Table 3.
COVID-19 Vaccine-related attitudes of German university students and employees participating in the COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Hesitancy (VBH) Survey, december 2021 (n = 930).
| Variable | Outcome |
Employees (n = 322) |
Students (n = 608) |
Total (n = 930) |
Sig. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attitudes | Rejection | 12 (3.7%) | 60 (9.9%) | 72 (7.7%) | <0.001 |
| Hesitancy | 18 (5.6%) | 23 (3.8%) | 41 (4.4%) | 0.202 | |
| Acceptance† | 292 (90.7%) | 525 (86.3%) | 817 (87.8%) | 0.054 | |
| †Promoter | Self-protection | 282 (96.6%) | 499 (95%) | 781 (95.6%) | 0.308 |
| Patient / Client safety | 119 (40.8%) | 174 (33.1%) | 293 (35.9%) | 0.030 | |
| Family safety | 270 (92.5%) | 475 (90.5%) | 745 (91.2%) | 0.336 | |
| Community safety | 263 (90.1%) | 485 (92.4%) | 748 (91.6%) | 0.255 | |
| Avoid testing | 54 (18.5%) | 130 (24.8%) | 184 (22.5%) | 0.040 | |
| Easier social life | 138 (47.3%) | 335 (63.8%) | 473 (57.9%) | <0.001 | |
| Employer | 15 (5.1%) | 15 (2.9%) | 30 (3.7%) | 0.097 |
Chi-squared test (χ2) was used with a significance level (Sig.) ≤ 0.05. The bold values indicate the significant values. The meaning of the symbol † provided are Vaccine-accepting group.