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Table 1 Associations between demographic characteristics and willingness of respondents to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in Greece

From: Willingness of Greek general population to get a COVID-19 vaccine

  

Willingness to be vaccinated against Coronavirus if a vaccine was to become available

 

Total

(N = 1004)

n (%)

No/Don’t Know

(N = 425)

n (%)

Yes (N = 579)

n (%)

p-value

OR (95% CI) a

Gender

0.104

 

 Male

512 (51.0%)

204 (39.9%)

308 (60.1%)

 

1.00

 Female

492 (49.0%)

221 (44.9%)

271 (55.1%)

 

0.82 (0.63–1.05)

Age (years)

0.001

 

 18–24

109 (10.9%)

49 (45.2%)

60 (54.8%)

 

1.00

 25–34

170 (16.9%)

88 (52.0%)

82 (48.0%)

 

0.76 (0.47–1.24)

 35–44

185 (18.4%)

96 (51.9%)

89 (48.1%)

 

0.76 (0.48–1.23)

 45–54

166 (16.5%)

80 (48.3%)

86 (51.7%)

 

0.88 (0.54–1.43)

 55–64

142 (14.1%)

63 (44.5%)

79 (55.5%)

 

1.03 (0.62–1.70)

 65+

232 (23.1%)

48 (20.7%)

184 (79.3%)

 

3.16 (1.93–5.17)*

Age (years)

0.001

 

 < 65

772 (76.9%)

377 (48.8%)

395 (51.2%)

 

1.00

 65+

232 (23.1%)

48 (20.7%)

184 (79.3%)

 

3.65 (2.57–5.17)*

Residence

0.876

 

 Athens

353 (35.2%)

144 (40.7%)

210 (59.3%)

 

1.00

 Thessaloniki

138 (13.7%)

60 (43.5%)

78 (56.5%)

 

0.89 (0.60–1.33)

 Urban area (>  10.000 inhabitants)

328 (32.6%)

141 (42.9%)

187 (57.1%)

 

0.91 (0.67–1.24)

 Semi-urban or Agricultural area

185 (18.4%)

81 (43.6%)

104 (56.4%)

 

0.89 (0.62–1.28)

Education Level b

0.082

 

 Primary school

68 (6.8%)

20 (29.2%)

48 (70.8%)

 

1.00

 Middle school

335 (33.4%)

146 (43.6%)

189 (56.4%)

 

0.54 (0.30–0.94)*

 College and above

601 (59.8%)

259 (43.1%)

342 (56.9%)

 

0.54 (0.32–0.94)*

Marital Status

0.053

 

 Single

268 (26.9%)

129 (48.0%)

140 (52.0%)

 

1.00

 Married/ Cohabitation

636 (63.8%)

257 (40.5%)

379 (59.5%)

 

1.36 (1.02–1.81)*

 Divorced/Widowed

93 (9.3%)

34 (36.0%)

60 (64.0%)

 

1.64 (1.01–2.67)*

Children

0.008

 

 No

682 (68.4%)

269 (39.4%)

413 (60.6%)

 

1.00

 Yes

315 (31.6%)

152 (48.4%)

162 (51.6%)

 

0.69 (0.53–0.91)*

Do you personally belong to a vulnerable group?

0.001

 

 No

648 (65.2%)

315 (48.6%)

333 (51.4%)

 

1.00

 Yes

346 (34.8%)

100 (28.8%)

246 (71.2%)

 

2.34 (1.78–3.09)*

Living with someone belonging to a vulnerable group?

0.010

 

 No

585 (58.8%)

265 (45.3%)

320 (54.7%)

 

1.00

 Yes

410 (41.2%)

152 (37.1%)

258 (62.9%)

 

1.40 (1.08–1.84)*

Work before coronavirus outbreak

0.001

 

 No

479 (48.0%)

161 (33.5%)

319 (66.5%)

 

1.00

 Yes

519 (52.0%)

259 (49.9%)

260 (50.1%)

 

0.51 (0.39–0.65)*

  1. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
  2. * p < 0.05
  3. a Results from univariate logistic regression models
  4. b Primary school, a school for children between the ages of about five and eleven; Middle school, is the next step up from primary school (ages 12 to 18)