Table 5.
Factors associated with the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination
| Factors retained in backward logistic regression analysis* | OR (95% CI) | P value |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||
| Current employment condition | ||
| Unemployed/home maker (no source of income) (ref) | 1 | |
| Jobs affected by COVID-19 | 4.83 (1.18 to 19.76) | 0.029 |
| Have an income source | 2.10 (1.18 to 3.72) | 0.011 |
| Health conditions and lifestyle characteristics | ||
| Perceived physical health status | ||
| Poor/fair (ref) | 1 | |
| Average | 3.17 (0.80 to 12.63) | 0.101 |
| Good/excellent | 5.09 (1.17 to 22.08) | 0.030 |
| Perceived mental health status | ||
| Poor/fair (ref) | 1 | |
| Average | 1.47 (0.49 to 4.38) | 0.490 |
| Good/excellent | 3.23 (0.99 to 10.53) | 0.052 |
| Experience or perceptions related to COVID-19 | ||
| Perceived exposure to COVID-19 | ||
| No (ref) | 1 | |
| Yes | 2.69 (1.28 to 5.65) | 0.009 |
| Perceived knowledge of COVID-19 | ||
| Poor/fair | 1.12 (0.28 to 4.53) | 0.875 |
| Average (ref) | 1 | |
| Good/excellent | 2.65 (1.43 to 4.93) | 0.002 |
| Sources of knowledge | ||
| Reported internet as a source of knowledge about COVID-19 | ||
| No | 1 | |
| Yes | 0.50 (0.26 to 0.98) | 0.045 |
| Reported brochures, posters and other printed materials as sources of knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines | ||
| No | 1 | |
| Yes | 1.95 (1.05 to 3.63) | 0.035 |
| Perceived risk of COVID-19 | ||
| I think my family will get infected with COVID-19 | ||
| Strongly disagree/disagree/uncertain | 1 | |
| Agree/strongly agree | 4.02 (1.08 to 14.87) | 0.037 |
*Significant factors retained from backward multivariable logistic regression analysis using the variables as listed in tables 1, 3 and 4 with p<0.25 in the univariate analysis as candidate independent variables.
ref, reference category of the categorical independent variable.