Table 3 Statistical associations with mistrust attitudes regarding government vaccination information in Japan (N=3140)

  Health care workers

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

  Information from the government

0.32

(0.17-0.58)*

0.33

(0.18-0.59)*

0.40

(0.20-0.75)*

0.39

(0.20-0.74)*

  Family

1.15

(0.85-1.51)

1.18

(0.87-1.55)

1.55

(1.20-1.93)*

1.60

(1.23-1.99)*

  Friends

1.94

(1.22-2.57)*

1.96

(1.24-2.60)*

1.80

(1.13-2.51)*

1.80

(1.11-2.51)*

  Television

1.39

(1.01-1.80)*

1.36

(0.99-1.78)

0.95

(0.60-1.41)

0.91

(0.56-1.37)

  Newspapers

1.23

(0.74-1.82)

1.23

(0.74-1.83)

1.61

(1.07-2.18)*

1.56

(1.03-2.15)*

  The Internet

1.66

(1.12-2.21)*

1.67

(1.12-2.22)*

2.25

(1.65-2.77)*

2.19

(1.58-2.73)*

  Books

2.52

(1.65-3.04)*

2.53

(1.67-3.05)*

2.91

(2.09-3.37)*

2.99

(2.19-3.40)*

  None of the above

2.16

(1.94-2.36)*

2.14

(1.92-2.35)*

2.36

(2.12-2.58)*

2.38

(2.13-2.60)*

General health condition

  Good health

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

  Relatively good health

1.09

(0.90-1.31)

1.09

(0.89-1.32)

1.19

(1.02-1.38)*

1.24

(1.02-1.47)*

  Relatively poor health

1.46

(1.17-1.76)*

1.37

(1.07-1.69)*

1.60

(1.29-1.93)*

1.55

(1.22-1.90)*

  Poor health

1.33

(0.92-1.79)

1.24

(0.82-1.74)

1.90

(1.36-2.42)*

2.10

(1.41-2.63)*

Smoking status

  Never smoked

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

  Ex-Smoker

0.97

(0.75-1.24)

0.94

(0.71-1.22)

0.95

(0.76-1.12)

0.93

(0.71-1.19)

  Current smoker

1.45

(1.11-1.86)*

1.31

(0.97-1.74)

1.02

(0.82-1.26)

0.96

(0.75-1.22)