Table 3.
Vaccination intentions, perceived risk of contracting COVID‐19, and perceived symptom severity among health and social care key workers and other key workers
| Total key worker sample | HSC workers | Other key workers | χ2 (df), p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccine intentions (N = 579) | Count (%) | |||
| Acceptance (‘Yes’) | 441 (76.2) | 117 (75.5) | 324 (76.4) | 4.34 (2), p > .05 |
| Refusal (‘No’) | 34 (5.9) | 14 (9.0) | 20 (4.7) | |
| Uncertainty (‘Don’t know’) | 104 (18.0) | 24 (15.5) | 80 (18.9) | |
| Perceived COVID‐19 risk (N = 581) | M(SD) | t‐test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| …in next month | 37.66 (22.07) | 41.26 (21.23) | 36.35 (22.24) | t(579) = −2.39, p < .05 |
| …in next 3 months | 43.27 (22.88) | 46.69 (23.55) | 42.02 (22.53) | t(579) = −2.19, p < .05 |
| …in next 6 months | 45.10 (27.11) | 47.86 (27.84) | 44.09 (26.80) | t(579) = −1.49, p >.05 |
| Perceived symptom severity (N = 581) | Count (%) | Fisher’s Exact test, p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asymptomatic | 30 (5.2) | 6 (3.8) | 24 (5.6) | 4.82, p > .05 |
| Mild | 230 (39.6) | 66 (42.3) | 164 (38.6) | |
| Moderate | 243 (41.8) | 70 (44.9) | 173 (40.7) | |
| Serious | 67 (11.5) | 13 (8.3) | 54 (12.7) | |
| Deadly | 11 (1.9) | 1 (0.6) | 10 (2.4) | |
HSC Health and Social Care. Fisher’s exact test used due to low cell counts (<5).