Assessing public knowledge, attitudes and determinants of third COVID-19 vaccine booster dose acceptance: current scenario and future perspectives

Table 5 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with the attitude about third COVID-19 vaccine booster dose

Demographic	Groups	Attitude score ≥ 34
		OR	95% CI		P-value
		OR	Lower	Upper	P-value
Gender	Male	I
Gender	Female	0.990	0.934	1.050	0.743
Age	18–22	1.024	0.881	1.190	0.760
	23–26	1.028	0.884	1.194	0.723
	27–30	0.998	0.856	1.162	0.975
	31–36	0.926	0.764	1.121	0.431
	≥ 37	I
Nationality	Emirati	1.032	0.905	1.178	0.636
	African	1.020	0.901	1.155	0.752
	Western	0.929	0.823	1.050	0.239
	Asian	0.999	0.894	1.118	0.991
	Arabic	I
Education	Primary school/elementary	0.933	0.820	1.062	0.295
	Secondary education	0.905	0.798	1.026	0.120
	Diploma	0.892	0.787	1.011	0.074
	University degree	0.888	0.775	1.019	0.091
	Post-graduate degree	I
Employment	Student	I
	Unemployed	2.473	2.138	2.860	< 0.001*
	Employee in non-health sector	2.052	1.891	2.227	< 0.001*
	Employee in health sector	1.611	1.489	1.743	< 0.001*
Have any chronic diseases		0.876	0.801	0.959	0.004*
Have relatives who infected with the Covid-19		1.183	1.057	1.323	0.003*
Have infected with Covid-19		1.246	1.079	1.440	0.002*
Received first two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine		1.080	1.015	1.148	0.015*
Admitted to hospital due to COVID-19 symptoms		2.249	1.843	2.744	< 0.001*

^*P-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant, OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval

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