Table 1 Bivariate analysis results, flash eurobarometer 494: attitudes on vaccination against COVID-19 (July 2021), N = 22,078

Yes

No

Individual level

N (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total

22,078

(100)

7,125

(32.27)

14,953

(67.73)

Gender¹

< 0.001

Male

10,857

(49.28)

3,292

(30.32)

7,565

(69.68)

Female

11,175

(50.72)

3,807

(34.07)

7,368

(65.93)

Age²

< 0.001

21–39

7,609

(34.46)

3,515

(46.20)

4,094

(53.80)

40–64

10,176

(46.09)

3,021

(29.69)

7,155

(70.31)

65 and over

4,293

(19.44)

589

(13.72)

3,704

(86.28)

Age when stopped

full-time education³

< 0.001

Up to 15 years

703

(3.46)

199

(28.31)

504

(71.70)

16–19

6,928

(34.06)

2,315

(33.42)

4,613

(66.58)

20 years

11,031

(54.23)

3,325

(30.14)

7,706

(69.86)

Still studying

1,679

(8.25)

614

(36.57)

1,065

(63.43)

Occupation⁴

< 0.001

Self-employed

2,503

(11.82)

950

(37.95)

1,553

(62.05)

Employee

10,985

(51.87)

3,653

(33.25)

7,332

(66.75)

Manual worker

1,193

(5.63)

596

(49.96)

597

(50.04)

Unemployed

6,496

(30.67)

1,649

(25.38)

4,847

(74.62)

Individual- Beliefs

Benefits/Safety⁵

< 0.001

Agree

16,902

(80.80)

3,284

(19.43)

13,618

(80.57)

Disagree

4,016

(19.20)

3,168

(78.84)

848

(21.12)

Efficacy⁶

< 0.001

Agree

10,090

(50.14)

1,683

(16.68)

8,407

(83.32)

Disagree

10,032

(49.86)

4,851

(48.36)

5,181

(51.64)

Subjective norm⁷

< 0.001

Agree

13,439

(63.54)

1,832

(13.63)

11,607

(86.37)

Disagree

7,713

(34.46)

4,977

(64.53)

2,736

(35.47)

Relationship Level

# of adults aged ≥ 15 in a household⁸

< 0.001

1

5,261

(25.18)

1,605

(30.51)

3,656

(64.49)

2

9,507

(45.50)

2,807

(29.53)

6,700

(70.47)

3+

6,127

(29.32)

2,149

(35.07)

3,978

(64.93)

# of children aged < 15 in a household⁹

< 0.001

0

14,942

(71.20)

4,123

(27.59)

10,819

(72.41)

1

3,529

(16.82)

1,432

(40.58)

2,097

(59.42)

2+

2,515

(11.98)

1,050

(41.75)

1,465

(58.25)

Community Level

Subjective urbanization¹⁰

0.017

Rural area

5,413

(24.52)

1,759

(32.50)

3,654

(67.50)

Small or medium- sized town

8,810

(39.90)

2,922

(33.17)

5,888

(66.83)

Large town/city

7,855

(35.58)

2,444

(31.11)

5,411

(68.89)

Societal Level

GNI per capita¹¹

< 0.001

Above EU average

8,097

(36.67)

1,926

(23.79)

6,171

(76.21)

Below EU average

13,981

(63.33)

5,199

(37.19)

8,782

(62.81)

Religion¹²

< 0.001

Catholic

12,957

(58.69)

3,974

(30.67)

8,983

(69.33)

Protestant

3,424

(15.51)

1,059

(30.93)

2,365

(69.07)

Orthodox

2,181

(9.88)

1,077

(49.38)

1,104

(50.62)

Unspecified or none

3,516

(15.93)

1,015

(28.87)

2,501

(71.13)

Political ideology¹³

< 0.001

Center left

4,429

(20.06)

1,513

(34.16)

2,916

(65.84)

Center right

4,558

(20.64)

1,517

(33.28)

3,041

(66.72)

Right

13,091

(59.29)

4,095

(31.28)

8,996

(68.72)

Geographical region¹⁴

Western Europe

12,645

(52.27)

3,094

(24.47)

9,551

(75.53)

< 0.001

Eastern Europe

9,433

(42.73)

4,031

(42.73)

5,402

(57.27)