Table 3. Bivariate logistic regression—vaccine hesitancy, ACCORD study, NC August-December 2020.
| Vaccinate | Hesistant | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | row% | N | row% | N | OR | (95% CI) | p-value | ||
| Race | |||||||||
| White | 91 | (37.3) | 153 | (62.7) | 244 | ref | |||
| Black | 131 | (26.0) | 373 | (74.0) | 504 | 1.69 | (1.22 | 2.35) | 0.002 |
| Hispanic | 45 | (40.5) | 66 | (59.5) | 111 | 0.87 | (0.55 | 1.38) | 0.560 |
| Gender | |||||||||
| male | 124 | (39.9) | 187 | (60.1) | 311 | ref | |||
| female | 141 | (26.2) | 398 | (73.8) | 539 | 1.87 | (1.39 | 2.52) | <0.0001 |
| Data collection period | |||||||||
| Aug-Sept | 106 | (26.2) | 299 | (73.8) | 405 | ref | |||
| October | 100 | (33.4) | 199 | (66.6) | 299 | 0.71 | (0.51 | 0.98) | 0.036 |
| Nov-Dec | 61 | (39.4) | 94 | (60.6) | 155 | 0.55 | (0.37 | 0.81) | 0.002 |
| Event month (8–12) (continuous variable) | 0.79 | (0.67 | 0.93) | 0.004 | |||||
| Age | |||||||||
| 18–64 years | 175 | (28.4) | 444 | (71.5) | 615 | ref | |||
| ≥65 years | 72 | (36.2) | 127 | (63.8) | 199 | 0.70 | (0.50 | 0.98 | |
| per 10 year age increase (continuous variable) | 0.93 | (0.86 | 1.01) | 0.106 | |||||
| Education | |||||||||
| < high school | 31 | (35.6) | 56 | (64.4) | 87 | ref | |||
| high school/GED | 66 | (30.8) | 148 | (69.2) | 214 | 1.24 | (0.73 | 2.10) | 0.420 |
| some college/trade | 75 | (31.1) | 166 | (68.9) | 241 | 1.23 | (0.73 | 2.05) | 0.441 |
| bachelor | 41 | (23.4) | 134 | (76.6) | 175 | 1.81 | (1.03 | 3.17) | 0.038 |
| graduate | 42 | (35.3) | 77 | (64.7) | 119 | 1.01 | (0.57 | 1.81) | 0.960 |
| Income | |||||||||
| < 20K | 69 | (32.7) | 142 | (67.3) | 211 | ref | |||
| 20-40K | 61 | (28.6) | 152 | (71.4) | 213 | 1.21 | (0.80 | 1.83) | 0.365 |
| 40-60K | 28 | (21.9) | 100 | (78.1) | 128 | 1.74 | (1.04 | 2.88) | 0.034 |
| >60k | 54 | (32.9) | 110 | (67.1) | 164 | 0.99 | (0.64 | 1.53) | 0.963 |
| Marital Status | |||||||||
| married/cohabitate | 129 | (33.3) | 258 | (66.7) | 387 | ref | |||
| widow | 22 | (31.) | 49 | (69.) | 71 | 1.11 | (0.65 | 1.92) | 0.699 |
| divorce/separated | 40 | (29.2) | 97 | (70.8) | 137 | 1.21 | (0.79 | 1.85) | 0.374 |
| never married | 65 | (27.3) | 173 | (72.7) | 238 | 1.33 | (0.93 | 1.90) | 0.115 |
| Residence | |||||||||
| house | 175 | (30.2) | 405 | (69.8) | 580 | ref | |||
| apartment | 39 | (29.8) | 92 | (70.2) | 131 | 1.02 | (0.67 | 1.54) | 0.928 |
| mobile home | 44 | (36.7) | 76 | (63.3) | 120 | 0.75 | (0.49 | 1.13) | 0.163 |
| other | 2 | (28.6) | 5 | (71.4) | 7 | 1.08 | (0.21 | 5.62) | 0.927 |
| Health insurance | |||||||||
| Yes | 200 | (30.8) | 450 | (69.2) | 650 | ref | |||
| No | 61 | (33.5) | 121 | (66.5) | 182 | 0.88 | (0.62 | 1.25) | 0.480 |
| Difficulty paying for: | |||||||||
| food | 42 | (30.7) | 95 | (69.3) | 137 | 1.02 | (0.69 | 1.52) | 0.907 |
| monthly bills | 84 | (29.5) | 201 | (70.5) | 285 | 1.12 | (0.82 | 1.53) | 0.473 |
| medical care or prescriptions | 32 | (28.6) | 80 | (71.4) | 112 | 1.15 | (0.74 | 1.78) | 0.538 |
| Pandemic | |||||||||
| Know someone who had COVID | 106 | (28.2) | 270 | (71.8) | 376 | 1.25 | (0.93 | 1.68) | 0.143 |
| Reasons to prevent or delay vaccine | |||||||||
| doesn’t believe vaccines work | 7 | (12.1) | 51 | (87.9) | 58 | 3.50 | (1.57 | 7.82) | 0.002 |
| safety concerns | 82 | (17.6) | 383 | (82.4) | 465 | 4.13 | (3.03 | 5.64) | <0.0001 |
| mistrust government | 29 | (13.7) | 183 | (86.3) | 212 | 3.67 | (2.41 | 5.61) | <0.0001 |
| want others to get vaccine first | 64 | (29.1) | 156 | (70.9) | 220 | 1.13 | (0.81 | 1.59) | 0.459 |
| Technology | Subset of sample who received questions (n = 607) | ||||||||
| internet access | 122 | (28.0) | 313 | (72.0) | 435 | 1.28 | (0.78 | 2.10) | 0.322 |
| mobile phone | 126 | (27.0) | 341 | (73.0) | 467 | 2.12 | (1.31 | 3.43) | 0.002 |
| computer | 97 | (26.8) | 265 | (73.2) | 362 | 1.46 | (1.00 | 2.13) | 0.053 |