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. 2022 Jan 6;17(1):e0262192. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262192

Table 2. Social characteristics associated with attitudes regarding the Covid-19 vaccine.

Yes probably Yes maybe Probably not Certainly not You do not know Total
Total 29824 (33.2) 23446 (27.2) 9460 (10.3) 11056 (13.9) 12069 (15.4) 85855 (100)
----------Sex:
Men 16702 (39.7) 10865 (27.9) 3468 (8.7) 3707 (11) 4282 (12.7) 39024 (48)
Women 13122 (27.3) 12581 (26.5) 5992 (11.8) 7349 (16.6) 7787 (17.8) 46831 (52)
----------Age:
18–24 2892 (31.8) 2276 (25.8) 991 (11) 1440 (18) 1091 (13.4) 8690 (10.6)
25–34 2428 (23.3) 2659 (25.4) 1623 (14.9) 2237 (22.4) 1361 (13.9) 10308 (13.3)
35–44 3972 (25.3) 3971 (26.1) 2135 (13.8) 2550 (18.5) 2151 (16.3) 14779 (15.7)
45–54 5168 (29.3) 4650 (27.6) 2029 (11.6) 2141 (14.4) 2670 (17.2) 16658 (16.5)
55–64 5747 (33.4) 4694 (30.2) 1538 (9.4) 1534 (10.8) 2376 (16.3) 15889 (15.8)
+ 65 9617 (45.1) 5196 (27.1) 1144 (5.8) 1154 (7.3) 2420 (14.7) 19531 (28.1)
----------Formal education:
No diploma 1273 (28.8) 1198 (27.5) 355 (7.4) 724 (16.1) 869 (20.2) 4419 (10.8)
Primary education 2507 (35.8) 1911 (27.5) 587 (7.6) 746 (10.9) 1118 (18.1) 6869 (12.4)
Vocational secondary 5052 (29.7) 4636 (27) 1619 (9.2) 2495 (15.9) 3110 (18.2) 16912 (21.1)
High school 5867 (30.7) 4952 (26.4) 2273 (12) 2865 (16.1) 2648 (14.8) 18605 (20.8)
High school + 2 to 4 years 8502 (33.1) 6963 (27.8) 3158 (12.5) 3148 (13.5) 3166 (13.1) 24937 (23)
High school + 5 or more years 6623 (45.6) 3786 (26.9) 1468 (10.6) 1078 (8.4) 1158 (8.5) 14113 (11.9)
----------Social class:
Farmers 430 (35.1) 348 (27.8) 121 (8.4) 140 (10.9) 188 (17.8) 1227 (2)
Self-employed and entrepreneurs 1797 (36.7) 1229 (25.7) 529 (9.7) 652 (13.5) 655 (14.4) 4862 (6.5)
Senior executive professionals 10216 (46) 5861 (26.5) 2103 (9.6) 1626 (8.2) 1955 (9.8) 21761 (18.9)
Middle executive professionals 6065 (33.2) 5115 (28.7) 2075 (11.2) 2230 (13.1) 2408 (13.8) 17893 (18.3)
Employees 5871 (26.7) 6104 (27.2) 2798 (11.5) 3649 (16.6) 4007 (18) 22429 (27.6)
Manual workers 2632 (27.7) 2631 (26.9) 1015 (9.3) 1667 (17.2) 1760 (18.9) 9705 (16.3)
Never worked and others 2813 (33.5) 2158 (26.6) 819 (9.4) 1092 (14.5) 1096 (15.9) 7978 (10.5)
----------Standard of living (in deciles):
D1 1747 (27.5) 1501 (24.8) 635 (9.2) 1117 (19.4) 1056 (19) 6056 (8.2)
D2-D3 2817 (27.1) 2714 (25.8) 1234 (10.6) 1940 (17.9) 1870 (18.7) 10575 (18.1)
D4-D5 3765 (29) 3659 (26.7) 1655 (10.7) 2273 (16.7) 2204 (16.9) 13556 (20)
D6-D7 5705 (31.6) 5183 (28.6) 2177 (11.1) 2499 (13.4) 2704 (15.4) 18268 (21.4)
D8-D9 9198 (38) 6893 (28.5) 2633 (10.5) 2374 (10) 3059 (12.9) 24157 (21.9)
D10 6592 (49.7) 3496 (26.3) 1126 (8.3) 853 (6.7) 1176 (9) 13243 (10.5)
----------Ethno-racial status:
Majority population 25375 (34.4) 19663 (27.3) 8094 (10.8) 8823 (13.3) 9508 (14.3) 71463 (79.1)
Born or parents born in FODa 243 (23.4) 242 (25.6) 129 (12.2) 225 (23.7) 157 (15.2) 996 (1.3)
Second generation Europe 1591 (32.4) 1251 (27.1) 480 (9.3) 634 (14.3) 749 (16.9) 4705 (5.6)
Second generation Africa/Asia 751 (24.9) 667 (22.8) 327 (10.8) 588 (21.6) 541 (19.9) 2874 (4.1)
First generation Europe 1041 (35.8) 750 (27.9) 189 (5.9) 331 (14) 419 (16.3) 2730 (4.1)
First generation Africa/Asia 823 (24.9) 873 (28) 241 (7.4) 455 (14.8) 695 (25) 3087 (5.9)
---------- Lives with their children or partner’s children:
At least a child 9684 (26.7) 9220 (26.8) 4372 (12.3) 5292 (17.4) 5111 (16.9) 33679 (35.5)
No child 20140 (36.9) 14226 (27.4) 5088 (9.2) 5764 (12) 6958 (14.6) 52176 (64.5)
----------Regarding the possibility of contracting the virus in the coming months, would you say that you are afraid of contracting it and being seriously ill?
Yes 8842 (42.4) 5616 (27.6) 1477 (6.8) 1607 (8.9) 2626 (14.2) 20168 (24.1)
No 20982 (30.3) 17830 (27) 7983 (11.4) 9449 (15.5) 9443 (15.7) 65687 (75.9)
----------To limit the spread of the coronavirus, do you trust the government’s action?:
Yes 19254 (42.6) 12656 (29.7) 3663 (7.8) 2764 (6.9) 5064 (12.9) 43401 (49.2)
No 8777 (24.9) 8674 (24.7) 4910 (13.8) 7117 (22.4) 4647 (14.3) 34125 (39.4)
You do not know 1793 (21.5) 2116 (25) 887 (9.3) 1175 (14.8) 2358 (29.5) 8329 (11.5)
----------Do you have any COVID comorbidities?:
Yes 10456 (38.1) 6945 (26.9) 2288 (8.1) 2773 (11.7) 3542 (15.2) 26004 (33.1)
No 19368 (30.8) 16501 (27.3) 7172 (11.4) 8283 (15) 8527 (15.4) 59851 (66.9)

a FOD: French Overseas Departments