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. 2021 Aug 5;40(17):2484–2490. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.08.007

Table 3.

Results from multivariable ordered logistic regression model of willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The outcome was coded as disagree, neither disagree or agree, and agree. Values are provided as adjusted odds ratios (aOR) with corresponding 95% confidence intervals.

Variable Level aOR (95% CI) p-value
Time Point 0.70
April 1.00 (ref)
November 0.96 (0.80 to 1.17)
Age group (vs 18–25 years) <0.001
26–40 years 0.73 (0.55 to 0.95)
41–55 years 0.75 (0.57 to 0.99)
56–90 years 1.31 (0.98 to 1.75)
Female Gender (vs Male)* 0.68 (0.56 to 0.84) <0.001
Education (vs high school or less) 0.002
Certificate I-IV 1.00 (0.81 to 1.24)
University 1.43 (1.14 to 1.78)
Adequate health literacy (vs inadequate) 1.18 (0.95 to 1.47) 0.13
Socioeconomic status, IRSAD quintile (vs 5th quintile) 0.44
1st quintile 0.79 (0.60 to 1.03)
2nd quintile 0.83 (0.63 to 1.10)
3rd quintile 0.93 (0.72 to 1.21)
4th quintile 0.94 (0.73 to 1.21)
Belief not likely to get sick with COVID-19 (vs likely) 0.61 (0.50 to 0.75) <0.001
Belief that vaccine efficacy is made up (vs disagree) 0.83 (0.69 to 1.00) 0.045
Confidence in federal government (/ unit) 1.16 (1.03 to 1.30) 0.017
Trust in institutions (/unit) 1.75 (1.61 to 1.89) <0.001
Perceived public health threat (/unit) 1.17 (1.12 to 1.21) <0.001
*

Gender = “Other / Prefer not to say” was included in the model, however results are not displayed due to likely instability of estimates owing to the small sample size in this group (n = 5).