Table 3.
Associations between age and COVID-19 vaccine awareness.
| Variables | < 25 years (n = 532) |
25–39 years (n = 205) |
≥ 40 years (n = 66) |
< 25 years |
25–39 years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COR (95th CI) |
p | AOR@ (95th CI) |
p | COR (95th CI) |
p | AOR@ (95th CI) |
p | ||||||
| Do you have any idea about COVID-19 Vaccine? | No | 285 (53.57) | 110 (53.66) | 49 (74.24) | 10.989 (0.004) |
0.4 (0.22–0.71) |
0.002 | 0.41 (0.18–0.93) |
0.034 | 0.4 (0.22–0.74) |
0.004 | 0.53 (0.27–1.06) |
0.072 |
| Yes | 247 (46.43) | 95 (46.34) | 17 (25.76) | Reference | |||||||||
| Do you think this vaccine able to deliver fruitful results? | Don't know | 162 (30.45) | 61 (29.76) | 23 (34.85) | 17.622 (0.007) |
0.61 (0.28–1.33) |
0.218 | 0.53 (0.18–1.56) |
0.248 | 0.63 (0.27–1.46) |
0.283 | 0.69 (0.28–1.7) |
0.417 |
| May be | 249 (46.80) | 89 (43.41) | 29 (43.94) | 0.75 (0.35–1.58) |
0.446 | 0.89 (0.32–2.47) |
0.828 | 0.73 (0.33–1.64) |
0.446 | 0.99 (0.42–2.34) |
0.975 | ||
| No | 6 (1.13) | 13 (6.34) | 4 (6.06) | 0.13 (0.03–0.54) |
0.005 | 0.62 (0.09–4.09) |
0.617 | 0.77 (0.21–2.88) |
0.702 | 1.12 (0.27–4.58) |
0.873 | ||
| Yes | 115 (21.62) | 42 (20.49) | 10 (15.15) | Reference | |||||||||
| When do you want to take Vaccine for COVID-19, if it is available to you? | Already taken | 10 (1.88) | 15 (7.32) | 7 (10.61) | 26.007 (0.000) |
0.22 (0.08–0.62) |
0.004 | 0.88 (0.19–3.96) |
0.865 | 0.77 (0.29–2.05) |
0.032 | 0.7 (0.22–2.17) |
0.535 |
| Immediately | 224 (42.11) | 97 (47.32) | 35 (53.03) | Reference | |||||||||
| In later stage | 227 (42.67) | 72 (35.12) | 19 (28.79) | 1.87 (1.04–3.36) |
0.038 | 0.87 (0.38–2.03) |
0.756 | 1.37 (0.72–2.58) |
0.335 | 0.87 (0.43–1.76) |
0.699 | ||
| Not Necessary | 71 (13.35) | 21 (10.24) | 5 (7.58) | 2.22 (0.84–5.88) |
0.109 | 1.38 (0.37–5.11) |
0.628 | 1.51 (0.53–4.33) |
0.437 | 0.82 (0.26–2.57) |
0.735 | ||
| If you want to take Vaccine for COVID-19, which vaccine of the following do you prefer? | Covaxin (Bharat Biotech, India) | 328 (61.65) | 113 (55.12) | 41 (62.12) | 18.441 (0.005) |
Reference | |||||||
| Covishield (Oxford University; United kingdom) | 126 (23.68) | 67 (32.68) | 23 (34.85) | 0.68 (0.39–1.19) |
0.178 | 0.61 (0.27–1.4) |
0.246 | 1.06 (0.58–1.91) |
0.855 | 0.81 (0.42–1.56) |
0.528 | ||
| Pfizer / Sputnik V / CoronaVac | 25 (4.70) | 11 (5.37) | 0 (0.00) | – | – | ||||||||
| None of them | 53 (9.96) | 14 (6.83) | 2 (3.03) | 3.31 (0.78–14.1) |
0.105 | 2.95 (0.54–16) |
0.21 | 2.54 (0.55–11.7) |
0.231 | 1.67 (0.34–8.14) |
0.526 | ||
| Do you believe COVID-19 vaccine contains unsafe toxin? | Don't know | 301 (56.58) | 98 (47.80) | 45 (68.18) | 13.317 (0.038) |
0.57 (0.3–1.06) |
0.078 | 0.9 (0.38–2.13) |
0.804 | 0.41 (0.21–0.79) |
0.009 | 0.51 (0.25–1.04) |
0.066 |
| May be | 56 (10.53) | 22 (10.73) | 5 (7.58) | 0.95 (0.33–2.76) |
0.925 | 0.82 (0.2–3.34) |
0.779 | 0.82 (0.27–2.53) |
0.010 | 0.75 (0.23–2.46) |
0.637 | ||
| No | 165 (31.02) | 75 (36.59) | 14 (21.21) | Reference | |||||||||
| Yes | 10 (1.88) | 10 (4.88) | 2 (3.03) | 0.42 (0.08–2.13) |
0.298 | 1.82 (0.25–13.2) |
0.554 | 0.93 (0.18–4.72) |
0.934 | 0.83 (0.16–4.44) |
0.833 | ||
| Do you think Vaccination causes any type of illness or disease? | Don't know | 239 (44.92) | 76 (37.07) | 47 (71.21) | 27.314 (0.000) |
0.49 (0.21–1.14) |
0.099 | 0.59 (0.19–1.88) |
0.374 | 0.31 (0.13–0.76) |
0.011 | 0.43 (0.17–1.1) |
0.079 |
| May be | 196 (36.84) | 80 (39.02) | 9 (13.64) | 2.12 (0.76–5.89) |
0.618 | 2.08 (0.58–7.49) |
0.261 | 1.73 (0.6–5) |
0.313 | 1.91 (0.64–5.71) |
0.248 | ||
| No | 72 (13.53) | 36 (17.56) | 7 (10.61) | Reference | |||||||||
| Yes | 25 (4.70) | 13 (6.34) | 3 (4.55) | 0.81 (0.19–3.37) |
0.772 | 2.2 (0.37–13.1) |
0.386 | 0.84 (0.19–3.75) |
0.822 | 1.14 (0.25–5.25) |
0.871 | ||
| Do you think, natural immunity is better than vaccine-acquired immunity? | Don't know | 142 (26.69) | 43 (20.98) | 34 (51.52) | 26.992 (0.000) |
0.44 (0.25–0.77) |
0.004 | 0.51 (0.21–1.24) |
0.14 | 0.3 (0.16–0.57) |
0.000 | 0.39 (0.19–0.81) |
0.011 |
| May be | 114 (21.43) | 41 (20.00) | 4 (6.06) | 2.98 (1.01–8.82) |
0.049 | 2.49 (0.69–9.04) |
0.164 | 2.43 (0.79–7.47) |
0.121 | 2.38 (0.75–7.49) |
0.139 | ||
| No | 56 (10.53) | 24 (11.71) | 5 (7.58) | 1.17 (0.43–3.22) |
0.76 | 0.74 (0.19–2.81) |
0.661 | 1.14 (0.39–3.3) |
0.812 | 1.01 (0.3–3.04) |
0.991 | ||
| Yes | 220 (41.35) | 97 (47.32) | 23 (34.85) | Reference | |||||||||
| Do you think once you receive the corona virus vaccine, you're immune for life? | Don't know | 227 (42.67) | 65 (31.71) | 37 (56.06) | 23.165 (0.001) |
0.34 (0.04–2.63) |
0.302 | 0.08 (0.01–0.84) |
0.035 | 0.12 (0.01–0.92) |
0.042 | 0.11 (0.01–0.92) |
0.041 |
| May be | 96 (18.05) | 37 (18.05) | 4 (6.06) | 1.33 (0.14–12.6) |
0.802 | 0.21 (0.02–2.64) |
0.225 | 0.62 (0.06–5.98) |
0.677 | 0.4 (0.04–4.08) |
0.44 | ||
| No | 191 (35.90) | 88 (42.93) | 24 (36.36) | 0.44 (0.06–3.46) |
0.437 | 0.13 (0.01–1.34) |
0.086 | 0.24 (0.03–1.94) |
0.183 | 0.21 (0.02–1.72) |
0.146 | ||
| Yes | 18 (3.38) | 15 (7.32) | 1 (1.52) | Reference | |||||||||
| Do you think Vaccine only useful for older people? | Don't know | 145 (27.26) | 95 (46.34) | 43 (65.15) | 11.117 (0.025) |
0.49 (0.14–1.66) |
0.251 | 1.05 (0.16–6.78) |
0.962 | 0.83 (0.21–3.28) |
0.789 | 1.86 (0.4–8.72) |
0.43 |
| No | 252 (47.37) | 102 (49.76) | 20 (30.30) | 1.08 (0.31–3.82) |
0.905 | 1.92 (0.29–12.7) |
0.5 | 1.91 (0.47–7.84) |
0.368 | 3.24 (0.67–15.6) |
0.143 | ||
| Yes | 35 (6.58) | 8 (3.90) | 3 (4.55) | Reference | |||||||||
@after adjusting the effect of sex, education, and occupation.