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. 2021 Sep 3;9(9):985. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9090985

Table 4.

Associated factors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy via bivariate and multivariate linear regression analyses (n = 387).

Variables COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Bivariate Multivariate
B (95% CI) p B (95% CI) p
Age 0.01 (−0.05, 0.06) 0.789 0.01 (−0.05, 0.07) 0.697
Gender
Women Reference Reference
Men −0.72 (−1.27, −0.16) 0.011 −0.69 (−1.29, −0.10) 0.023
School type
Primary school Reference Reference
Junior high school 0.89 (0.21, 1.57) 0.010 0.75 (0.02, 1.47) 0.043
Senior high school and vocational school −0.35 (−1.10, 0.41) 0.371 −0.14 (−0.99, 0.71) 0.744
School for special children 1.04 (−0.72, 2.8) 0.246 0.84 (−0.97, 2.65) 0.362
School location
North Reference Reference
Center −0.33 (−1.00, 0.34) 0.332 −0.43 (−1.11, 0.26) 0.226
South 0.20 (−0.56, 0.96) 0.596 0.16 (−0.65, 0.96) 0.700
East 0.27 (−0.71, 1.25) 0.586 0.13 (−0.92, 1.17) 0.810
Outlying islands −0.75 (−1.90, 0.41) 0.204 −0.68 (−1.88, 0.52) 0.265
School Size
≤12 classes Reference Reference
13–24 classes −0.15 (−0.91, 0.61) 0.702 −0.20 (−0.99, 0.59) 0.622
25–48 classes −0.72 (−1.41, −0.03) 0.040 −0.67 (−1.44, 0.09) 0.085
≥49 classes −0.29 (−1.03, 0.45) 0.446 −0.19 (−1.06, 0.68) 0.671
Involving teaching
No Reference Reference
Yes −0.29 (−0.89, 0.31) 0.341 −0.12 (−0.73, 0.5) 0.710
Weekly working hours
<40 h −0.28 (−1.45, 0.88) 0.635 −0.35 (−1.53, 0.84) 0.563
40 h Reference Reference
>40 h −0.01 (−0.77, 0.76) 0.981 −0.05 (−0.84, 0.75) 0.906
Weekly working hours changes
Less than before the pandemic 0.24 (−0.38, 0.86) 0.444 0.31 (−0.31, 0.94) 0.324
About the same Reference Reference
More than before the pandemic 0.10 (−0.63, 0.83) 0.788 0.13 (−0.61, 0.88) 0.726
Self-endangering work behavior 0.18 (−0.31, 0.67) 0.473 0.03 (−0.55, 0.61) 0.913
General health status
Very bad or bad or moderate Reference Reference
Good or very good −0.62 (−1.16, −0.08) 0.024 −0.27 (−0.94, 0.40) 0.436
Chronic health conditions
No Reference Reference
Yes 0.15 (−0.39, 0.70) 0.583 0.22 (−0.46, 0.90) 0.520
Physical limitation due to chronic conditions
Not limited Reference Reference
Limited 0.11 (−0.49, 0.70) 0.725 −0.44 (−1.22, 0.34) 0.268
S-COVID-19-S
No Reference Reference
Yes 0.17 (−0.39, 0.72) 0.552 0.05 (−0.54, 0.64) 0.864
FCoV-19S −0.02 (−0.07, 0.03) 0.360 −0.06 (−0.12, 0.00) 0.059
Perceived stress 0.01 (−0.05, 0.07) 0.654 −0.06 (−0.13, 0.02) 0.152
WHO-5 Wellbeing Index, a 10-score increment −0.28 (−0.45, −0.11) 0.001 −0.25 (−0.47, −0.03) 0.029
Level of informing on COVID-19 related information
Insufficient/poor/fine informed Reference Reference
Well or very well informed −0.50 (−1.33, 0.34) 0.246 −0.04 (−0.94, 0.87) 0.936
Level of confusion due to COVID-19 related information
Not at all or little confused Reference Reference
Quite or very confused 0.62 (−0.30, 1.53) 0.187 0.44 (−0.56, 1.44) 0.386
Level of concern about getting infected
Slightly concerned/not concerned at all Reference Reference
Very concerned/concerned 0.04 (−0.53, 0.60) 0.893 −0.02 (−0.98, 0.93) 0.960
Perceived likelihood of getting infected
Not likely/definitely not Reference Reference
Very likely/somewhat likely 0.05 (−0.49, 0.59) 0.849 0.01 (−0.90, 0.93) 0.977
Sense of coherence −0.15 (−0.40, 0.10) 0.241 0.00 (−0.28, 0.27) 0.986
Coronavirus-related HL −1.27 (−1.87, −0.67) <0.001 −1.22 (−1.89, −0.54) <0.001

Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; B, regression coefficient; CI, confidence interval; S-COVID-19-S, suspected COVID-19 symptoms; FCoV-19S, fear of COVID-19; WHO, world health organization; HL, health literacy.