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. 2022 Mar 10;19(6):3265. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063265

Table 2.

Vaccine uptake confounders.

Variable Categories Probit p Logit elogit
Age 15–24 years Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
25–39 years −0.082 0.000 −0.148 0.862
40–54 years −0.099 0.000 −0.179 0.836
55 years and older −0.082 0.000 −0.148 0.862
Occupation Self-employed Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Managers 0.038 0.001 0.069 1.071
Other white collars 0.006 0.637 0.011 1.011
Manual workers −0.001 0.962 −0.002 0.998
House persons −0.013 0.180 −0.024 0.977
Unemployed −0.034 0.000 −0.062 0.940
Retired 0.035 0.036 0.063 1.065
Students 0.044 0.001 0.080 1.083
Education No full-time education Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Up to 15 years 0.039 0.000 0.071 1.073
16–19 −0.018 0.045 −0.033 0.968
20 years and older −0.094 0.000 −0.170 0.844
Still studying −0.006 0.511 −0.011 0.989
Childs Living at Home None Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
One 0.022 0.007 0.040 1.041
Two 0.018 0.037 0.033 1.033
Three 0.011 0.172 0.020 1.020
Four or more −0.004 0.631 −0.007 0.993
Problems Paying Bills Most of the time −0.069 0.000 −0.125 0.883
From time to time −0.106 0.000 −0.192 0.825
Almost never/never Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Social Class The working class Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
The lower middle class 0.034 0.000 0.062 1.063
The middle class 0.041 0.000 0.074 1.077
The upper middle class 0.092 0.000 0.167 1.181
The higher class 0.014 0.084 0.025 1.026
Political Left-Right Left 0.062 0.000 0.112 1.119
Center
Right 0.015 0.059 0.027 1.028
Use Online Social Network Every day or almost every day Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Two or three times a week 0.016 0.066 0.029 1.029
About once a week 0.001 0.912 0.002 1.002
Two or three times a month −0.005 0.572 −0.009 0.991
Less often −0.027 0.003 −0.049 0.952
Never 0.055 0.000 0.100 1.105

Note: Dummy variables were created to perform the analysis. Ref. means the selected reference group. Logit coefficients were calculated from probit coefficients applying the formula logitβ^=probitβ^π2/3. [58,59].