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. 2021 Nov 17;21:2113. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12196-4

Table 4.

Marginal effects: Logit regression Dependent variable, Vaccine Hesitancy

VARIABLES (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Risk perception −0.056** − 0.064** − 0.057**
(−0.103 - -0.009) (−0.117 - -0.011) (− 0.104 - -0.009)
Efficacy −0.258*** −0.275*** − 0.251***
(−0.334 - -0.183) (−0.357 - -0.192) (− 0.327 - -0.175)
Low riska 0.085*** 0.092*** 0.081***
(0.036–0.135) (0.039–0.145) (0.032–0.131)
Deniala 0.262*** 0.268*** 0.256***
(0.145–0.379) (0.150–0.387) (0.138–0.375)
Age above 60 years@ − 0.128*** − 0.150*** − 0.141*** − 0.125*** − 0.140*** − 0.141***
(− 0.184 - -0.072) (− 0.217 - -0.083) (− 0.194 - -0.087) (− 0.190 - -0.059) (− 0.211 - -0.068) (− 0.204 - -0.078)
Age 31–60 years@ − 0.065** − 0.073** − 0.066** − 0.069** − 0.073** − 0.079***
(− 0.119 - -0.010) (− 0.134 - -0.012) (− 0.120 - -0.011) (− 0.129 - -0.009) (− 0.137 - -0.009) (− 0.136 - -0.021)
Chronic illness − 0.028 − 0.031 − 0.028 − 0.049* − 0.052* − 0.046*
(−0.083–0.027) (−0.091–0.030) (−0.083–0.027) (−0.103–0.004) (−0.108–0.005) (−0.100–0.008)
COVID Information −0.038 − 0.044 − 0.045 − 0.060* − 0.066* − 0.064*
(− 0.102–0.025) (−0.115–0.027) (− 0.108–0.018) (−0.128–0.008) (− 0.138–0.006) (− 0.131–0.003)
Education −0.007** − 0.010** − 0.009*** − 0.008** − 0.010** − 0.010***
(−0.014 - -0.001) (− 0.019 - -0.001) (− 0.015 - -0.002) (− 0.015 - -0.002) (− 0.019 - -0.002) (− 0.017 - -0.004)
log PC HH Income − 0.016** − 0.016**
(−0.030 - -0.001) (−0.032 - -0.001)
2. PC HH Income _Q2 0.005 −0.002
(−0.065–0.075) (− 0.073–0.068)
3. PC HH Income _Q3 − 0.059* −0.052
(−0.119–0.000) (− 0.118–0.014)
4. PC HH Income _Q4 − 0.035 −0.033
(− 0.099–0.030) (− 0.102–0.035)
5. PC HH Income _Q5 − 0.032 −0.030
(−0.106–0.042) (− 0.108–0.048)
Hunger −0.009 −0.010
(−0.067–0.050) (− 0.069–0.048)
Electricity 0.002 −0.028
(−0.094–0.099) (− 0.137–0.082)
Grant receiving Household 0.034 0.027
(−0.016–0.084) (− 0.022–0.076)
African − 0.159*** − 0.162*** − 0.154*** − 0.144*** − 0.139*** − 0.139***
(− 0.252 - -0.066) (− 0.265 - -0.059) (− 0.246 - -0.061) (− 0.234 - -0.053) (− 0.235 - -0.044) (− 0.228 - -0.049)
NPI behaviour − 0.022** − 0.025* − 0.023** − 0.030*** − 0.032** −0.031***
(−0.044 - -0.001) (−0.053–0.003) (−0.044 - -0.001) (− 0.051 - -0.009) (− 0.059 - -0.006) (− 0.052 - -0.010)
Male − 0.031 − 0.039 − 0.034 − 0.030 − 0.035 −0.039*
(− 0.076–0.014) (− 0.089–0.012) (−0.079–0.010) (−0.077–0.017) (− 0.086–0.015) (−0.084–0.006)
Married/Partnered 0.030 0.030 0.034 0.021 0.019 0.029
(−0.017–0.077) (−0.021–0.082) (−0.013–0.081) (−0.028–0.071) (−0.033–0.071) (−0.020–0.077)
Employed 0.049* 0.050* 0.041 0.023 0.018 0.018
(−0.000–0.098) (−0.008–0.108) (−0.008–0.090) (−0.029–0.075) (−0.039–0.074) (−0.031–0.068)
Religious −0.028 − 0.034 −0.033 − 0.024 −0.026 − 0.034
(−0.124–0.069) (−0.138–0.071) (−0.130–0.064) (−0.120–0.072) (−0.126–0.073) (−0.130–0.061)
Province controls yes yes yes yes yes yes
Wald chi2 138.57** 158.31*** 158.14*** 115.46*** 122.23*** 115.96***
Observations 3642 3642 3611 3950 3950 3912

Robust ci in parentheses, *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1

athe benchmark category is Responsive (High risk-high efficacy), @ the benchmark category is 18–30 years