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. 2021 Jun 25;9(7):696. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9070696

Table 3.

Hierarchical regression model of factors associated with intention to receive COVID-19 vaccines.

Variable Intention to Vaccinate
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Demographic factors
Gender (ref. Female)
Male 1.53 ***
(1.20–1.95)
1.46 **
(1.12–1.90)
1.48 **
(1.12–1.95)
1.53 **
(1.14–2.07)
Age 1.03 ***
(1.02–1.04)
1.02 ***
(1.01–1.03)
1.02 **
(1.01–1.03)
1.02 **
(1.00–1.03)
Education (ref. Diploma/University degree/Postgraduate degree)
Primary/Lower secondary 1.29
(0.85–1.96)
1.66 *
(1.05–2.62)
1.38
(0.85–2.23)
1.25
(0.75–2.10)
Upper secondary 1.19
(0.86–1.65)
1.35
(0.94–1.93)
1.37
(0.94–1.99)
1.24
(0.83–1.86)
Economic activity (Non-working)
Working 0.71 *
(0.54–0.94)
0.65 **
(0.48–0.87)
0.63 **
(0.46–0.86)
0.63 **
(0.45–0.87)
Health Belief Model factors
Perceived susceptibility (ref. Not susceptible) 3.01 ***
(2.09–4.34)
2.85 ***
(1.94–4.19)
2.41 ***
(1.60–3.64)
Perceived severity 1.09
(0.94–1.26)
0.98
(0.83–1.15)
1.03
(0.86–1.22)
Perceived benefits 1.32 **
(1.11–1.58)
1.35 **
(1.12–1.63)
1.18
(0.97–1.44)
Perceived barriers (reversed) 1.66 ***
(1.40–1.97)
1.38 **
(1.14–1.68)
1.18
(0.96–1.46)
Self efficacy 1.20 *
(1.02–1.40)
1.15
(0.97–1.36)
1.22 *
(1.02–1.47)
Cues to action 1.55 ***
(1.31–1.84)
1.64 ***
(1.36–1.96)
1.31 **
(1.07–1.60)
Acceptance of governmental measures related to COVID-19 1.21 *
(1.01–1.45)
1.32 **
(1.08–1.60)
1.24 *
(1.01–1.53)
COVID-19 specific factors
Concern about COVID-19 1.20 *
(1.02–1.41)
1.13
(0.95–1.34)
Experience of COVID-19 0.93
(0.76–1.13)
1.05
(0.85–1.31)
Past experience of other pandemics 1.72 ***
(1.39–2.13)
1.46 ***
(1.17–1.83)
Concern about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines 0.61 ***
(0.53–0.70)
0.61 ***
(0.52–0.71)
Knowledge about COVID-19 0.88
(0.75–1.03)
0.78 **
(0.66–0.93)
Trust in authorities 2.88 ***
(2.38–3.50)
Model statistics
Cox and Snell R2 0.082 0.212 0.274 0.351
Nagelkerke R 0.111 0.285 0.369 0.472

Note. * p < 0.05. ** p < 0.01. *** p < 0.001.