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. 2021 Nov 30;17(12):4761–4798. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1984134

Appendix Table 3E.

Simple associations between individual and community characteristics and intent to receive COVID-19 vaccination – all other racial/ethnic groups

CHARACTERISTICSa All other racial/ethnic groups
Very unlikely
Somewhat unlikely
Neither likely nor unlikely
Somewhat likely
Very likely
OR (95% CI)b p-Value
n = 45 n = 34 n = 57 n = 64 n = 89
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS              
Age (per 1 year) 66.1 (8.5) 64.2 (7.6) 66.4 (7.4) 67.9 (7.9) 68.5 (7.2) 0.97 (0.95–1.00) 0.04
Gender             0.002
 Female 34 (76%) 24 (71%) 45 (79%) 34 (53%) 46 (52%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Male 11 (24%) 10 (29%) 12 (21%) 30 (47%) 43 (48%) 0.49 (0.31–0.76)  
Educational attainment             0.3
 Less than high school 2 (6%) 1 (3%) 4 (8%) 2 (4%) 3 (4%) 1.05 (0.36–3.02)  
 High school or some college 20 (61%) 12 (41%) 29 (59%) 23 (47%) 28 (38%) 1.00 (ref)  
 College or above 11 (33%) 16 (55%) 16 (33%) 24 (49%) 42 (58%) 0.69 (0.42–1.12)  
Household income             0.04
 <$15000 10 (22%) 6 (18%) 14 (25%) 11 (17%) 11 (12%) 1.00 (ref)  
 $15000 to $49999 22 (49%) 18 (53%) 21 (37%) 25 (39%) 31 (35%) 1.00 (0.56–1.79)  
 $50000+ 13 (29%) 10 (29%) 22 (39%) 28 (44%) 47 (53%) 0.57 (0.31–1.03)  
Any chronic disease             0.22
 No 13 (30%) 10 (29%) 7 (13%) 12 (19%) 17 (20%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Yes 31 (70%) 24 (71%) 49 (88%) 52 (81%) 70 (80%) 0.73 (0.44–1.21)  
Diabetes             0.06
 No 28 (62%) 22 (67%) 32 (56%) 40 (63%) 65 (74%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Yes 17 (38%) 11 (33%) 25 (44%) 24 (38%) 23 (26%) 1.60 (0.97–2.62)  
Chronic lung disease             0.85
 No 31 (70%) 24 (73%) 40 (70%) 48 (75%) 63 (74%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Yes 13 (30%) 9 (27%) 17 (30%) 16 (25%) 22 (26%) 1.05 (0.64–1.73)  
Cardiovascular disease             0.06
 No 21 (47%) 14 (41%) 16 (28%) 18 (28%) 29 (33%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Yes 24 (53%) 20 (59%) 41 (72%) 46 (72%) 60 (67%) 0.61 (0.37–1.01)  
Kidney disease             0.93
 No 43 (96%) 31 (94%) 53 (95%) 60 (97%) 84 (94%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Yes 2 (4%) 2 (6%) 3 (5%) 2 (3%) 5 (6%) 0.96 (0.35–2.60)  
Cancer under active treatment             0.77
 No 41 (91%) 29 (85%) 54 (95%) 63 (98%) 80 (90%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Yes 4 (9%) 5 (15%) 3 (5%) 1 (2%) 9 (10%) 1.13 (0.50–2.55)  
Other chronic disease             0.2
 No 37 (82%) 26 (76%) 41 (73%) 53 (83%) 77 (89%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Yes 8 (18%) 8 (24%) 15 (27%) 11 (17%) 10 (11%) 1.45 (0.82–2.58)  
Body mass index (kg/m2) 30.1 (8.8) 29.6 (6.8) 30.5 (6.7) 28.7 (8.1) 27.3 (5.7) 1.03 (1.00–1.07) 0.04
Self-reported health status             0.31
 Excellent 8 (18%) 3 (9%) 8 (14%) 5 (8%) 11 (12%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Very good 14 (31%) 14 (41%) 20 (35%) 30 (47%) 42 (47%) 0.75 (0.38–1.47)  
 Good 14 (31%) 11 (32%) 18 (32%) 16 (25%) 25 (28%) 0.89 (0.44–1.80)  
 Fair 6 (13%) 6 (18%) 9 (16%) 13 (20%) 10 (11%) 0.87 (0.39–1.91)  
 Poor 3 (7%) 0 2 (4%) 0 1 (1%) 3.70 (0.76–17.99)  
Smoking status             0.75
 nonsmoker 40 (89%) 31 (91%) 52 (93%) 63 (98%) 81 (91%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Current smoker 5 (11%) 3 (9%) 4 (7%) 1 (2%) 8 (9%) 0.88 (0.39–1.98)  
Employment status             0.43
 Not currently employed 27 (60%) 25 (74%) 40 (70%) 44 (69%) 67 (75%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Currently employed 18 (40%) 9 (26%) 17 (30%) 20 (31%) 22 (25%) 1.22 (0.75–1.97)  
Time spent working within 6 ft of others (hours/day)             0.69
 0 7 (39%) 1 (11%) 7 (41%) 8 (40%) 9 (41%) 1.00 (ref)  
 0.1 to <1 2 (11%) 0 2 (12%) 1 (5%) 4 (18%) 0.70 (0.18–2.63)  
 1 to <3 3 (17%) 4 (44%) 5 (29%) 3 (15%) 3 (14%) 1.60 (0.57–4.48)  
 ≥3 6 (33%) 4 (44%) 3 (18%) 8 (40%) 6 (27%) 1.13 (0.45–2.82)  
Household composition             0.42
 Lives alone 9 (20%) 11 (32%) 19 (34%) 19 (31%) 25 (28%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Lives with other adult(s) and no children 31 (70%) 21 (62%) 30 (54%) 37 (60%) 59 (67%) 1.37 (0.84–2.24)  
 Lives with child(ren) 4 (9%) 2 (6%) 7 (13%) 6 (10%) 4 (5%) 1.39 (0.61–3.19)  
Spirituality/religiosity             0.03
 Very 22 (54%) 18 (55%) 30 (56%) 25 (42%) 31 (37%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Fairly 15 (37%) 10 (30%) 17 (31%) 24 (41%) 27 (33%) 0.79 (0.49–1.28)  
 Slightly/Not at all 4 (10%) 5 (15%) 7 (13%) 10 (17%) 25 (30%) 0.44 (0.24–0.82)  
Health insurance status             0.4
 Any Medicare/Medicaid 28 (62%) 21 (62%) 39 (68%) 43 (67%) 62 (70%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Any private/no Medicare or Medicaid 13 (29%) 8 (24%) 15 (26%) 18 (28%) 22 (25%) 0.94 (0.55–1.62)  
 Only military/other 3 (7%) 2 (6%) 3 (5%) 3 (5%) 4 (4%) 1.12 (0.43–2.94)  
 No health insurance 1 (2%) 3 (9%) 0 0 1 (1%) 3.98 (0.75–21.02)  
Self-rated reading abilityc 1.5 (0.9) 1.5 (0.8) 1.6 (0.8) 1.4 (0.7) 1.3 (0.7) 1.29 (0.99–1.69) 0.06
Confidence in filling out medical formsd 1.6 (1.0) 1.4 (0.7) 1.5 (0.8) 1.5 (0.8) 1.4 (0.7) 1.25 (0.96–1.62) 0.1
Need help reading materials from doctors             0.34
 No 43 (96%) 30 (91%) 53 (93%) 56 (90%) 87 (98%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Yes 2 (4%) 3 (9%) 4 (7%) 6 (10%) 2 (2%) 1.53 (0.64–3.66)  
Experience of discrimination in healthcare due to race or socioeconomic status             0.24
 No experience 35 (78%) 28 (82%) 46 (81%) 52 (81%) 78 (88%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Experienced discrimination 10 (22%) 6 (18%) 8 (14%) 11 (17%) 8 (9%) 1.39 (0.77–2.52)  
 Unknown 0 0 3 (5%) 1 (2%) 3 (3%) 0.43 (0.11–1.74)  
COVID-19 preventive behaviors              
 Personal protective behaviors scoree 24.0 (6.7) 26.2 (3.6) 25.4 (4.6) 25.9 (3.1) 24.8 (4.9) 0.96 (0.92–1.01) 0.13
 Community protective behaviors scoref 17.1 (5.7) 19.3 (2.6) 17.8 (5.7) 19.1 (2.8) 19.1 (3.5) 0.93 (0.88–0.98) 0.003
Perceived likelihood of getting COVID-19g 2.3 (1.1) 2.3 (1.0) 2.3 (1.0) 2.3 (1.0) 2.4 (0.9) 0.94 (0.76–1.17) 0.59
Perceived likelihood of surviving COVID-19g 3.7 (1.4) 3.7 (1.1) 3.4 (1.2) 3.5 (1.3) 3.5 (1.2) 1.03 (0.87–1.22) 0.75
COVID-19 testing             0.29
 Never tested 20 (44%) 16 (47%) 37 (65%) 37 (58%) 53 (60%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Tested negative 23 (51%) 16 (47%) 18 (32%) 24 (38%) 35 (39%) 1.35 (0.88–2.08)  
 Ever tested positive 2 (4%) 2 (6%) 2 (4%) 3 (5%) 1 (1%) 1.74 (0.55–5.49)  
Household member tested positive for COVID-19             0.71
 No 34 (94%) 23 (100%) 37 (97%) 43 (96%) 62 (97%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Yes 2 (6%) 0 1 (3%) 2 (4%) 2 (3%) 0.77 (0.20–2.99)  
Had an influenza vaccination in 2019–2021             <0.0001
 Yes 26 (59%) 23 (68%) 42 (74%) 52 (81%) 85 (96%) 1.00 (ref)  
 No 18 (41%) 11 (32%) 15 (26%) 12 (19%) 4 (4%) 3.77 (2.21–6.41)  
Childhood vaccines are safe             <0.0001
 Yes 35 (78%) 30 (88%) 52 (91%) 61 (95%) 88 (99%) 1.00 (ref)  
 No 10 (22%) 4 (12%) 5 (9%) 3 (5%) 1 (1%) 4.98 (2.23–11.09)  
Confidence in COVID-19 vaccine effectivenessh 2.1 (1.2) 2.3 (1.3) 2.7 (1.2) 3.3 (0.9) 3.7 (1.2) 0.46 (0.38–0.55) <0.0001
Confidence in COVID-19 vaccine safetyh 2.0 (1.2) 2.3 (1.2) 2.8 (1.1) 3.4 (1.0) 3.8 (1.1) 0.43 (0.36–0.52) <0.0001
COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS              
Urban/rural status             0.18
 Urban/suburban resident 33 (73%) 31 (91%) 49 (86%) 55 (86%) 78 (88%) 1.00 (ref)  
 Rural resident 12 (27%) 3 (9%) 8 (14%) 9 (14%) 11 (12%) 1.48 (0.83–2.64)  
State influenza vaccination ranking 60.4 (3.2) 61.6 (3.3) 61.0 (3.3) 60.5 (4.0) 61.5 (3.6) 0.98 (0.92–1.04) 0.48
Area Deprivation Index ranking 2018 (per 1 unit increase) 67.7 (23.2) 59.9 (22.8) 59.2 (23.0) 57.7 (20.6) 54.2 (27.5) 1.01 (1.00–1.02) 0.02
COVID-19 community burden 23.9 (17.4) 19.8 (9.1) 20.4 (14.0) 22.1 (13.5) 24.3 (17.8) 0.99 (0.98–1.01) 0.26
Unacast social distancing grade 0.91 (0.15) 0.97 (0.09) 0.94 (0.13) 0.94 (0.13) 0.96 (0.09) 0.34 (0.06–1.89) 0.22
Pandemic Vulnerability Index 0.55 (0.04) 0.54 (0.03) 0.54 (0.04) 0.53 (0.04) 0.54 (0.05) 60.37 (0.39->999) 0.11

aPresented as n (%) for categorical variables and mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables.

bOdds ratios and p-values were derived from proportional odds models additionally adjusted for age, sex. The six specific chronic diseases were additionally adjusted for each other.

cScored as 1 – Excellent, 2 – Very good, 3 – Good, 4 – Okay, 5 – Poor.

dScored as 1 – Extremely, 2 – Quite a bit, 3 – Somewhat, 4 – A little bit, 5 – Not at all.

eSum of days per week for each of washing hands or using sanitizer frequently, cleaning surfaces touched, wearing face masks, and keeping 6 feet away from others. Range from 0 to 28

fSum of days per week for each of avoiding large gatherings, avoiding restaurants or bars, and following government guidelines. Range from 0 to 21

gScored as 1- Very unlikely, 2- Somewhat unlikely, 3 – Neither unlikely nor likely, 4 – Somewhat likely, 5 – Very likely.

hScored as 1 – Very unconfident, 2 – Somewhat unconfident, 3 – Neither unconfident nor confident, 4 – Somewhat confident, 5 – Very confident.