Table 3.
Psychological and experiential characteristics of participants according to vaccination hesitancy
| Total |
Vaccine acceptance |
Vaccine hesitancy |
p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| Psychological characteristics | ||||||
| Fears of COVID-19 infection | <0.001 | |||||
| Fear | 8620 (66.2) | 5702 (66.2) | 2918 (33.9) | |||
| Neutral | 3532 (27.1) | 1672 (47.4) | 1859 (52.7) | |||
| Not fear | 869 (6.7) | 457 (52.6) | 411 (47.4) | |||
| Being aware of the preventive guideline of COVID-19 | <0.001 | |||||
| Unrecognized | 883 (6.8) | 474 (53.7) | 408 (46.3) | |||
| Neutral | 2781 (21.4) | 1590 (57.2) | 1191 (42.8) | |||
| Recognized | 9357 (71.9) | 5768 (61.6) | 3589 (38.4) | |||
| Trust on preventive measures of the government | <0.001 | |||||
| Distrust | 1045 (8.0) | 619 (59.2) | 427 (40.8) | |||
| Neutral | 3602 (27.7) | 2055 (57.1) | 1546 (42.9) | |||
| Trust |
8374 (64.3) |
5158 (61.6) |
3216 (38.4) |
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N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
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| Experiential characteristics | ||||||
| COVID-19 infection of oneself or acquaintances | 0.002 | |||||
| No | 12415 (95.4) | 7428 (59.8) | 4987 (40.2) | |||
| Yes | 606 (4.7) | 404 (66.7) | 202 (33.3) | |||
| Needs for medical care besides COVID-19 | <0.001 | |||||
| No need | 11242 (86.3) | 6642 (59.1) | 4600 (40.9) | |||
| Met | 1220 (9.4) | 806 (66.1) | 414 (33.9) | |||
| Unmet | 559 (4.3) | 385 (68.8) | 174 (31.2) | |||
| Changes of job status | 0.013 | |||||
| No change | 12297 (94.4) | 7433 (60.5) | 4864 (39.6) | |||
| Being unstable job status | 526 (4.0) | 282 (53.6) | 244 (46.4) | |||
| Unemployed or closing business | 198 (1.5) | 117 (59.1) | 81 (40.9) | |||
| Decrease of monthly family income | <0.001 | |||||
| No change | 9541 (73.3) | 5784 (60.6) | 3757 (39.4) | |||
| <0.5 M KRW (≒USD 450) | 831 (6.4) | 422 (50.8) | 409 (49.3) | |||
| ≥0.5 M KRW & <1 M KRW | 1313 (10.1) | 795 (60.6) | 518 (39.4) | |||
| ≥1 M KRW (≒USD 900) | 1336 (10.3) | 831 (62.2) | 505 (37.8) | |||
| Change of family relationship | 0.466 | |||||
| Better | 1916 (14.7) | 1158 (60.4) | 759 (39.6) | |||
| No change | 10258 (78.8) | 6183 (60.3) | 4075 (39.7) | |||
| Worsen | 846 (6.5) | 492 (58.1) | 355 (41.9) | |||
| Changes in health status | <0.001 | |||||
| Better | 2144 (16.5) | 1344 (62.7) | 801 (37.3) | |||
| No change | 10371 (79.7) | 6223 (60) | 4148 (40) | |||
| Worsen | 505 (3.9) | 265 (52.4) | 241 (47.6) | |||
N: number; SD: standard deviation. The statistics were calculated using cross-sectional weights.