Factors associated with current compliance with the law
| Univariate | Multivariate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (No) within compliant centers | % (No) within non-compliant centers | OR | 95% CI | No | Adjusted OR* | 95% CI | No | |
| *Adjusted for awareness of law, lack of knowledge about the law, lack of boosters owned by center, and comfort asking staff and parents to use boosters. | ||||||||
| Reference categories are: †center has = twenty 4–6 year olds enrolled, ‡rural location, §respondent is other than childcare center director, ¶not comfortable asking staff and parents to use booster seat. | ||||||||
| Childcare center characteristics | ||||||||
| Center currently transports children | 78 (43) | 68 (26) | 1.7 | 0.8 to 3.5 | 320 | 2.7 | 1.2 to 6.1 | 310 |
| >Twenty 4–6 year olds enrolled† | 44 (40) | 54 (183) | 0.7 | 0.4 to 1.2 | 357 | |||
| Urban location‡ | 83 (23) | 86 (163) | 0.8 | 0.4 to 1.8 | 357 | |||
| Respondent characteristics | ||||||||
| Respondent is director§ | 65 (43) | 74 (202) | 1.6 | 0.6 to 4.4 | 351 | |||
| Heard about the law in 2 or more places | 46 (48) | 32 (207) | 1.8 | 1.0 to 3.3 | 357 | |||
| Aware of law | 94 (33) | 71 (221) | 6.6 | 2.0 to 21.9 | 344 | 4.5 | 1.3 to 15.2 | 310 |
| Comfortable asking staff and parents to use booster seats¶ | 86 (24) | 70 (98) | 2.6 | 1.1 to 6.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 to 5.7 | 310 | |
| Barriers to compliance | ||||||||
| Lack of booster seats owned by the center | 21 (11) | 45 (138) | 0.3 | 0.2 to 0.7 | 357 | 0.23 | 0.08 to 0.69 | 310 |
| Lack knowledge about law | 8 (8) | 30 (42) | 0.2 | 0.1 to 0.5 | 357 | 0.23 | 0.11 to 0.51 | 310 |
| Staff unclear about proper seat use | 8 (11) | 16 (72) | 0.5 | 0.2 to 1.3 | 357 | |||
| Not enough cars to that fit boosters | 15 (11) | 14 (83) | 1.1 | 0.5 to 2.6 | 357 | |||
| Perceived parent resistance to using booster seats | 21 (4) | 24 (48) | 0.9 | 0.4 to 1.8 | 357 | |||
| Perceived child resistance to using booster seats | 6 (3) | 9 (27) | 0.6 | 0.2 to 2.2 | 357 | |||
| Lack of storage space for booster seats during the day | 21 (4) | 28 (93) | 0.7 | 0.4 to 1.5 | 357 | |||