Table 4.

Binary logistic regression analyses predicting vaccine hesitancy in key workers (N = 565) and non‐key workers (N = 972)

Predictors	OR (CI 95%)
	Key workers (N = 565)	Non‐key workers (N = 972)
Gender
Male
Female	1.96 (1.16–3.32)*	1.15 (0.83–1.59)
Age
18–24	–	–
25–34	1.77 (0.81–3.89)	2.41 (1.48–3.94)***
35–44	2.07 (0.89–4.80)	1.96 (1.12–3.45)*
45–54	1.99 (0.79–5.02)	2.91 (1.62–5.24)***
55+	1.56 (0.52–4.63)	1.81 (0.95–3.45)
Area
Rural
Town	0.77 (0.45–1.31)	1.10 (0.73–1.66)
City	0.90 (0.50–1.60)	1.13 (0.73 −1.75)
Education
Secondary or below	–	–
Post‐secondary	0.97 (0.57–1.64)	1.04 (0.73–1.48)
Postgraduate	1.06 (0.57–1.99)	0.79 (0.50–1.25)
Income
Above average	–	–
Average	1.28 (0.72–2.26)	2.37 (1.34–4.19)**
Below average	1.43 (0.73–2.77)	2.58 (1.45–4.60)***
Has child/children
No	–	–
Yes	0.75 (0.46–1.20)	1.17 (0.82–1.67)
Country
England/Wales	–	–
Northern Ireland	1.05 (0.63–1.76)	0.75 (0.47–1.07)
Scotland	0.63 (0.39–1.02)	0.85 (0.60–1.21)
Physical health condition
No	–	–
Yes	1.18 (0.74–1.88)	1.07 (0.76–1.51)
Mental health condition
No	–	–
Yes	0.95 (0.59–1.52)	0.98 (0.70–1.35)
COVID‐19 social media exposure
Low	–	–
High	0.85 (0.48–1.49)	0.98 (0.66–1.45)
COVID‐19 traditional media exposure
Low	–	–
High	0.72 (0.37–1.39)	0.76 (0.47–1.23)
Know someone diagnosed
No	–	–
Yes	0.80 (0.53–1.21)	0.61 (0.44–0.84)**
Perceived symptom severity
Serious/deadly	–	–
Moderate	1.14 (0.58–2.25)	1.34 (0.81–2.24)
None/Mild	1.21 (0.59–2.47)	1.45 (0.85–2.46)
6‐month risk
75–100%	–	–
51–75%	1.44 (0.69–3.03)	0.95 (0.54–1.69)
26–50%	1.92 (0.97−3.81)	0.87 (0.52–1.46)
0–25%	2.44 (1.22–4.91)*	1.49 (0.91–2.46)

Significant odds ratios (ORs) in bold.

^* p < .05

^** p < .01

^*** p < .001.