Table 4 Logistic regression predicting the likelihood of vaccine hesitancy due to main reasons based on sociodemographic predictors (N = 210)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Gender

Male

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

Female

1.99 (1.07-3.70)*

1.88 (1.02-3.46)*

1.09 (0.59-2.01)

0.78 (0.42-1.45)

0.67 (0.35-1.26)

Age

18-29

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

30-44

1.83 (0.80-4.16)

2.70 (1.16-6.25)*

0.64 (0.28-1.45)

0.62 (0.27-1.43)

1.59 (0.65-3.89)

45-59

0.88 (0.30-2.54)

2.54 (0.85-7.65)

0.42 (0.14-1.21)

0.39 (0.13-1.20)

1.26 (0.39-4.00)

60+

1.21 (0.37-3.92)

1.14 (0.36-3.62)

0.05 (0.01-0.26)***

0.29 (0.08-0.97)*

1.20 (0.34-4.20)

Born in Norway

Yes

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

No

0.45 (0.23-0.87)*

0.33 (0.17-0.64)**

0.65 (0.34-1.24)**

0.56 (0.29-1.09)

1.01 (0.51-2.01)

Highest completed education

Primary (10, 7 year)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

Higher general

3.56 (0.90-14.06)

1.39 (0.36-5.34)

0.94 (0.22-4.04)

2.35 (0.51-10.89)

0.82 (0.22-3.08)

Higher vocational

1.31 (0.31-5.59)

0.45 (0.10-2.03)

0.97 (0.20-4.67)

1.65 (0.32-8.44)

0.45 (0.10-1.97)

Vocational school/vocational education (1/2-2 years) based on upper secondary vocational education

1.70 (0.40-7.26)

1.40 (0.32-6.13)

0.72 (0.15-3.39)

2.64 (0.52-13.29)

0.52 (0.12-2.23)

University <= 4 years

1.51 (0.40-5.64)

0.88 (0.23-3.32)

1.27 (0.30-5.39)

1.35 (0.30-6.12)

0.42 (0.11-1.62)

University > 4

1.34 (0.35-5.08)

1.49 (0.39-5.77)

1.19 (0.28-5.07)

1.31 (0.28-6.03)

0.31 (0.08-1.26)

Gross annual household income

Under 200000 kroner

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

1.00 (Ref)

200000-399999 kroner

3.09 (0.75-12.70)

0.97 (0.24-3.86)

2.70 (0.54-13.52)

4.79 (0.82-27.89)

0.62 (0.14-2.66)

400000-599999 kroner

1.59 (0.42-6.03)

1.20 (0.32-4.56)

5.80 (1.26-26.68)*

11.60 (2.09-64.42)**

1.58 (0.42-6.00)

600000-799999 kroner

3.73 (0.91-15.36)

1.57 (0.40-6.16)

4.10 (0.87-19.32)

4.34 (0.76-24.79)

1.03 (0.26-4.12)

800000-999999 kroner

2.85 (0.69-11.78)

1.70 (0.42-6.89)

4.30 (0.90-20.63)

4.34 (0.75-25.21)

0.58 (0.13-2.58)

1000000-1199000 kroner

3.48 (0.73-16.53)

1.96 (0.42-9.18)

4.82 (0.91-25.68)

2.66 (0.40-17.68)

0.99 (0.20-4.79)

1200000-1399000 kroner

2.24 (0.49-10.33)

1.28 (0.28-5.82)

4.01 (0.75-21.37)

7.77 (1.23-49.27)*

0.64 (0.13-3.29)

1400000 kroner or more

3.06 (0.61-15.30)

1.53 (0.31-7.57)

16.58 (2.58-106.78)**

32.90 (4.43-244.16)**

3.02 (0.61-14.91)

Nagelkerke R2

0.162

0.196

0.221

0.218

0.101