Table 2.
Knowledge and experience of vaccination and risk perception variables affecting COVID-19 vaccine uptake intention.
| Variables | Total (n = 1020) | Unwilling (n = 482) | Willing (n = 538) | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | b | % | ||
| Knowledge (n = 1020) | |||||||
| High scores (7–10) | 346 | 33.9% | 155 | 32.2% | 191 | 35.5% | 0.497 |
| Medium scores (5–6) | 391 | 38.3% | 192 | 39.8% | 199 | 37.0% | |
| Low scores (1–4) | 283 | 27.7% | 135 | 28.0% | 148 | 27.5% | |
| Experience of vaccine refusal (n = 1010) | |||||||
| Ever | 289 | 28.6% | 187 | 39.3% | 102 | 19.1% | <0.001 |
| None | 721 | 71.4% | 289 | 60.7% | 432 | 80.9% | |
| Severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan (n = 1002) | |||||||
| Serious | 142 | 14.2% | 81 | 17.1% | 61 | 11.6% | 0.046 |
| Not serious/slightly serious | 224 | 22.4% | 102 | 21.5% | 122 | 23.1% | |
| Not serious | 636 | 63.5% | 292 | 61.5% | 344 | 65.3% | |
| Worried about contracting COVID-19 (n = 1017) | |||||||
| Worried | 638 | 62.7% | 298 | 61.8% | 340 | 63.6% | 0.570 |
| Not worried | 379 | 37.3% | 184 | 38.2% | 195 | 36.4% | |