rubella immune status in Japan’s drive toward rubella elimination: Cross-sectional online survey of non-healthcare workers in their 20s to 40s

 

Men

Women

Crude

OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted

OR

(95% CI)

Crude

OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted

OR

(95% CI)

Having knowledge about

 Confirmation of immune status by testing

8.50

(6.06-11.93)

4.29

(2.88-6.38)

5.33

(4.00-7.10)

2.89

(2.00-4.18)

 2013 rubella outbreak in men in their 20s-40s

5.78

(4.17-8.02)

2.79

(1.88-4.14)

2.60

(1.98-3.41)

1.64

(1.16-2.34)

 Congenital rubella syndrome

5.75

(4.09-8.08)

1.89

(1.24-2.89)

5.41

(3.70-7.91)

3.10

(1.94-4.95)

Having acquaintances who got vaccinated or tested for rubella

 Yes

8.48

(5.35-13.44)

2.98

(1.70-5.23)

6.12

(4.10-9.14)

2.95

(1.84-4.71)

 No/ Don’t know

Ref

Ref

Receiving influenza vaccination

 Every year

3.20

(2.26-4.52)

2.48

(1.47-4.17)

2.24

(1.62-3.10)

1.83

(1.17-2.86)

 Almost every year

1.55

(1.03-2.31)

1.49

(0.82-2.70)

1.70

(1.19-2.43)

1.53

(0.94-2.48)

 Sometimes

0.93

(0.65-1.33)

1.55

(0.93-2.60)

1.12

(0.83-1.52)

1.58

(1.04-2.40)

 Never

Ref

Ref

 Don’t know

0.38

(0.08-1.46)

0.68

(0.11-4.36)

0.23

(0.05-1.04)

1.60

(0.32-8.12)

Marriage

 Married

2.79

(2.04-3.80)

1.03

(0.56-1.91)

2.46

(1.87-3.23)

1.39

(0.93-2.06)

 Single

Ref

Ref

Desire for pregnancy

 Yes

1.77

(1.28-2.44)

1.54

(0.98-2.41)

1.74

(1.32-2.30)

1.39

(0.93-1.71)

 No/Don’t know

Ref

Ref

Having a child/children

 Yes

3.08

(2.24-4.22)

1.73

(0.93-3.22)

2.70

(2.06-3.55)

2.05

(1.28-3.30)

 No/ Don’t know

Ref

Ref

Age, years

 20-29

Ref

Ref

 30-39

0.79

(0.57-1.10)

0.83

(0.49-1.39)

2.30

(1.74-3.04)

1.11

(0.73-1.68)

 40-49

1.55

(1.13-2.12)

1.25

(0.72-2.15)

0.39

(0.29-0.53)

0.17

(0.10-0.29)

Highest education level

 High school or lower

0.61

(0.43-0.86)

0.85

(0.54-1.33)

0.56

(0.42-0.75)

0.83

(0.56-1.24)

 Junior college

0.93

(0.58-1.47)

1.06

(0.58-1.92)

1.10

(0.82-1.48)

1.11

(0.73-1.68)

 University

Ref

Ref

 Graduate school

1.35

(0.75-2.43)

0.85

(0.40-1.82)

2.53

(1.14-5.64)

2.51

(0.94-6.68)

 No answer

0.36

(0.08-1.55)

1.10

(0.20-6.20)

0.44

(0.09-2.12)

0.53

(0.80-3.44)

  1. All listed variables were adjusted for in the final model.
  2. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; Ref, reference