COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: a midwifery survey into attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine

BMC Public Health

Table 10 Vaccine concerns in unvaccinated staff by Ethnicity (White and Black ethnicities only) (part 2)

Concern	Category	White [N = 37]		Black [N = 38]		Unadjusted		Adjusted ^b
		n	n (%)	n	n (%)	OR (95% CI) ^a	P-value	OR (95% CI) ^a	P-value
Made of porcine / meat products	No	34	30 (88%)	31	18 (58%)	5.14 (1.46, 18.1)	0.01	5.93 (1.06, 33.1)	0.04
	Don’t know		2 (6%)		10 (32%)
	Yes		2 (6%)		3 (10%)
Contains fetal tissue	No	34	23 (68%)	31	15 (48%)	2.32 (0.87, 6.16)	0.09	1.30 (0.35, 4.83)	0.69
	Don’t know		6 (18%)		7 (23%)
	Yes		5 (15%)		9 (29%)
Adverse effect on ethnic minorities	No	34	18 (53%)	31	3 (10%)	6.37 (2.29, 17.7)	< 0.001	4.42 (1.17, 16.7)	0.03
	Don’t know		12 (35%)		18 (58%)
	Yes		4 (12%)		10 (32%)
Get coronavirus from vaccine	No	34	28 (82%)	31	20 (65%)	2.14 (0.69, 6.66)	0.19	2.19 (2.23, 6.19)	0.84
	Don’t know		0 (0%)		6 (19%)
	Yes		6 (18%)		5 (16%)

^a Odds ratios expressed as odds of next highest outcome category for Black midwives relative to odds for White midwives
^b Ethnic differences adjusted for: age, band, experience and Trust

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