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. 2022 Dec 12;16(2):163–170. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2022.12.010

Table 5.

Multivariable logistic regression estimates of factors associated with willingness to adopt monkeypox vaccine.

Variables Willingness to adopt monkeypox vaccine
P Adjusted OR P
No Yes
All 667 (31.2) 1468 (68.8)
Gender
Female 405 (60.7) 932 (63.5) 0.239 1.00
Male 262 (39.3) 536 (36.5) 0.93 (0.76–1.14) 0.511
Age
18–29 365 (54.7) 938 (63.9) <0.001 1.00
30–39 148 (22.2) 302 (20.6) 0.83 (0.59–1.17) 0.283
40–49 95 (14.2) 138 (9.4) 0.57 (0.38–0.85) 0.006
50+ 59 (8.8) 90 (6.1) 0.50 (0.31–0.81) 0.004
Living area
Rural 66 (9.9) 216 (14.7) 0.003 1.00
Urban 601 (90.1) 1252 (85.3) 0.78 (0.57–1.06) 0.109
Educational level
Below undergraduate 108 (16.2) 299 (20.4) <0.001 1.00
Undergraduate 267 (40.0) 745 (50.7) 0.80 (0.58–1.08) 0.146
Postgraduate 292 (43.8) 424 (28.9) 0.41 (0.29–0.58) <0.001
Steady marital status
No 402 (60.3) 996 (67.8) 0.001 1.00
Yes 265 (39.7) 472 (32.2) 0.90 (0.67–1.21) 0.482
Employment status
Current student 282 (42.3) 704 (48.0) 0.020 1.00
Unemployed 50 (7.5) 122 (8.3) 1.34 (0.79–2.26) 0.279
Employed 335 (50.2) 642 (43.7) 1.21 (0.79–1.86) 0.373
Monthly income (¥)
No fixed 264 (39.6) 711 (48.4) <0.001 1.00
< 6000 136 (20.4) 358 (24.4) 0.73 (0.49–1.09) 0.129
6000–10,000 121 (18.1) 220 (15.0) 0.61 (0.39–0.95) 0.031
> 10,000 146 (21.9) 179 (12.2) 0.48 (0.30–0.77) 0.002
Common knowledge of monkeypox
Low level 234 (35.1) 415 (28.3) 0.002 1.00
High level 433 (64.9) 1053 (71.7) 1.34 (1.09–1.66) 0.006
Depressive symptoms
No 577 (86.5) 1265 (86.2) 0.888 1.00
Yes 90 (13.5) 203 (13.8) 0.93 (0.71–1.24) 0.633
Getting monkeypox information from Internet sources
No 355 (53.2) 710 (48.4) 0.042 1.00
Yes 312 (46.8) 758 (51.6) 0.98 (0.80–1.22) 0.888
Getting monkeypox information from traditional media
No 550 (82.5) 1089 (74.2) <0.001 1.00
Yes 117 (17.5) 379 (25.8) 1.80 (1.38–2.34) <0.001
Concerned more about monkeypox compared to COVID-19
No 493 (73.9) 934 (63.6) <0.001 1.00
Yes 174 (26.1) 534 (36.4) 1.63 (1.31–2.02) <0.001

† The P-value is from the Chi-square test. ‡ The P-value is for the OR. * The statistical significance was set as P < 0.05.