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

BMC Public Health

Table 9 Vaccine concerns by Ethnicity (White and Black ethnicities only) (part 2)

Concern	Category	White [N = 253]		Black [N = 80]		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	242	224 (93%)	69	47 (68%)	5.65 (2.82, 11.3)	< 0.001	6.31 (2.46, 16.2)	< 0.001
	Don’t know		14 (6%)		19 (28%)
	Yes		4 (2%)		3 (4%)
Contains fetal tissue	No	242	207 (86%)	69	40 (58%)	4.20 (2.34, 7.54)	< 0.001	3.54 (1.63, 7.68)	0.001
	Don’t know		22 (9%)		18 (26%)
	Yes		13 (5%)		11 (16%)
Adverse effect on ethnic minorities	No	242	168 (69%)	69	29 (42%)	3.47 (2.04, 5.92)	< 0.001	3.85 (1.96, 7.52)	< 0.001
	Don’t know		65 (27%)		27 (39%)
	Yes		9 (4%)		13 (19%)
Get coronavirus from vaccine	No	242	230 (95%)	69	52 (75%)	5.96 (2.69, 13.2)	< 0.001	2.42 (0.90, 6.50)	0.08
	Don’t know		3 (1%)		10 (14%)
	Yes		9 (4%)		7 (10%)

^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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