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Table 1 The independent variables used in this study

From: Understanding the spatial heterogeneity of COVID-19 vaccination uptake in England

Independent variable

Abbreviation

Definition

Age between 18 and 29%

AGE18_29

Percentage of persons aged between 18 and 29

Age between 30 and 39%a

AGE30_39

Percentage of persons aged between 30 and 39

Age between 40 and 49%

AGE40_49

Percentage of persons aged between 40 and 49

Age between 50 and 59%

AGE50_59

Percentage of persons aged between 50 and 59

Age between 60 and 69%

AGE60_69

Percentage of persons aged between 60 and 69

Age between 70 and 79%

AGE70_79

Percentage of persons aged between 70 and 79

Age 80 and older %

AGE_80

Percentage of persons aged 80 and older

White population %a

WHITE

Percentage of white ethnicity

Mixed population %

MIXED

Percentage of mixed ethnicity

Black population %

BLACK

Percentage of black ethnicity

Asian population %

ASIAN

Percentage of Asian ethnicity

Other population %

OTHER

Percentage of other ethnicities

Spatial accessibility to vaccination

ACCESS

Spatial accessibility to vaccination computed by E2SFCA

Average household income

INCOME

Average household income

The quintile of Index of Multiple Deprivation

Q_IMD

The quintile of the 2019 English Index of Multiple Deprivation

Car ownership %

CAR

Percentage of households having at least one car or vans

  1. aManually removed from regression models to avoid severe multicollinearity between variables