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. 2021 Dec 2;9(12):1428. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9121428

Table 4.

Predictors of vaccination intention.

Not Vaccinated Hesitant
aOR [95% CI] B p-Value aOR [95% CI] B p-Value
Demographics
Male 0.66 [0.32,1.37] −0.41 0.240 0.91 [0.57,1.45] −0.09 0.701
Latinx 0.58 [0.30,1.10] −0.55 0.100 0.75 [0.49,1.12] 0.75 0.194
Black 1.07 [0.42,2.71] 0.07 0.740 1.6 [0.85,3.02] 1.6 0.149
Asian 0.10 [0.03,0.31] −2.28 <0.001 0.44 [0.25,0.75] 0.44 <0.001
Age 1.55 [1.08,2.22] 0.43 0.010 1.83 [1.42,2.36] 1.83 <0.001
Education level 1.02 [0.77,1.36] 0.02 0.810 1.33 [1.11,1.59] 1.33 <0.001
Chronic illness 1.60 [0.89,2.85] 0.47 0.120 1.44 [0.98,2.14] 1.44 0.070
Household size 1.17 [0.95,1.44] 0.16 0.100 1.19 [1.04,1.37] 1.19 0.013
Income 1.04 [0.89,1.22] 0.04 0.590 0.89 [0.80,0.99] 0.89 0.045
Occupation
Nurse 1.54 [0.85,2.70] 0.43 0.150 1.03 [0.70,1.54] 0.03 0.867
Physician 1.14 [0.31,4.15] 0.13 0.810 0.29 [0.12,0.67] −1.25 0.004
NP/PA 0.78 [0.12,4.82] −0.26 0.730 0.3 [0.08,1.14] −1.21 0.077
Administration 0.35 [0.07,1.81] −1.06 0.170 0.65 [0.30,1.44] −0.43 0.287
Clinical area
Intensive Care Unit 0.87 [0.42,1.80] −0.14 0.600 0.92 [0.57,1.48] −0.09 0.725
Emergency Department 1.11 [0.19,6.50] 0.1 0.830 0.63 [0.20,2.04] −0.46 0.442
Outpatient 0.42 [0.21,0.83] −0.87 0.009 0.5 [0.31,0.79] −0.70 <0.001
Specialty area
Adult Critical Care 0.73 [0.21,2.50] −0.32 0.610 0.78 [0.34,1.81] −0.24 0.569
Adult Specialty Care 0.98 [0.52,1.85] −0.02 0.960 1 [0.65,1.55] 0.01 0.976
Peds Critical Care 1.21 [0.34,4.37] 0.19 0.770 0.76 [0.29,1.98] −0.28 0.570
Peds Specialty Care 0.92 [0.37,2.33] −0.08 0.870 1.18 [0.64,2.17] 0.17 0.591
COVID conspiracies
COVID is manmade 1.37 [1.12,1.68] 0.32 0.002 [1.19,1.55] 0.31 <0.001
COVID is a hoax 0.82 [0.62,1.10] −0.19 0.195 [0.68,1.10] −0.14 0.235
COVID impact is exaggerated 1.66 [1.33,2.01] 0.51 <0.001 [1.01,1.41] 0.17 0.043
COVID vs. Flu
Flu is more contagious 0.68 [0.52,0.89] −0.40 0.005 0.91 [0.76,1.08] −0.10 0.261
History of Flu vaccine 0.47 [0.23,0.93] −0.77 0.032 0.33 [0.20,0.55] −1.12 <0.001
Recent Flu vaccine 0.09 [0.04,0.17] −2.47 <0.001 0.29 [0.17,0.50] −1.23 <0.001
COVID impact
Financial impact 1.66 [1.00,2.76] 0.51 0.05 1.29 [0.91,1.81] 0.25 0.148
Someone close had COVID 1.83 [0.27,12.4] 0.6 0.537 6.4 [0.74,55.01] 1.86 0.09
Someone close was hospitalized 1.49 [0.21,10.6] 0.4 0.691 5.68 [0.65,49.77] 1.74 0.116
Someone close died 1.18 [0.17,8.14] 0.17 0.867 4.74 [0.55,40.88] 1.56 0.157
Estimated COVID mortality
Underestimate 1.10 [0.56,2.17] 0.09 0.782 0.97 [0.56,2.17] −0.03 0.915
Overestimate 1.34 [0.67,2.68] 0.29 0.415 1.34 [0.67,2.68] 0.29 0.188
Likelihood of dying from COVID
High 2.91 [1.57,5.37] −1.07 <0.001 2.3 [1.52,3.48] −0.83 <0.001
Low 0.56 [0.22,1.45] −0.58 0.230 0.61 [0.36,1.05] −0.49 0.077
COVID vaccine knowledge
Underestimate efficacy 13.9 [7.92,24.4] 2.63 <0.001 7.08 [4.85,10.35] 1.96 <0.001
Prior COVID diagnosis
Recovered from COVID 1.88 [1.01,3.52] 0.63 0.047 2.58 [1.73,3.85] 0.95 <0.001
Contact with COVID patients
Frequent 1 [0.71,1.44] 0.01 0.961 1.04 [0.82,1.33] 0.04 0.735
Political party affiliation
Democratic 0.45 [0.22,0.95] −0.79 0.035 0.47 [0.29,0.75] −0.76 0.002
Republican 1.34 [0.72,2.47] 0.29 0.354 1.19 [0.77,1.83] 0.17 0.429
Social media use
Well connected 1 [0.78,1.30] 0.01 0.977 0.85 [0.72,1.01] −0.16 0.061
News sources
Cable news 1.39 [0.67,2.87] 0.33 0.380 1.14 [0.69,1.89] 0.14 0.598
Mainstream news 1.77 [0.76,4.13] 0.57 0.184 1.29 [0.72,2.28] 0.25 0.392
Social media 0.50 [0.19,1.31] −0.69 0.159 0.72 [0.39,1.32] −0.33 0.287
Family or friends 0.69 [0.24,1.96] −0.38 0.481 1.09 [0.55,2.20] 0.09 0.800

Bold—statistically significant predictors of vaccination intention.