Table 1:
Sample characteristics by vaccine hesitancy status
| All (n=438) | Hesitant (n=168) | Non-hesitant (n=270) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | p-valuea | |
| Female gender | 226 | 51.6 | 99 | 58.9 | 127 | 47.0 | .015 |
| ≥ 10 years of education | 221 | 50.5 | 91 | 54.2 | 130 | 48.1 | .221 |
| Household income > 10,000 Indian Rupees | 230 | 52.5 | 89 | 53.0 | 141 | 52.2 | .878 |
| Age: mean (SD) | 39.5 | (8.8) | 39.3 | (9.4) | 39.6 | (8.5) | .748 |
| Tested for COVID-19 | 137 | 31.3 | 51 | 30.4 | 86 | 31.9 | .743 |
| Very/somewhat worried vaccine side effects | 205 | 46.8 | 103 | 61.3 | 102 | 37.8 | <.001 |
| Little/no confidence vaccine is safe | 118 | 26.9 | 77 | 45.8 | 41 | 15.2 | <.001 |
| Little/no confidence vaccine protects against COVID-19 | 120 | 27.4 | 77 | 45.8 | 43 | 15.9 | <.001 |
| Not at all/somewhat trust my doctor re. vaccine | 121 | 27.6 | 67 | 39.9 | 54 | 20.0 | <.001 |
| Not at all/somewhat trust news media re. vaccine | 307 | 70.1 | 142 | 84.5 | 165 | 61.1 | <.001 |
| Not at all/somewhat trust government re. vaccine | 229 | 52.3 | 107 | 63.7 | 122 | 45.2 | <.001 |
| Number of distrusted sources on vaccine info | <.001 | ||||||
| 3 | 106 | 24.2 | 61 | 36.3 | 45 | 16.7 | |
| 2 | 116 | 26.5 | 47 | 28.0 | 69 | 25.6 | |
| 1 | 107 | 24.4 | 39 | 23.2 | 68 | 25.2 | |
| 0 | 109 | 24.9 | 21 | 12.5 | 88 | 32.6 | |
| Did not know anyone who died of COVID-19 | 389 | 88.8 | 155 | 92.3 | 234 | 86.7 | .071 |
a
Based on chi-square test for all variables except age; for age, based on t-test