Table 1.
Respondents demographic factors and experience and concerns associated with vaccine acceptance.
| Factors | Do you intend to get a COVID-19 vaccine? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Yes % (n) | Not Sure % (n) | No % (n) | OR# | 95% CI | ||
| Demographics | |||||||
| Age | 18–69 years | 908 | 83.8 (761) | 10.6 (96) | 5.3 (48) | 1.0 | |
| 70 years or more | 920 | 89.6 (824) | 6.7 (62) | 3.0 (28) | 1.7 | 1.3 to 2.3 | |
| Sex | Women | 999 | 84.8 (847) | 9.9 (99) | 4.7 (47) | 1.0 | |
| Men | 753 | 90.8 (684) | 6.2 (47) | 2.9 (22) | 1.7 | 1.3 to 2.3 | |
| Prefer not to say | 10 | 60.0 (6) | 20.0 (2) | 20.0 (2) | 0.3 | 0.1 to 0.9 | |
| Birth Country | Others | 576 | 83.7 (482) | 11.3 (65) | 4.2 (24) | 1.0 | |
| Australia | 1252 | 88.1 (1103) | 7.4 (93) | 4.2 (52) | 1.4 | 1.1 to 1.9 | |
| Speak a language other than English at home | No | 1544 | 88.1 (1360) | 7.6 (118) | 3.9 (60) | 1.0 | |
| Yes | 164 | 78.0 (128) | 16.5 (27) | 5.5 (9) | 0.5 | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| Culturally and linguistically diverse* | Non CALD | 1146 | 88.2 (1011) | 7.4 (85) | 4.0 (46) | 1.0 | |
| CALD | 636 | 83.6 (532) | 11.2 (71) | 4.4 (28) | 0.7 | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| Highest qualification | High school | 473 | 89.9 (425) | 6.6 (31) | 3.2 (15) | 1.0 | |
| Trade certificate/diploma | 416 | 82.9 (345) | 11.3 (47) | 5.3 (22) | 0.5 | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| Undergraduate degree | 309 | 90.9 (281) | 5.2 (16) | 3.9 (12) | 1.1 | 0.7 to 1.8 | |
| Postgraduate degree | 458 | 88.4 (405) | 7.0 (32) | 4.1 (19) | 0.9 | 0.6 to 1.3 | |
| None of the above | 79 | 72.2 (57) | 22.8 (18) | 3.8 (3) | 0.3 | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| Employment type | Full-time | 312 | 84.6 (264) | 9.9 (31) | 5.4 (17) | 1.0 | |
| Part-time | 1236 | 89.4 (1105) | 7.1 (88) | 3.1 (38) | 1.6 | 1.1 to 2.3 | |
| Remote | Regional | 592 | 85.8 (508) | 9.3 (55) | 4.7 (28) | 1.0 | |
| Major Cities | 1062 | 89.2 (947) | 7.5 (80) | 2.7 (29) | 1.4 | 1.1 to 1.9 | |
| Have you ever been tested for COVID-19? | No | 999 | 85.1 (850) | 8.8 (88) | 5.4 (54) | 1.0 | |
| Yes | 824 | 89.0 (733) | 8.1 (67) | 2.7 (22) | 1.4 | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| Have you ever received a positive COVID-19 test result | No | 805 | 89.3 (719) | 7.8 (63) | 2.6 (21) | 1.0 | |
| Yes | 12 | 75.0 (9) | 25.0 (3) | 0.0 (0) | 0.3 | 0.1 to 1.3 | |
| How concerned are you about getting COVID-19 | Not at all/A little | 843 | 83.0 (700) | 9.3 (78) | 7.1 (60) | 1.0 | |
| Moderate/Very Much | 976 | 89.9 (877) | 8.1 (79) | 1.6 (16) | 1.8 | 1.4 to 2.4 | |
#OR was calculated using logistic regression where intention to accept COVID-19 vaccine was the key outcome and no intention or not sure were combined.
*CALD = born outside Australia and/or speaking a language other than English at home.