Table 2 Characteristics of respondents by intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 (n = 398)

 Age group

0.031*

  18 thru 39

202 (50.8%)

48 (23.8%)

154 (76.2%)

  40 thru 64

153 (38.4%)

27 (17.6%)

126 (82.4%)

  65+

43 (10.8%)

3 (7.0%)

40 (93.0%)

 Gender

0.001*

  Male

160 (40.2%)

18 (11.3%)

142 (88.8%)

  Female

238 (59.8%)

60 (25.2%)

178 (74.8%)

 Educational level

< 0.001*

  Non-academic

103 (25.9%)

37 (35.9%)

66 (64.1%)

  Academic

295 (74.1%)

41 (13.9%)

254 (86.1%)

 Personal status-partnership

0.543

  Living with a partner

306 (76.9%)

62 (20.3%)

244 (79.7%)

  Not living with a partner

92 (23.1%)

16 (17.4%)

76 (82.6%)

 Personal status-living with a child

0.549

  Living with a chilled

255 (64.1%)

52 (20.40%)

203 (79.60%)

  Not living with a chilled

143 (35.9%)

26 (18.20%)

117 (81.80%)

 Socioeconomic level

0.482

  Low

31 (7.8%)

6 (19.4%)

25 (80.6%)

  Medium

170 (42.7%)

37 (21.8%)

133 (78.2%)

  High

191 (48.0%)

32 (16.8%)

159 (83.2%)

 Peripheral level

0.779

  Periphery

33 (8.3%)

7 (21.2%)

26 (78.8%)

  Intermediate

170 (42.7%)

35 (20.6%)

135 (79.4%)

  Central

190 (47.7%)

34 (17.9%)

156 (82.1%)

 Immigration

0.8

  New Immigrant> 89

28 (7.0%)

5 (17.9%)

23 (82.1%)

  Native-born and established immigrants

370 (93.0%)

73 (19.7%)

297 (80.3%)

 Number of children

0.638

  No children

97 (24.4%)

19 (19.6%)

78 (80.4%)

  1–2 children

152 (38.2%)

33 (21.7%)

119 (78.3%)

  3 children

112 (28.1%)

18 (16.1%)

94 (83.9%)

  4+ children

36 (9.0%)

8 (22.2%)

28 (77.8%)

 Medical staff

0.5

  yes

44 (11.1%)

7 (15.9%)

37 (84.1%)

  no

354 (88.9%)

71 (20.1%)

283 (79.9%)

 Chronic Disease

0.023*

  No chronic disease

332 (83.4%)

70 (21.1%)

262 (78.9%)

  Chronic disease

66 (16.6%)

8 (12.1%)

58 (87.9%)

 Smoking

0.078

  Yes

44 (11.1%)

13 (29.5%)

31 (70.5%)

  No/quitted

349 (87.7%)

64 (18.3%)

285 (81.7%)

 Over weight

< 0.001*

  Yes

128 (32.2%)

14 (10.9%)

114 (89.1%)

  No

247 (62.1%)

62 (25.1%)

185 (74.9%)

 COVID-19 past disease

0.693

  Yes

8 (2.0%)

2 (25.0%)

6 (75.0%)

  No

371 (93.2%)

72 (19.4%)

299 (80.6%)

 Influenza last year

0.295

  yes

43 (10.8%)

11 (25.6%)

32 (74.4%)

  no

355 (89.2%)

67 (18.9%)

288 (81.1%)

 Influenza vaccine last year

< 0.001*

  No

205 (51.5%)

69 (33.7%)

136 (66.3%)

  yes

193 (48.5%)

9 (4.7%)

184 (95.3%)

 Perceived health status

0.079

  Very good

295 (74.1%)

64 (21.7%)

231 (78.3%)

  Good

89 (22.4%)

14 (15.7%)

75 (84.3%)

  Not so good

14 (3.5%)

0 (0.0%)

14 (100.0%)