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. 2022 Dec 13;12:21529. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25354-4

Table 1.

Study data Survey items are shown with possible responses (including recodes, if any), and baselines used in the ordinal multilevel logistic regressions. COVID-19 vaccination intent is the study response variable.

Survey question Values (recodes, including to align with UK census in parenthesis) Regression baseline
Response: COVID-19 vaccination intent
If a new coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine became available, would you accept the vaccine for yourself?

Yes, definitely; unsure, but leaning towards yes; unsure but leaning towards no

no, definitely not

n/a (response variable)
Covariates: socio-demographic factors
Sex Male and female male
Age Integer value mapped to 18–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–64, 65–79, 80 +  18–24
Highest educational attainment

No academic qualifications (none/other)

0–4 GCSE, O-levels, or equivalents (level 1–3)

5 + GCSE, O-levels, 1 A level, or equivalents (level 1–3)

2 + A levels or equivalents (level 1–3)

Undergraduate or postgraduate degree or other professional qualification (level 4)

Apprenticeship (none/other)

Other (e.g., vocational, foreign qualifications) (none/other)

Do not know (none/other)

Do not wish to answer (none/other)

Level 1–3
Religious affiliation

Atheist/agnostic

Christian

Buddhist (other religion)

Hindu

Muslim

other religion

do not wish to answer (not given)

Atheist/agnostic
Work status

Working full-time (including self-employed)

part-time (including self-employed)

unemployed

student

Looking after the home

Retired (retired / disabled)

Unable to work (e.g., short- or long-term disability) (retired / disabled)

Do not wish to answer (other work status)

Full-time
Ethnicity

White: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British (White)

White: Irish (White)

White: Other white background (White)

White and Black Caribbean (mixed)

White and Black African (mixed)

White and Asian or White and Asian British (mixed)

Black, African, Caribbean or Black British (Black/Black British)

Asian or Asian British: Indian (Asian/Asian British)

Asian or Asian British: Pakistani (Asian/Asian British)

Asian or Asian British: Chinese (Asian/Asian British)

Asian or Asian British: Other (Asian/Asian British)

other ethnicity (other ethnicity)

do not wish to answer (other ethnicity)

White
Language

English or Welsh

Polish

Punjabi (other language)

Urdu (other language)

Bengali (other language)

Other (other language)

do not wish to answer (other language)

English or Welsh