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. 2023 Mar 10;5(10):223–228. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2023.041

Table S2. Associations between background characteristics and hesitancy to receive the first and second booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine among 525 participants who completed the primary vaccination series.

Characteristic Hesitancy to receive the first COVID-19 vaccine booster dose Hesitancy to receive the second COVID-19 vaccine booster dose
Prevalence of vaccine hesitancy
n/N (%)
OR (95% CI) P value Prevalence of vaccine hesitancy
n/N (%)
OR (95% CI) P value
Abbreviation: COVID-19=coronavirus disease 2019; OR=crude odds ratio; CI=confidence interval.
Age group in years
18–45 29/87 (33.3) 1.0 48/87 (44.2) 1.0
46–60 68/219 (31.1) 0.90 (0.53, 1.53) 0.699 125/219 (57.1) 1.08 (0.66, 1.78) 0.762
61–75 62/194 (32.0) 0.94 (0.55, 1.61) 0.820 106/194 (54.6) 0.98 (0.59, 1.63) 0.934
>75 9/25 (36.0) 1.13 (0.44, 2.85) 0.804 17/25 (68.0) 1.73 (0.67, 4.42) 0.255
Gender
Male 93/293 (31.7) 1.0 151/293 (51.5) 1.0
Female 75/232 (32.3) 1.03 (0.71, 1.49) 0.886 145/232 (62.5) 1.57 (1.10, 2.23) 0.012
Ethnicity
Han majority 146/426 (34.3) 1.0 254/426 (59.6) 1.0
Other ethnic minority groups 22/99 (22.2) 0.55 (0.35, 0.92) 0.022 42/99 (42.4) 0.50 (0.32, 0.78) 0.002
Education level
Junior high school and below 112/338 (33.1) 1.0 198/338 (58.6) 1.0
High school education or equivalent 31/102 (30.4) 0.88 (0.55, 1.42) 0.604 54/102 (52.9) 0.80 (0.51, 1.24) 0.313
College-level and above 25/85 (29.4) 0.84 (0.50, 1.41) 0.512 44/85 (51.8) 0.76 (0.47, 1.22) 0.257
Relationship status
Single/divorced/widowed 10/39 (25.6) 1.0 20/39 (51.3) 1.0
Married 158/486 (32.5) 1.40 (0.66, 2.94) 0.378 276/486 (56.8) 1.25 (0.65, 2.40) 0.505
Employment status
Full-time 46/138 (33.3) 1.0 86/138 (62.3) 1.0
Part-time/self-employed/
Unemployed/retired/students
122/387 (31.5) 0.92 (0.61, 1.39) 0.696 210/387 (54.3) 0.72 (0.48, 1.07) 0.102
Type of cancer
Lung cancer 34/109 (31.2) 1.0 55/109 (50.5) 1.0
Gastric cancer 20/66 (30.3) 0.96 (0.49, 1.86) 0.902 36/66 (54.5) 1.18 (0.64, 2.18) 0.600
Liver cancer 6/15 (40.0) 1.47 (0.49, 4.46) 0.496 12/15 (80.0) 3.93 (1.05, 14.70) 0.042
Breast cancer 12/30 (40.0) 1.47 (0.64, 3.39) 0.366 24/30 (80.0) 3.93 (1.48, 10.36) 0.006
Colorectal cancer 39/97 (40.2) 1.48 (0.84, 2.63) 0.178 64/97 (66.0) 1.90 (1.08, 3.35) 0.025
Esophageal cancer 6/26 (23.1) 0.66 (0.24, 1.60) 0.418 12/26 (46.2) 0.84 (0.36, 1.98) 0.693
Ovarian cancer 13/43 (30.2) 0.96 (0.44, 2.06) 0.908 26/43 (60.5) 0.91 (0.55, 1.51) 0.724
Other types of cancer 39/139 (27.3) 0.83 (0.48, 1.44) 0.507 67/139 (48.2) 1.50 (0.73, 3.08) 0.267
Metastatic cancers
No 161/490 (32.9) 1.0 280/490 (57.1) 1.0
Yes 7/35 (20.0) 0.51 (0.22, 1.20) 0.121 16/35 (45.7) 0.63 (0.32, 1.26) 0.191
Current treatment for cancer
Untreated patients 4/17 (23.5) 1.0 10/17 (58.8) 1.0
Chemotherapy only 127/338 (37.6) 1.96 (0.62, 6.13) 0.250 212/338 (62.7) 1.18 (0.44, 3.17) 0.746
Radiotherapy only 14/89 (15.7) 0.61 (0.17, 2.13) 0.436 34/89 (38.2) 0.43 (0.15, 1.24) 0.120
Immunotherapy only 4/12 (33.3) 1.63 (0.32, 8.40) 0.562 6/12 (50.0) 0.70 (0.16, 3.10) 0.638
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy 7/34 (20.6) 0.84 (0.21, 3.40) 0.810 14/34 (41.2) 0.49 (0.15, 1.60) 0.237
Immunotherapy and chemotherapy/radiotherapy 5/15 (33.3) 1.63 (0.34, 7.67) 0.540 7/15 (46.7) 0.61 (0.15, 2.49) 0.493
Completion of treatment 7/20 (35.0) 1.75 (0.41, 7.45) 0.449 13/20 (65.0) 1.30 (0.34, 4.93) 0.700
Presence of any other chronic diseases
No 136/412 (33.0) 1.0 242/412 (58.7) 1.0
Yes 32/113 (28.3) 0.80 (0.51, 1.27) 0.344 54/113 (47.8) 0.64 (0.42, 0.98) 0.038