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Table 2 Correlations between personality traits and individual attitudes toward vaccination

From: Personality and individual attitudes toward vaccination: a nationally representative survey in the United States

Variable Attitude toward health benefits of vaccination Support for school vaccination
r p-value r p-value
Extraversion 0.002 0.922 0.015 0.383
Agreeableness 0.158 < 0.001 0.088 < 0.001
Conscientiousness 0.156 < 0.001 0.119 < 0.001
Emotional stability 0.119 < 0.001 0.017 0.340
Openness to experience 0.065 < 0.001 0.008 0.629
  1. Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.001)
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BMC Public Health

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