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. 2021 May 12;39(25):3315–3318. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.012

Table 1.

Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (ECHO study, France, n = 240, May-June 2020, %, chi-square, multivariate logistic regression, OR; 95% CI).

% in the ECHO study % vaccine hesitant p-value Multivariate OR (95% CI)
Socio-demographic characteristics
Sex: Male 63.3 32.5 0.0004 1.0
Female 36.7 55.5 2.55 (1.40, 4.74)
Age: 18–24 years 19.3 38.6 0.86
25–34 years 41.8 43.4
35–49 years 25.9 41.6
>= 50 years 13.0 35.4
Household composition: Living alone 81.5 36.9 0.02 1.0
Living with a partner 18.5 56.1 2.48 (1.17,5.41)
Living with children: No 65.5 33.1 0.0009
Yes 34.5 55.7
Country of birth (WHO region): 15.6 52.7 0.05
Europe 59.5 43.6
Africa 21.5 30.0
Eastern Mediterranean 3.4 12.5
Other
Administrative status: French/legal residence 39.2 48.9 0.05 1.0
No legal residence 60.8 35.9 0.51 (0.27, 0.92)
Educational level: No schooling 24.1 37.7 0.66
Secondary school 38.8 39.3
≥ High school degree 37.1 44.7
French language level: Low 49.2 36.2 0.24
Intermediate 31.5 48.6
High 19.3 42.2
Work status prior to lockdown: Every day 19.2 55.6 0.06
From time to time 10.3 45.8
No 70.5 36.2
Health insurance: No 17.4 21.9 0.01
Yes 82.6 44.6
Duration of residence in the shelter: ≤1 month 11.3 26.9 0.09
1 month – 1 year 49.1 39.3
> 1 year 39.6 49.4
Social support outside the shelter: No 5.5 23.1 0.18
Yes 94.5 41.9
Health
Depression (PHQ-9): No 72.1 42.6 0.61
Yes 27.9 39.1
Chronic disease: No 74.5 43.9 0.15
Yes 25.5 33.3
Fear of getting infected by COVID-19: No 30.9 51.4 0.07
Yes 67.0 36.7
Doesn’t know 2.1 20.0
Trust in official information about COVID-19: No 23.6 52.7 0.04
Yes 76.4 37.4
Health literacy: Low 49.3 50.9 0.003 1.0
Intermediate/high 50.7 31.3 0.38 (0.21, 0.68)
Source of COVID-19 related information
Television: No 37.0 37.5 0.42
Yes 63.0 42.8
Social media: No 16.0 38.9 0.78
Yes 84.0 41.4