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E Emerson1, V Totsika2, Z Aitken3
1Centre for Disability Research, Faculty of Health & Medicine, Lancaster University, UK; Centre for Disability Research & Policy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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.
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