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. 2023 Feb 17;41(15):2466–2475. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.047

Table 2.

Socio-demographic, socio-economic, and health information for participants, by PAPM stage of decision-making.

Unengaged Undecided Decided NOT to have booster Decided to have booster Had booster Univariate analyses
(N = 135) (N = 262) (N = 31) (N = 1,415) (N = 161) N pseudo r2
Age – M (SD) 59.21 (6.93) 60.33 (7.71) 62.03 (9.96) 63.87 (7.90) 70.58 (10.09) 1,812 0.033***
Gender – N (%) 1,812 0.002*
- Female or Other
- Male
70
65
(6.84)
(6.63)
152
110
(14.86)
(11.21)
17
14
(1.66)
(1.43)
711
704
(69.50)
(71.76)
73
88
(7.14)
(8.97)
Region – N (%) 1,812 0.013**
- East of England
- East Midlands
12
11
(5.45)
(6.08)
35
13
(15.91)
(7.18)
5
2
(2.27)
(1.10)
158
145
(71.82)
(80.11)
10
10
(4.55)
(5.52)
- London
- North East
- North West
28
10
14
(9.43)
(9.62)
(5.41)
42
13
28
(14.14)
(12.50)
(10.81)
7
1
4
(2.36)
(0.96)
(1.54)
183
71
190
(61.62)
(68.27)
(73.36)
37
9
23
(12.46)
(8.65)
(8.88)
- South East
- South West
- West Midlands
21
6
20
(6.56)
(3.00)
(8.97)
49
21
33
(15.31)
(10.50)
(14.80)
2
1
2
(0.63)
(0.50)
(0.90)
221
158
151
(69.06)
(79.00)
(67.71)
27
14
17
(8.44)
(7.00)
(7.62)
- Yorkshire & the Humber 13 (6.50) 28 (14.00) 7 (3.50) 138 (69.00) 14 (7.00)
Ethnicity – N (%) 1,807 0.009***
- White British
- Not white British
115
19
(6.24)
(12.26)
225
35
(12.21)
(22.58)
25
6
(1.36)
(3.87)
1,328
85
(72.06)
(54.84)
150
10
(8.14)
(6.45)
Education status – N (%) 1,806 0.007**
- No formal qualification
- High school qualification
- University diploma/degree
- Other qualification
19
58
34
24
(12.84)
(6.57)
(6.64)
(5.30)
16
136
54
53
(10.81)
(15.40)
(10.55)
(11.70)
3
14
8
5
(2.03)
(1.59)
(1.56)
(1.10)
95
618
375
324
(64.19)
(69.99)
(73.24)
(71.52)
15
57
41
47
(10.14)
(6.46)
(8.01)
(10.38)
Employment status – N (%) 1,806 0.013***
- Employed
- Not employed
75
58
(9.99)
(4.66)
120
141
(15.98)
(11.33)
11
19
(1.46)
(1.53)
496
916
(66.05)
(73.57)
49
111
(6.52)
(8.92)
Key worker status – N (%) 1,812 0.008***
- Yes
- No
32
103
(10.36)
(6.08)
56
206
(18.12)
(12.15)
4
27
(1.29)
(1.59)
186
1,229
(60.19)
(72.51)
31
130
(10.03)
(7.67)
Health or social care worker – N (%) 1,812 0.001
- Yes
- No
5
130
(5.62)
(6.79)
14
248
(15.73)
(12.95)
2
29
(2.25)
(1.51)
42
1,373
(47.19)
(71.70)
26
135
(29.21)
(7.05)
Household income – N (%) 1,812 0.004**
- Less than £30,000
- More than £30,000
- Prefer not to say
47
78
10
(5.52)
(7.89)
(6.10)
101
144
17
(11.85)
(14.57)
(10.37)
6
18
7
(0.70)
(1.82)
(4.27)
624
670
121
(73.24)
(67.81)
(73.78)
74
78
9
(8.69)
(7.89)
(5.49)
General health – M (SD) 2.39 (0.86) 2.38 (0.95) 2.77 (0.96) 2.44 (0.83) 2.56 (0.96) 1,808 0.001
Asked to shield – N (%) 1,806 0.002*
- Yes
- No
19
115
(4.79)
(7.19)
40
221
(10.08)
(13.82)
4
26
(1.01)
(1.63)
278
1,133
(70.03)
(70.86)
56
104
(14.11)
(6.50)
Previous COVID-19 infection – N (%) 1,811 0.003**
- Yes
- No
17
118
(7.87)
(6.61)
40
222
(18.52)
(12.43)
8
23
(3.70)
(1.29)
137
1,277
(63.43)
(71.50)
14
146
(6.48)
(8.17)

Note. PAPM = precaution adoption process model. † based on univariate multinomial regression model, with reference category ‘Stage 5: Decided to have booster’; stages 4 (decided NOT to have booster) and 6 (had booster) were excluded from regression analyses. * p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.