Table 2 Descriptive statistics of COVID-19 vaccine attitudes, social norms, and behavioural control across the segments.

From: Comparative analysis of Australian climate change and COVID-19 vaccine audience segments shows climate skeptics can be vaccine enthusiasts

 

Mean

Std. deviation

Enthusiasts

Supporters

Socials

Hesitant

Sceptics

R2

COVID-19 vaccine attitudes

To what extent do you feel that getting a COVID-19 vaccine will be… (7-point bipolar scale)

 Bad: good

4.96

2.12

6.94

5.75

4.18

3.46

1.22

0.70

 Unpleasant: pleasant

4.07

1.90

5.55

4.01

3.85

3.44

1.49

0.38

 Harmful: beneficial

4.85

2.12

6.95

5.32

4.22

3.45

1.18

0.68

 Worthless: valuable

4.97

2.08

6.94

5.55

4.24

3.63

1.54

0.64

 Ineffective: effective

4.99

2.04

6.84

5.53

4.42

3.68

1.53

0.62

 Unsafe: safe

4.59

2.06

6.64

5.01

3.94

3.28

1.09

0.66

 Undesirable: desirable

4.67

2.12

6.84

4.98

4.11

3.18

1.20

0.66

Social norms

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (5-point scale, strongly disagree to strongly agree with neither as mid-scale)

 Descriptive norm

3.82

1.27

4.81

4.41

3.53

2.52

2.00

0.60

 Subjective norm

3.91

1.20

4.87

4.57

3.54

2.68

2.11

0.67

 Injunctive norm

4.06

1.15

4.89

4.59

3.60

2.90

3.05

0.47

Behavioural efficacy and control

Self-efficacy

3.68

1.46

4.92

4.57

3.21

1.99

1.34

0.78

Behavioural control

4.27

1.04

4.66

4.46

3.76

3.81

4.39

0.13

  1. N = 1054. Table, sourced from Thaker et al., 202276 presents mean values of key input variables across the segments.
  2. All mean differences—as judged by ANOVA or chi-square tests—are significant at p < 0. 001. R2 represents how much of the variance of each indicator is explained by this 5-cluster model.