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Table 2 Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance

From: COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among primary healthcare workers in Singapore

Variables

Respondents (%)

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance

  

Acceptance (%) (n = 501)

Hesitancy (%) (n = 27)

P value

Living status

 Living with others

472 (89.4)

446 (94.5)

26 (5.5)

0.232

 Living alone

56 (10.6)

55 (98.2)

1 (1.8)

 

Chronic diseases or previous surgeries

 Yes

102 (19.3)

95 (93.1)

7 (6.9)

0.372

 No

426 (80.7)

406 (95.3)

20 (4.7)

 

Perceived high risk of getting COVID-19 from job

 Yes

424 (80.3)

406 (95.8)

18 (4.2)

0.067

 No

104 (19.7)

95 (91.3)

9 (8.7)

 

Contact with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients

 Yes

313 (59.3)

299 (95.5)

14 (4.5)

0.420

 No

215 (40.7)

202 (94.0)

13 (6.0)

 

Involved in clinic, dormitory or isolation facility COVID-19 duties

 Yes

295 (55.9)

280 (94.9)

15 (5.1)

0.973

 No

233 (44.1)

221 (94.8)

12 (5.2)

 

Influenza vaccination in past 1 year

 Yes

487 (92.2)

462 (94.9)

25 (5.1)

0.943

 No

41 (7.8)

39 (95.1)

2 (4.9)