Table 2.

Factors associated with vaccine hesitancy before and during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic (round 1 and 2 of the survey) in Puducherry

	Round 1 (N = 900)			Round 2 (N = 861)
Characteristics	aPR	95%CI	p-value	aPR	95%CI	p-value
Age category (y)
<45	Ref	-	-	Ref	-	-
45–59	0.60	0.44–0.81	0.001*	1.55	1.23–1.96	<0.001*
≥60	0.83	0.61–1.12	0.23	1.85	1.44–2.37	<0.001*
Place of residence
Urban	Ref	-	-	Ref	-	-
Rural	1.24	1.01–1.53	0.04*	1.25	1.03–1.52	0.02*
Healthcare worker vs non-healthcare worker
HCW	Ref	-	-	Ref	-	-
Non-HCW	2.89	0.99–8.44	0.06	2.68	0.92–7.79	0.07
Comorbidity condition
Absent	1.24	0.94–1.63	0.12	0.98	0.80–1.21	0.86
Present	Ref	-	-	Ref	-	-

Unadjusted model had variables such as age group, gender, education, residence, occupation and comorbidities; out of these, gender and education had p-value more than 0.20 in both round-1 and round-2 survey models and they were excluded from the final multivariable analysis.

aPR, adjusted prevalence ratio.

CI, confidence interval.

*p-value statistically significant.