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Table 2 Responses to the questions by gender and ethnic group

From: A study of ethnic, gender and educational differences in attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines in Israel – implications for vaccination implementation policies

 

Jews

N (%)

Arabs

N (%)

Total

N (%)

PR (Reference Jews)

[95%CI]

p

Would you want the COVID-19 vaccine immediately

Males

Yes

81 (27.3)

31 (23.1)

112 (26.0)

1.18 [0.82–1.69]

0.365

No

216 (72.7)

103 (76.9)

319 (74.0)

Females

Yes

42 (13.6)

26 (12.0)

68 (12.9)

1.13 [0.72–1.79]

0.588

No

267 (86.4)

191 (88.0)

458 (87.1)

Would you refuse the COVID-19 vaccine completely

Males

Yes

23 (7.7)

40 (29.9)

63 (14.6)

0.26 [0.16–0.42]

< 0.0001

No

274 (92.3)

94 (70.1)

368 (85.4)

Females

Yes

53 (17.2)

89 (41.0)

142 (27.0)

0.42 [0.31–0.56]

< 0.0001

No

256 (82.8)

128 (59.0)

384 (73.0)

If the number of cases increased, would you want the COVID-19 vaccine immediately

Males

Yes

81 (27.3)

31 (23.1)

112 (26.0)

1.18 [0.82–1.69]

0.365

No

216 (72.7)

103 (79.9)

319 (74.0)

Females

Yes

41 (13.3)

24 (11.1)

65 (12.4)

1.20 [0.75–1.93]

0.449

No

268 (86.7)

193 (88.9)

461 (87.6)

Would you be prepared to take part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial at every stage?

Males

Yes

56 (18.9)

22 (16.4)

78 (18.1)

1.15 [0.73–1.18]

0.543

No

241 (81.1)

112 (83.6)

353 (81.9)

Females

Yes

23 (7.4)

13 (6.0)

36 (6.8)

1.24 [0.64–2.39]

0.516

No

286 (92.6)

204 (94.0)

490 (93.2)

Do you refuse to be vaccinated against influenza this year?

Males

Yes

111 (37.4)

72 (53.7)

183 (42.5)

0.70 [0.56–0.86]

0.002

No

186 (62.6)

62 (46.3)

248 (57.5)

Females

Yes

139 (45.0)

127 (58.5)

266 (50.6)

0.77 [0.65–0.91]

0.002

No

170 (55.0)

90 (41.5)

260 (49.4)

Do you believe that the pandemic is very dangerous to the public

Males

Yes

247 (83.2)

77 (57.5)

324 (75.2)

1.44 [1.24–1.69]

< 0.0001

No

50 (16.8)

57 (42.5)

107 (24.8)

Females

Yes

269 (87.1)

143 (65.9)

412 (78.3)

1.32 [1.19–1.47]

< 0.0001

No

40 (12.9)

74 (34.1)

114 (21.7)