Table 4.
Information sources for COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination among respondents with different age and NCD status, (%, 95% CI)
| Items | Adults aged 18–59 (n = 3928) |
The elderly aged 60 and above (n = 3331) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample (n = 3928) |
NCD status |
Total sample (n = 3331) |
NCD status |
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| No (n = 3415) | Yes (n = 513) | No (n = 1467) | Yes (n = 1864) | |||
| Information sources for COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination | ||||||
| Television and/or radio | 85.23 (84.12, 86.34) | 85.10 (83.94, 86.29) | 86.16 (83.17, 89.15) | 86.22 (85.05, 87.39) | 87.39 (85.69, 89.09) | 85.30 (83.69, 86.91) |
| Newspapers, magazines, books and periodicals | 40.27 (38.74, 41.81) | 40.64 (38.99, 42.29) | 37.82 (33.62, 42.01) | 26.93 (25.42, 28.44) | 30.20 (27.85, 32.55) | 24.36 (22.41, 26.30) |
| Social media (e.g. Weixin, Weibo, Toutiao, short-form video) | 76.88 (75.57, 78.20) | 77.98 (76.62, 79.37) | 69.59 (65.61, 73.57) | 40.44 (38.77, 42.10) | 45.47 (42.92, 48.02) | 36.48 (34.30, 38.67) |
| Network platform (e.g. portal website, search engine, news client APP) | 64.84 (63.35, 66.34) | 66.62 (65.06, 68.20) | 53.02 (48.7, 57.34) | 29.30 (27.75, 30.85) | 32.92 (30.52, 35.33) | 26.45 (24.45, 28.45) |
| Official government website and platform | 57.20 (55.66, 58.75) | 58.33 (56.69, 59.98) | 49.71 (45.38, 54.03) | 36.03 (34.39, 37.66) | 37.56 (35.08, 40.04) | 34.82 (32.65, 36.98) |
| Medical professional platform or healthcare personnel | 52.85 (51.29, 54.41) | 53.73 (52.07, 55.41) | 46.98 (42.66, 51.30) | 39.24 (37.58, 40.90) | 41.79 (39.26, 44.31) | 37.23 (35.04, 39.43) |
| Family, relatives, and friends | 45.06 (43.51, 46.62) | 44.74 (43.07, 46.41) | 47.17 (42.85, 51.49) | 57.85 (56.17, 59.53) | 59.99 (57.48, 62.49) | 56.17 (53.92, 58.42) |
| Others | 0.79 (0.51, 1.07) | 0.79 (0.44, 1.09) | 0.78 (0.02, 1.54) | 1.41 (1.01, 1.81) | 1.91 (1.21, 2.61) | 1.02 (0.56, 1.48) |
| Most trusted information source in receiving vaccination recommendationsa, b, c | ||||||
| Television and/or radio | 18.30 (17.10, 19.51) | 17.95 (16.63, 19.24) | 20.66 (17.16, 24.17) | 26.84 (25.33, 28.34) | 28.56 (26.25, 30.87) | 25.48 (23.50, 27.46) |
| Newspapers, magazines, books and periodicals | 1.48 (1.10, 1.85) | 1.61 (1.14, 2.03) | 0.58 (0, 1.24) | 0.90 (0.58, 1.22) | 0.82 (0.36, 1.28) | 0.97 (0.52, 1.41) |
| Social media (e.g. Weixin, Weibo, Toutiao, short-form video) | 6.98 (6.18, 7.77) | 7.12 (6.21, 7.98) | 6.04 (3.98, 8.1) | 3.36 (2.75, 3.97) | 3.95 (2.96, 4.95) | 2.90 (2.14, 3.66) |
| Network platform (e.g. portal website, search engine, news client APP) | 2.95 (2.42, 3.48) | 2.90 (2.29, 3.46) | 3.31 (1.76, 4.86) | 1.62 (1.19, 2.05) | 1.70 (1.04, 2.37) | 1.56 (0.99, 2.12) |
| Official government website and platform | 33.32 (31.85, 34.80) | 33.56 (31.96, 35.14) | 31.77 (27.74, 35.80) | 26.18 (24.69, 27.67) | 25.56 (23.33, 27.79) | 26.66 (24.66, 28.67) |
| Medical professional platform or healthcare personnel | 33.53 (32.05, 35.00) | 33.70 (32.10, 35.29) | 32.36 (28.31, 36.41) | 29.72 (28.17, 31.27) | 29.58 (27.25, 31.92) | 29.83 (27.75, 31.91) |
| Family, relatives, and friends | 2.70 (2.19, 3.21) | 2.43 (1.86, 2.95) | 4.48 (2.69, 6.27) | 10.75 (9.70, 11.8) | 9.13 (7.66, 10.61) | 12.02 (10.54, 13.49) |
| Others or missing | 0.74 (0.47, 1.01) | 0.73 (0.40, 1.02) | 0.78 (0.02, 1.54) | 0.63 (0.36, 0.90) | 0.68 (0.26, 1.10) | 0.59 (0.24, 0.94) |
aIn adults aged 18–59, difference between respondents with and without NCD were not statistically significant (p = 0.083).
bIn the elderly, difference between respondents with and without NCD were not statistically significant (p = 0.073).
cDifference between respondents of adults aged 18–59 and the elderly were statistically significant (p < 0.001).