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Table 3 Ordered logit analysis of 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

Coef.

OR

p-value

Coef.

OR

p-value

(SE)

(95% CI)

(S.E.)

(95% CI)

Extraversion

−0.022

0.98

0.080

0.011

1.01

0.407

(0.013)

(0.95, 1.00)

 

(0.013)

(0.99, 1.04)

 

Agreeableness

0.045

1.05

0.007**

0.032

1.03

0.065

(0.017)

(1.01, 1.08)

 

(0.017)

(1.00, 1.07)

 

Conscientiousness

0.049

1.05

0.003**

0.078

1.08

p < 0.001***

(0.017)

(1.02, 1.09)

 

(0.017)

(1.05, 1.12)

 

Emotional stability

0.030

1.03

0.037*

−0.025

0.97

0.095

(0.015)

(1.002, 1.06)

 

(0.015)

(0.95, 1.00)

 

Openness to experience

0.010

1.01

0.571

−0.024

0.98

0.175

(0.017)

(0.98, 1.04)

 

(0.018)

(0.94, 1.01)

 

Liberal ideology

0.163

1.18

p < 0.001***

0.141

1.15

p < 0.001***

(0.024)

(1.12, 1.23)

 

(0.025)

(1.10, 1.21)

 

Insurance status

0.370

1.45

0.001**

0.318

1.37

0.005**

(0.109)

(1.17, 1.79)

 

(0.113)

(1.10, 1.71)

 

Income

0.020

1.02

p < 0.001***

0.012

1.01

0.010*

(0.005)

(1.01, 1.03)

 

(0.005)

(1.003, 1.02)

 

Years of education

0.157

1.17

p < 0.001***

0.039

1.04

0.017*

(0.016)

(1.13, 1.21)

 

(0.016)

(1.01, 1.07)

 

Race

 Black

−1.072

0.34

p < 0.001***

−0.488

0.61

p < 0.001***

(0.104)

(0.28, 0.42)

 

(0.110)

(0.49, 0.76)

 

 Hispanic

−0.663

0.52

p < 0.001***

−0.169

0.84

0.116

(0.103)

(0.42, 0.63)

 

(0.108)

(0.68, 1.04)

 

 Others

−0.522

0.59

p < 0.001***

0.009

1.01

0.949

(0.125)

(0.46, 0.76)

 

(0.133)

(0.78, 1.31)

 

 Female

0.102

1.11

0.132

0.146

1.16

0.041*

(0.068)

(0.97, 1.27)

 

(0.071)

(1.01, 1.33)

 

 Age

0.011

1.01

p < 0.001***

0.013

1.01

p < 0.001***

(0.002)

(1.01, 1.01)

 

(0.002)

(1.01, 1.02)

 

N

3276

3276

Likelihood ratio test

632.23

214.09

p-value

p < 0.001***

p < 0.001***

Pseudo R2

0.061

0.025

  1. Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (*: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001)