Table 3.

Indirect effects of racial/ethnic discrimination, confidence in government and the health system to handle the pandemic, and COVID-19 vaccine refusal from the structural equation model (n = 633).

	COVID-19 vaccine refusal
	OR	95% CI	95% CI
Indirect effect of racial/ethnic discrimination on COVID-19 vaccine refusal through low confidence in the central UK government to handle the pandemic	0.98	0.58	1.67
Indirect effect of racial/ethnic discrimination on COVID-19 vaccine refusal through low confidence in the UK health service to handle the pandemic	2.46	1.12	5.39
Total effect of racial/ethnic discrimination on COVID-19 vaccine refusal (direct effect of racial/ethnic discrimination plus indirect effects of low confidence in government and the health system)	3.91	1.40	10.92

Note: Bold indicates p < 0.05. Data were weighted to the proportions of gender, age, ethnicity, country and education obtained from the Office for National Statistics.