Table 2 Study data for Bayesian ordinal multilevel regressions to establish the determinants of intent to accept COVID-19 vaccines.
From: Exploratory study of the global intent to accept COVID-19 vaccinations
Survey item | Values (recode in parenthesis) | Regression baseline | |
|---|---|---|---|
Response variable | COVID-19 vaccination intent (response) | ||
When a vaccine for the coronavirus becomes available, will you get vaccinated? | Definitely will get vaccinated (4), probably will get vaccinated (3), probably will not get vaccinated (2), definitely will not get vaccinated (1); do not know/no response* (2) | Not applicable (variable is the response) | |
Individual-level covariates | Socio-demographic | ||
Sex | Male and female | Female | |
Age | 18–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–64, 65+ | 18–24 | |
Highest educational attainment | None or only basic education (none/other), completed primary school (primary), completed secondary school (secondary), completed high level of education (higher), completed higher level of education, e.g., master/PhD (higher), other educational level (none/other), refused/do not know/no response (do not know or refused, education) | Secondary | |
Work status | Working part-time (employed), retired/disabled, student, working full-time (employed), housewife, unemployed, refused/ do not know/ no response (do not know or refused, work status) | Employed | |
Income | Low (low/middle), medium low (low/middle), medium (low/middle), medium high (high), high (high), refused/ do not know/no response (do not know or refused, income) | Low/middle | |
Self-reported health | |||
How do you consider your overall health in general? | Very healthy (healthy), healthy (healthy), somewhat healthy (healthy), unhealthy, refused/do not know/no response (do not know or refused, health) | Healthy | |
How often would you say that you suffer from stress? | Very often (often), fairly often (often), sometimes (often), occasionally (not often), never (not often), refused/do not know/ no response (do not know or refused, stress) | Not often | |
Government handling | |||
Very badly (badly), rather badly (badly), pretty well (well), very well (well), do not know | Badly | ||
National statistics | |||
Country-level covariates | COVID-19 mortality (total deaths per 100,000 population preceding fieldwork) | Continuous variable scaled to the range [0, 1] | n/a |
COVID-19 mortality (total deaths per 100,000 population in two weeks preceding fieldwork) | Continuous variable scaled to the range [0, 1] | n/a | |
Human development index (HDI) 2019 | Continuous variable scaled to the range [0, 1] | n/a | |
Gross domestic product per capita (GDP) | Continuous variable scaled to the range [0, 1] | n/a | |
Vaccine confidence | Continuous variable scaled to the range [0, 1] | n/a |
