Table 3.
Associations between COVID-19 vaccination intent and reasons for getting or not getting a COVID-19 vaccine
| Reason | Overall |
Racial/Gender Groups |
Age (y) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black women |
White women |
Black men |
White men |
All other racial/ ethnic groups |
< 65 |
≥ 65 |
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| OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
| REASONS FOR GETTING COVID-19 VACCINE AMONG THOSE WITH UNCERTAIN/HIGH INTENT a | |||||||||
| It would be the best way to avoid getting seriously ill from COVID-19 | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 2.29 (1.69–3.12) | 1.18 (0.63–2.21) | 2.15 (1.30–3.55) | 2.79 (0.97–8.05) | 4.39 (2.33–8.27) | 5.22 (1.07–25.39) | 1.65 (1.05–2.59) | 3.25 (2.12–4.98) | |
| No | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | |
| Life won’t go back to normal until most people are vaccinated |
<0.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 2.23 (1.79–2.79) | 2.37 (1.51–3.73) | 2.03 (1.40–2.93) | 2.50 (1.14–5.47) | 1.90 (1.16–3.13) | 5.76 (2.02–16.43) | 2.20 (1.59–3.05) | 2.34 (1.72–3.19) | |
| No | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | |
| Recommendation of political leaders | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 1.80 (1.38–2.34) | 2.28 (1.39–3.72) | 1.91 (1.15–3.17) | 1.34 (0.63–2.86) | 1.36 (0.79–2.32) | 3.50 (0.87–14.12) | 1.81 (1.21–2.71) | 1.81 (1.26–2.58) | |
| No | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | |
| I believe the vaccine is safe | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 2.64 (2.10–3.31) | 2.72 (1.79–4.16) | 3.11 (2.16–4.47) | 1.81 (0.80–4.11) | 2.48 (1.34–4.57) | 4.79 (1.72–13.34) | 1.98 (1.43–2.75) | 3.54 (2.57–4.88) | |
| No | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | |
| REASONS FOR NOT GETTING COVID-19 VACCINE AMONG THOSE WITH UNCERTAIN/LOW INTENT b | |||||||||
| I would be concerned about side effects from the vaccine | 0.04 | ||||||||
| Yes | 0.75 (0.57–0.99) | 0.80 (0.49–1.29) | 0.81 (0.49–1.34) | 1.05 (0.48–2.31) | 0.49 (0.24–1.01) | 1.00 (0.20–5.08) | 0.94 (0.63–1.41) | 0.67 (0.46–0.98) | |
| No | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | |
| I would be concerned about the cost of the vaccine | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 0.50 (0.40–0.64) | 0.63 (0.44–0.90) | 0.33 (0.20–0.54) | 0.40 (0.19–0.86) | 0.37 (0.15–0.91) | 0.44 (0.13–1.47) | 0.39 (0.28–0.55) | 0.61 (0.43–0.86) | |
| No | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | |
| Other reason | 0.02 | ||||||||
| Yes | 1.35 (1.05–1.73) | 1.26 (0.85–1.87) | 1.67 (1.03–2.70) | 1.55 (0.63–3.83) | 1.29 (0.60–2.75) | 0.85 (0.25–2.83) | 1.46 (1.02–2.09) | 1.26 (0.89–1.79) | |
| No | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) | |
aUsed proportional odds model to investigate which reasons are associated with higher likelihood of vaccination among those who answered neither likely nor unlikely, somewhat likely, or very likely for vaccination. Models included all 4 reasons and were adjusted for all of the covariates included in models in Table 2.
bUsed proportional odds model to investigate which reasons are associated with lower likelihood of vaccination among those who answered neither likely nor unlikely, somewhat unlikely, or very unlikely for vaccination. Models included all 3 reasons and were adjusted for all of the covariates included in models in Table 2.