Table 3 Associations of sociodemographic, study-related, psychological, health-related, and communication-related factors with the intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 among unvaccinated university students in the summer of 2021.
From: Determinants of university students’ COVID-19 vaccination intentions and behavior
β | T | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic and study-related factors | |||
Field of study (with medicine coded high) | − .04 | 1.19 | .236 |
Health-related factors | |||
Global interest in common vaccinations | − .02 | 0.56 | .576 |
Psychological factors | |||
Confidence | .35 | 7.83*** | < .001 |
Complacency | − .18 | 3.81*** | < .001 |
Constraints | .07 | 2.29* | .023 |
Calculation | − .02 | 0.72 | .470 |
Collective Responsibility | − .34 | 7.95*** | < .001 |
Communication-related factors | |||
Media trust | |||
General media trust | .10 | 2.33* | .020 |
Topic-specific media trust | − .05 | 1.07 | .287 |
Public broadcasting (including online outlets) | − .07 | 1.52 | .131 |
Private broadcasting (including online outlets) | − .06 | 1.49 | .138 |
National quality press (including online outlets) | − .06 | 1.37 | .173 |
Regional press (including online outlets) | .10 | 2.75** | .006 |
Tabloid media (including online outlets) | − .01 | 0.14 | .890 |
Alternative news media & blogs | .02 | 0.47 | .642 |
Online messenger | .04 | 1.27 | .206 |
Topic-specific trust in news sources | |||
Federal government | − .01 | 0.10 | .922 |
City government | − .02 | 0.40 | .687 |
Foreign governments and authorities | − .04 | 0.99 | .324 |
Political parties | − .00 | 0.09 | .927 |
Individual politicians | .07 | 1.69 | .091 |
WHO | − .03 | 0.59 | .554 |
RKI | .14 | 2.74** | .007 |
National commission on vaccination | .01 | 0.27 | .789 |
National board of ethics | − .06 | 1.55 | .123 |
Hospitals | − .04 | 1.01 | .315 |
Doctors | .03 | 0.80 | .426 |
Pharmacists | .04 | 0.89 | .374 |
Nurses | .00 | 0.01 | .991 |
Public health offices | .01 | 0.26 | .795 |
Health insurance companies | .03 | 0.66 | .507 |
Universities and scientific institutes | .06 | 1.27 | .205 |
Local university | − .03 | 0.70 | .482 |
Unions | .02 | 0.50 | .618 |
Ordinary people known personally | − .05 | 1.41 | .158 |
Ordinary people not known personally | − .02 | 0.49 | .628 |
Intensity of general media use/information seeking | |||
Online media | .03 | 0.90 | .368 |
Topic-related information seeking | − .03 | 0.93 | .353 |
Topic-related information seeking—Sources | |||
Online news sites (with use coded high) | − .00 | 0.09 | .932 |
COVID-19 warning app (with use coded high) | .07 | 2.02* | .044 |
Government or agency websites (with use coded high) | .04 | 1.19 | .235 |
University websites (with use coded high) | .05 | 1.70 | .090 |
