Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
November 15, 2021
Summary:
Objectives:
To estimate levels of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among working-age adults with disabilities in the United Kingdom.
Study design:
Cross-sectional survey.
Methods
Secondary analysis of data collected on a nationally representative sample of 10,114 respondents aged 16–64 years.
Results:
The adjusted relative risk for hesitancy among respondents with a disability was 0.92 (95% CI 0.67–1.27). There were stronger associations between gender and hesitancy and ethnic status and hesitancy among participants with a disability. The most common reasons cited by people with disabilities who were hesitant were: concern about the future effects of the vaccine, not trusting vaccines and concern about the side effects of vaccination.
Conclusions:
The higher rates of vaccine hesitancy among women with disabilities and among people from minority ethnic groups with disabilities are concerning.
Published in
Public Health
Volume and page numbers
Volume: 200 , p.106 -108
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.09.019
ISSN
333506
Subjects
Notes
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