Table 4

Predictors of women’s intentions to accept future COVID-19 vaccination*

CharacteristicsUnwillingUndecided
OR (95% CI)p valueOR (95% CI)p value
Ethnic group
 Memon1.56 (0.69 to 3.54)0.2891.03 (0.53 to 1.98)0.934
 Sindhi0.43 (0.20 to 0.93)0.0310.73 (0.43 to 1.25)0.246
 Urdu-Muhajir1.00 (0.50 to 2.00)0.9951.39 (0.86 to 2.24)0.177
 OtherReferenceReference
Location
 Karimabad1.32 (0.58 to 3.00)0.5051.60 (0.88 to 2.91)0.127
 Garden0.03 (0 to 0.25)0.0010.19 (0.09 to 0.38)<0.001
 Hyderabad2.81 (1.29 to 6.07)0.0093.24 (1.81 to 5.80)<0.001
 KharadarReferenceReference
Woman’s education
 Primary school2.24 (0.85 to 5.91)0.1033.83 (2.09 to 7.05)<0.001
 Secondary/high school1.66 (0.86 to 3.20)0.1351.32 (0.80 to 2.18)0.271
 College/university completedReferenceReference
Period of childbirth
 During pandemic2.16 (1.17 to 4.00)0.0141.37 (0.85 to 2.21)0.194
 PrepandemicReferenceReference
Women’s experience of COVID-19 symptoms
 No1.87 (0.62 to 5.65)0.2693.30 (1.36 to 6.64)0.007
 YesReferenceReference
Coronavirus anxiety symptoms
 No CA symptom2.32 (1.26 to 4.28)0.0071.55 (1.05 to 2.28)0.026
 ≥1 CA symptomsReferenceReference
Obsession with COVID-19 symptoms
 Never OC symptoms2.22 (1.30 to 3.77)0.0030.92 (0.61 to 1.39)0.683
 ≥1 OC symptomReferenceReference
  • *The reference category is: willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

  • CA, Coronavirus anxiety; OC, obsessive compulsive; OR, odds ratio.