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Table 2 Effects of household factors on parental attitudes

From: Role of household factors in parental attitudes to pandemic influenza-related school closure in Japan: a cross-sectional study

Household background factors

Responses

Care for child

Leave from work

Permit out-of-home activity

  

(n = 1510)

Univariate model

Multivariate model

Univariate model

Multivariate model

Univariate model

Multivariate model

   

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

School affiliation

                         
 

Kindergarten

68

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   
 

Elementary school

723

0.06

0.01

0.46

0.007

0.23

0.03

1.80

0.160

4.34

2.04

9.22

<0.001

2.28

1.03

5.01

0.041

0.92

0.54

1.57

0.763

0.95

0.55

1.62

0.839

 

Junior high school

686

0.03

0.01

0.19

<0.001

0.11

0.01

0.86

0.035

3.49

1.64

7.43

0.001

1.35

0.61

2.99

0.464

0.66

0.39

1.12

0.126

0.66

0.38

1.15

0.141

 

Special education needs school

33

0.08

0.01

0.75

0.026

0.27

0.03

2.76

0.271

7.06

2.58

19.29

<0.001

3.18

1.10

9.22

0.033

1.10

0.45

2.70

0.836

1.13

0.45

2.81

0.800

Type of work activity

                         
 

Other than both working

589

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   
 

Both working*

921

0.03

0.02

0.05

<0.001

0.03

0.01

0.05

<0.001

5.30

4.06

6.92

<0.001

5.74

4.33

7.60

<0.001

0.88

0.71

1.09

0.224

0.98

0.78

1.23

0.856

Family structure

                         
 

Nuclear family

1297

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   
 

Family including grandparent or others

213

4.12

2.54

6.70

<0.001

7.50

4.53

12.44

<0.001

1.28

0.95

1.73

0.101

0.90

0.65

1.24

0.516

0.78

0.58

1.04

0.093

0.78

0.58

1.06

0.109

Having older sibling

                         
 

No

919

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   
 

Yes

591

0.87

0.69

1.10

0.250

0.78

0.59

1.03

0.079

0.92

0.74

1.15

0.473

0.83

0.66

1.05

0.122

0.75

0.61

0.93

0.009

0.74

0.59

0.91

0.005

Awareness of technical term for school closure

                        
 

No

1346

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   

1.00

   
 

Yes

164

1.10

0.75

1.60

0.627

1.35

0.87

2.08

0.182

1.23

0.88

1.72

0.225

1.20

0.84

1.73

0.313

0.72

0.52

1.00

0.052

0.73

0.52

1.01

0.056

  1. *Including single parents who were working.
  2. Multivariate model: variables were adjusted for each other in the multivariate logistic regression model.