Table 2.

Descriptive statistics, correlations between variables and reliability estimates.

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Sexa	–
2. Past vaccination experienceb	−0.03	–
3. Age	−0.20⁎⁎	−0.09⁎	–
4. Perceived infectability	0.06	0.05	0.01	(0.81)
5. Germ aversion	0.05	−0.01	0.08	0.11⁎	(0.72)
6. Need for cognitive closure	0.06	0.06	0.15⁎⁎	0.07	0.36⁎⁎	(0.85)
7. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy	0.13⁎⁎	−0.04	−0.08	−0.01	0.15⁎⁎	0.18⁎⁎	(0.78)
8. COVID-19 vaccine intention	−0.02	0.10⁎	0.05	0.11⁎	−0.08	−0.10⁎	−0.54⁎⁎	–
Mean	–	–	32.18	4.10	5.48	5.04	3.28	3.41
SD	–	–	10.22	1.27	1.10	0.91	0.96	1.12

Note. N = 525. Reliability estimates were reported in parentheses on the diagonal. 1 = past vaccination experience.

^a0 = male, 1 = female.

^b0 = No past vaccination experience.

^⁎p < .05.

^⁎⁎p < .01.