TABLE 1.

Sample Characteristics by Vaccine Hesitancy Status

	All (n = 438)		Hesitant (n = 168)		Nonhesitant (n = 270)		p *
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Female gender	226	51.6	99	58.9	127	47.0	0.015
≥ 10 years of education	221	50.5	91	54.2	130	48.1	0.221
Household income > 10,000 Indian rupees	230	52.5	89	53.0	141	52.2	0.878
Age: mean (SD)	39.5	8.8	39.3	9.4	39.6	8.5	0.748
Tested for COVID-19	137	31.3	51	30.4	86	31.9	0.743
Very/somewhat worried about vaccine side effects	205	46.8	103	61.3	102	37.8	<0.001
Little/no confidence vaccine is safe	118	26.9	77	45.8	41	15.2	<0.001
Little/no confidence vaccine protects against COVID-19	120	27.4	77	45.8	43	15.9	<0.001
Not at all/somewhat trust my doctor re. vaccine	121	27.6	67	39.9	54	20.0	<0.001
Not at all/somewhat trust news media re. vaccine	307	70.1	142	84.5	165	61.1	<0.001
Not at all/somewhat trust government re. vaccine	229	52.3	107	63.7	122	45.2	<0.001
No. of distrusted sources on vaccine info							<0.001
3	106	24.2	61	36.3	45	16.7
2	116	26.5	47	28.0	69	25.6
1	107	24.4	39	23.2	68	25.2
0	109	24.9	21	12.5	88	32.6
Did not know anyone who died of COVID-19	389	88.8	155	92.3	234	86.7	0.071

^*Based on the χ² test for all variables except age; for age, based on the t test.