Table 1.
Characteristics of adult Virus Watch study participants who responded to the question on COVID-19 vaccine intention in December 2020 and again in February 2021.
| Adults responding to both surveys (n = 14,880) |
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|---|---|---|
| n | % | |
| Sex (at birth) | ||
| Male | 7,112 | 47.8 |
| Female | 7,564 | 50.8 |
| Other or missing | 204 | 1.4 |
| Age (years) | ||
| 16–24 | 768 | 5.2 |
| 25–34 | 828 | 5.6 |
| 35–44 | 1,249 | 8.4 |
| 45–54 | 2,000 | 13.4 |
| 55–64 | 3,759 | 25.3 |
| 65–74 | 5,013 | 33.7 |
| 75+ | 1,263 | 8.5 |
| Place of birth | ||
| Born in UK | 11,932 | 80.2 |
| Born abroad | 1,134 | 7.6 |
| Missing | 1,814 | 12.2 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White British | 13,220 | 88.8 |
| White Irish | 202 | 1.4 |
| White Other | 610 | 4.1 |
| South Asian | 251 | 1.7 |
| Other Asian | 100 | 0.7 |
| Black | 43 | 0.3 |
| Mixed | 143 | 1.0 |
| Other ethnicity | 52 | 0.4 |
| Prefer not to disclose or missing | 259 | 1.7 |
| Region | ||
| East Midlands | 1,398 | 9.4 |
| East of England | 2,975 | 20.0 |
| London | 1,490 | 10.0 |
| North East | 729 | 4.9 |
| North West | 1,603 | 10.8 |
| South East | 2,534 | 17.0 |
| South West | 1,204 | 8.1 |
| West Midlands | 845 | 5.7 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 775 | 5.2 |
| Wales | 322 | 2.2 |
| Missing | 1,005 | 6.8 |
| IMD (quintiles) | ||
| 1 (most deprived) | 646 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 1,409 | 9.5 |
| 3 | 2,661 | 17.9 |
| 4 | 4,087 | 27.5 |
| 5 (least deprived) | 5,072 | 34.1 |
| Missing | 1,005 | 6.8 |
| Health or care worker status | 558 | 3.8 |
| Priority health condition | 6,241 | 42.0 |
| JCVI priority groups | ||
| Group 2 | 926 | 6.2 |
| Group 3 | 890 | 6.0 |
| Group 4 | 2,849 | 19.2 |
| Group 5 | 2,455 | 16.5 |
| Group 6 | 2,396 | 16.1 |
| Group 7 | 1,156 | 7.8 |
| Group 8 | 915 | 6.2 |
| Group 9 | 672 | 4.5 |
| Not in any JCVI priority group | 2,621 | 17.6 |