Table 3.

Demographic variables identified as predictors of vaccination with a pandemic vaccine by the general public

	Quinn et al5	Sypsa et al10	Eastwood et al11	Horney et al9	Lau et al12	Maurer et al4	Rubin et al3	Schwarzinger et al6	Seale et al7	Zijtregtop et al8
Age		1.85a	1.64b	NS	NS		1.6b	1.41a	NS
								2.11a
Sex		2.75c	1.86d	NS	NS		NS	0.57c	NS	NS
Ethnicity	3.27e			NS			1.9e		1.6e
Education	0.40f	NS						0.53g		NS
Community/household-related factors		1.60h		NS			2.1h	1.68h		NS
		1.56i					NS	0.61i
		NS
Personal health	0.41						1.5j	NS
							1.4j
Occupation/social grade/work status				NS	NS		NS	1.49–2.18k
Marital status					NS

Notes: Real numbers represent odds ratios; bold indicates that the outcome is the intention to vaccinate, while normal type indicates that the outcome is the intention to not vaccinate;

^aolder age groups compared to younger age group (≤34 years old);

^byounger age groups compared to older age group (60 + years old);

^creference is men;

^dreference is women;

^eother ethnic backgrounds compared to white/caucasian;

^fhigher levels of education compared to high school level of education;

^glower levels of education compared to university education;

^hphysical household related variable;

ⁱphysical community related variable;

^jdifferent statements about one’s health;

^kvariety of occupations compared to clerical.

Abbreviation: NS, no statistical significance in the association between the category with the intention to vaccinate or not vaccinate.