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. 2021 Oct 29;17(12):5069–5075. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1989912

Table 3.

Willingness to take COVID-19 vaccine cross different influencing factors and the results of univariate and multivariate analysis

Items Willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine No. (%) cOR (95%CI) b aOR (95%CI) c
Risk perception of COVID-19      
Are you worried that you will be infected with COVID-19?      
Extremely worried 3,592 (78.3) *** Re Re
Worried 7,183 (72.2) 0.72 (0.67,0.78) 0.80 (0.73,0.88)
Not worried 4,669 (55.1) 0.34 (0.32,0.37) 0.44 (0.40,0.49)
Don’t care 367 (39.3) 0.18 (0.16,0.21) 0.40 (0.34,0.47)
Will the COVID-19 epidemic in China break out again?      
Yes 228 (85.1) *** Re Re
No 9,987 (66.1) 0.58 (0.50,0.67) 0.68 (0.58,0.81)
Unsure 5,596 (35.4) 0.52 (0.45,0.61) 0.85 (0.72,1.00)
Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccine      
Will it be possible to control the pandemic if the COVID-19 vaccine is widely used?      
Certainly 6,734 (82.2) *** Re Re
Possibly 6,116 (64.3) 0.39 (0.36,0.42) 0.55 (0.50,0.59)
Impossibly 125 (33.6) 0.11 (0.09,0.14) 0.31 (0.24,0.40)
Don’t know 2,836 (48.3) 0.20 (0.19,0.22) 0.43 (0.39,0.48)
Do you think COVID-19 vaccination is the most effective way to prevent COVID-19?      
Yes 11,512 (79.1) *** Re Re
No 1,399 (44.7) 0.21 (0.20,0.23) 0.36 (0.33,0.39)
Unsure 2,900 (46.4) 0.23 (0.22,0.24) 0.41 (0.38,0.44)
What is the effective rate of COVID-19 vaccine that you would like to be vaccinated?      
≤70% 1,490 (79.8) *** Re Re
71–80% 1,903 (83.7) 1.29 (1.11,1.52) 1.34 (1.13,1.59)
81–90% 3,299 (75.3) 0.77 (0.67,0.88) 0.87 (0.75,1.00)
≥90% 7,399 (63.2) 0.43 (0.39,0.49) 0.52 (0.45,0.59)
Unsure 1,452 (56.7) 0.33 (0.29,0.38) 0.48 (0.41,0.55)
Refusal to vaccination regardless of efficiency 268 (23.3) 0.08 (0.06,0.09) 0.15 (0.12,0.18)
Attention to COVID-19 Vaccine      
Are you concerned about the information about COVID-19 vaccines?      
Very concerned 4,571 (79.9) *** Re Re
Occasional concerned 10,124 (63.9) 0.45 (0.42–0.48) 0.74 (0.68,0.81)
Never concerned 1,116 (47.1) 0.22 (0.20–0.25) 0.68 (0.59,0.77)
Will you take the initiative to understand the mechanism of COVID-19 vaccine?      
Yes 12,547 (71.8) *** Re Re
No 3,264 (50.6) 0.40 (0.38–0.43) 0.69 (0.64,0.74)
Personal health habits      
Do you exercise regularly?      
Continued 2,891 (67.9) *** Re Re
Occasionally 8,323 (67.5) 0.98 (0.91–1.06) 1.19 (1.09,1.31)
Seldom 3,859 (64.5) 0.86 (0.79–0.93) 1.31 (1.18,1.45)
Never 738 (54.3) 0.56 (0.50–0.64) 1.38 (1.18,1.61)
Frequency of physical examination      
Once half a year 2,116 (60.9) *** Re Re
Once a year 12,005 (68.1) 1.37 (1.27–1.48) 1.37 (1.25,1.50)
Once every 2 years 539 (62.4) 1.07 (0.91–1.24) 1.31 (1.10,1.57)
Once every 3 years 318 (57.9) 0.89 (0.74–1.06) 1.10 (0.89,1.36)
No health checkups for more than 3 years 833 (58.7) 0.92 (0.81–1.04) 1.34 (1.16,1.56)
History of vaccination      
When was the last time you were vaccinated?      
Within 3 months 3,505 (81.8) *** Re Re
Within half a year 584 (65.0) 0.41 (0.35–0.48) 0.49 (0.41,0.59)
Within a year 951 (61.4) 0.35 (0.31–0.40) 0.42 (0.35,0.47)
Within 3 years 692 (62.8) 0.38 (0.33–0.44) 0.37 (0.32,0.44)
Within 3 to 5 years 743 (63.4) 0.39 (0.37–0.45) 0.40 (0.34,0.48)
More than 5 years 9,336 (62.5) 0.37 (0.34–0.40) 0.42 (0.38,0.47)
Have you received a 23-valent pneumonia vaccine or influenza vaccine in the last 3 years?      
Pneumonia vaccine only 399 (80.9) **** Re Re
Influenza vaccine only 487 (66.5) 0.47 (0.36–0.62) 0.57 (.41,0.78)
Both of them 336 (63.5) 0.41 (0.31–0.55) 0.58 (0.42,0.81)
Neither 14,589 (65.8) 0.45 (0.36–0.57) 0.69 (0.53,0.90)
Health status      
How do you feel about your current health status?      
Good 13,128 (67.0) *** Re Re
General 2,568 (62.8) 0.83 (0.77–0.89) 0.91 (0.83,0.98)
Bad 115 (44.1) 0.39 (0.30–0.50) 0.62 (0.46,0.82)
Do you have chronic respiratory disease (Such as bronchitis, chronic bronchitis)?      
Yes 705 (60.6) *** Re Re
No 15,106 (66.3) 1.28 (1.13–1.44) 1.30 (1.12,1.50)
Do you have any other chronic diseases?      
Chronic cancer 59 (57.3) *** Re Re
Cardiovascular disease 98 (59.0) 1.08 (0.65–1.77) 1.26 (0.70,2.28)
Diabetes 72 (59.5) 1.10 (0.64–1.87) 1.13 (0.60,2.12)
Other chronic diseases 771 (56.2) 0.96 (0.64–1.44) 1.35 (0.83,2.19)
No chronic disease 14,811 (66.8) 1.50 (1.01–2.22) 1.98 (1.24,3.18)
Professionals’ recommendation      
Have you ever been recommended to be vaccinated by doctors or nurses?      
Yes 3,419 (76.8) *** Re Re
No 12,392 (63.6) 0.57 (0.49–0.57) 0.86 (0.79,0.94)