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Table 1 Individual characteristics of survey respondents (n = 1941) overall and according to immunization status

From: Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake among French population aged 65 years and older: results from a national online survey

Individual characteristics

Overall (1941)a

Vaccinated (1612)a

Unvaccinated (329)a

pb

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Gender

 Female

1105

57

890

55

215

65

0.001

 Male

836

43

722

45

114

35

 

Age category

 65–74

1049

54

839

52

210

64

<0.001

 75+

892

46

773

48

119

36

 

Region

 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

237

12

208

13

29

9

0.018

 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

96

5

86

5

10

3

 

 Bretagne

112

6

89

6

23

7

 

 Centre-Val de Loire

85

4

66

4

19

6

 

 Grand Est

167

9

150

9

16

5

 

 Hauts-de-France

162

8

139

9

23

7

 

 Ile-de-France

271

14

225

14

45

14

 

 Normandie

107

5

93

6

13

4

 

 Nouvelle Aquitaine

214

11

173

11

41

12

 

 Occitanie

200

10

158

10

42

13

 

 Pays de la Loire

118

6

88

5

30

9

 

 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

173

9

136

8

37

11

 

Population of residence area

  < 2000 inhabitants

549

28

431

27

118

36

0.005

 2000–20,000 inhabitants

795

41

681

42

114

35

 

 20,000–100,000 inhabitants

376

19

321

20

55

17

 

  > 100,000 inhabitants

221

11

179

11

42

13

 

Former occupation

 Farmer

4

<1

4

<1

0

–

0.004

 Craftman, merchant, company director

104

5

78

5

26

8

 

 Executive or higher intellectual profession

843

43

731

45

112

34

 

 Intermediate profession

534

28

442

27

92

28

 

 Employee

358

18

283

18

75

23

 

 Worker

83

4

65

4

18

6

 

 Other non-working people

16

<1

10

1

6

2

 

At least one comorbidity associated with increased risk of severe COVID-19

 Yes

849

44

723

45

125

38

0.072

 No

1030

53

841

52

189

58

 

 Unsure

63

3

48

3

15

4

 

Perception, knowledge and personal experience with COVID-19

Think previously had COVID-19 (Yes)

100

5

62

4

38

11

<0.0001

Concern about catching the COVID-19

 Unconcerned or very little concerned

447

23

387

24

60

18

0.037

 Moderately concerned

574

30

469

29

105

32

 

 Quite concerned

429

22

365

23

64

20

 

 Very concerned

377

19

306

19

71

22

 

 Unsure

116

6

87

5

29

9

 

Suffered health impact due to the pandemic (Yes)

599

31

475

29

125

38

0.005

Suffered economic impact due to the pandemic (Yes)

208

11

139

9

69

21

<0.0001

Following-up news on COVID-19

 Daily

1262

65

1094

68

168

51

<0.0001

 Several times a week

328

17

267

17

60

18

 

 Once or twice a week

169

9

126

8

44

13

 

 Less often

145

7

105

7

39

12

 

 Never

38

2

21

1

17

5

 

Attitudes and perceptions about COVID-19 vaccines

Trust in information on vaccines delivered by:

 Doctor (Yes)

1826

94

1561

97

266

81

<0.0001

 Pharmacist (Yes)

1685

87

1464

91

221

67

<0.0001

 Ministry of health (Yes)

1138

59

1040

65

98

30

<0.0001

 Government (Yes)

940

48

874

54

66

20

<0.0001

 Pharmaceutical industry (Yes)

858

44

789

49

69

21

<0.0001

 Experts visible in the media (Yes)

1200

62

1078

67

122

37

<0.0001

 Family and friends (Yes)

1342

69

1142

71

200

61

0.0011

 The internet (Yes)

302

16

252

16

50

15

0.859

 Traditional media (Yes)

805

42

736

46

70

21

<0.0001

 Public health agencies (Yes)

1213

63

1101

68

112

34

<0.0001

General opinion about COVID-19 vaccine efficacy

 Effective

1564

81

1406

87

158

48

<0.0001

 Uneffective

99

5

30

2

69

21

 

 Unsure

278

14

176

11

102

31

 

General opinion about COVID-19 vaccine safety

 Safe

1398

72

1284

80

114

35

<0.0001

 Unsafe

245

13

112

7

133

40

 

 Unsure

299

15

216

13

82

25

 

Attitude towards vaccination in general

 Very supportive

843

43

784

49

60

18

<0.0001

 Somewhat supportive

826

43

687

43

139

42

 

 Somewhat unsupportive

157

8

93

6

64

19

 

 Very unsupportive

71

4

25

2

46

14

 

 Unsure

44

2

24

1

20

6

 

Political beliefs

Trust in government’s actions to control the epidemic (Yes)

1012

52

925

57

87

27

<0.0001

Political party affiliation

 Far-Left

107

5

83

5

23

7

<0.0001

 Left

243

13

213

13

30

9

 

 Green

98

5

76

5

22

7

 

 Center

456

24

405

25

50

15

 

 Right

337

17

301

19

36

11

 

 Far-Right

212

11

145

9

67

20

 

 Other

25

1

19

1

6

2

 

 Neither

464

24

370

23

94

29

 
  1. aAs analyses were carried out on weighted data and underwent rounding, the sums, as well as percentages, for each lign and column can slightly differ from the expected totals
  2. bP-values resulting from comparison of vaccinated and unvaccinated participants
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