Exploring reported causes of vaccine hesitancy among European adolescents and parents: results of a citizen science project

Table 2 Prevalence of hesitancy in European adolescents and determinants for hesitancy

Variable		Hesitancy	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis	听
Variable		% (n/N)	OR (95% CI)	p-value	aOR (95% CI)	p-value
Gender	Female	21.9 (178/812)	reference group	-	reference group	-
Gender	Male	19.9 (211/1061)	0.88 (0.71, 1.11)	0.31	0.89 (0.71, 1.12)	0.33
听	Non-binary*	25.0 (1/4)	-	-	- -	-
Age (years)**	听	听	0.95 (0.88, 1.01)	0.11	0.99 (0.89, 1.10)	0.85
Country	Spain	12.5 (58/462)	reference group	-	reference group	-
Country	Portugal	14.0 (66/470)	1.13 (0.78, 1.67)	0.56	1.03 (0.67, 1.59)	0.88
听	Italy	24.7 (117/473)	2.28 (1.62, 3.25)	<0.001	2.23 (1.52, 3.25)	&濒迟;鈥�0.001
听	Poland	31.6 (149/472)	3.20 (2.30, 4.52)	<0.001	2.89 (1.93, 4.32)	&濒迟;鈥�0.001
Educational level	High school	17.8 (61/342)	reference group	-	reference group	-
	Vocational training	23.9 (51/405)	1.45 (0.95, 2.21)	0.08	1.40 (0.91, 2.15)	0.13
	Secondary	19.5 (179/917)	1.12 (0.81, 1.55)	0.52	1.13 (0.72, 1.76)	0.61
	Primary	24.4 (99/405)	1.49 (1.04, 2.14)	0.03	1.30 (0.65, 2.60)	0.46

Prevalence of hesitancy (adapted PACV scoring鈥夆墺鈥�50) in percentage (%) and number (n)/denominator (N), and results of the univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses showing Odds Ratios (OR) and adjusted OR (aOR) with 95% Confidence Interval (CI). *non-binary gender was not assessed in the logistic regression analysis due to the small sample size (N鈥�=鈥�4), **Age was treated as a continue variable in the logistic regression analyses

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