@article{oai:soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp:00003672,
 author = {Uchida,  Mitsuo and Kaneko,  Minoru and Kawa,  Shigeyuki},
 journal = {BMC Public Health},
 month = {Oct},
 note = {BACKGROUND: To investigate how household background factors affect parental behavior during pandemic influenza-related school closures, we determined associations between such factors and three parental attitudes: "caring for the child," "taking leave from work," and "permitting out-of-home activities." METHODS: A hypothetical pandemic influenza situation was presented and a questionnaire survey among households of 2146 schoolchildren from 6 schools was conducted. Odds ratios of background factors were estimated using univariate and multivariate logistic regression models. RESULTS: Responses pertaining to 1510 children indicated that junior high school (OR = 0.11), both parents working (OR = 0.03), and family including grandparent(s) or other relatives (OR = 7.50) were factors associated with "caring for the child," and elementary school (OR = 2.28), special education school (OR = 3.18), and both parents working (OR = 5.74) were associated with "taking leave from work." Having an older sibling (OR = 0.74) and awareness of the technical term for school closure (OR = 0.73) were factors associated with "permitting out-of-home activities." CONCLUSION: Not only work status but also other household factors may be associated with parental behaviors during pandemic influenza-related school closures., Article, BMC Public Health. 14:1089 (2014)},
 title = {Role of household factors in parental attitudes to  pandemic influenza-related school closure in Japan: a cross-sectional study},
 volume = {14},
 year = {2014}
}