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Table 2 Demographics by Ethnicity

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

Factor

Category

White [N = 253]

Black [N = 80]

Other [N = 41]

P-value

  

n

n (%)

n

n (%)

n

n (%)

Overall (*)

B vs. W (**)

Age

<  25

253

11 (4%)

80

3 (4%)

41

9 (22%)

< 0.001

< 0.001

25–29

 

36 (14%)

 

4 (5%)

 

8 (20%)

  

30–34

 

36 (14%)

 

4 (5%)

 

7 (17%)

  

35–39

 

35 (14%)

 

8 (10%)

 

2 (5%)

  

40–44

 

29 (11%)

 

12 (15%)

 

2 (5%)

  

45–49

 

30 (12%)

 

10 (13%)

 

5 (12%)

  

50–54

 

33 (13%)

 

19 (24%)

 

2 (5%)

  

55–59

 

33 (13%)

 

17 (21%)

 

4 (10%)

  

≥ 60

 

10 (4%)

 

3 (4%)

 

2 (5%)

  

Gender

Female

251

249 (99%)

80

79 (99%)

41

41 (100%)

0.69

0.57

Male / Non-Binary

 

2 (1%)

 

1 (1%)

 

0 (0%)

  

Band

Band 5

251

27 (11%)

79

7 (9%)

40

7 (18%)

0.08

0.08

Band 6

 

154 (61%)

 

43 (54%)

 

24 (60%)

  

Band 7

 

60 (24%)

 

19 (24%)

 

8 (20%)

  

Band 8

 

10 (4%)

 

10 (13%)

 

1 (3%)

  

Experience

0–2 years

253

40 (16%)

80

9 (11%)

40

14 (35%)

< 0.001

0.008

3–5 years

 

47 (19%)

 

8 (10%)

 

5 (13%)

  

6–10 years

 

56 (22%)

 

9 (11%)

 

10 (25%)

  

10–15 years

 

36 (14%)

 

24 (30%)

 

3 (8%)

  

> 15 years

 

74 (29%)

 

30 (38%)

 

8 (20%)

  

General health

Poor / fair

252

15 (6%)

79

5 (6%)

41

1 (5%)

0.69

0.53

Good

 

61 (24%)

 

19 (24%)

 

15 (37%)

  

Very good

 

110 (44%)

 

29 (37%)

 

14 (34%)

  

Excellent

 

66 (26%)

 

26 (33%)

 

11 (27%)

  
  1. (*) P-values indicating the significance of the overall difference between the three ethnic groups
  2. (**) P-values indicating the significance of the difference between Black and White midwives
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