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    Vaccine hesitancy among working-age adults with/without disability in the UK

    Emerson, E, Totsika, V, Aitken, Z, King, T, Hastings, RP, Hatton, C ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8781-8486, Stancliffe, RJ, Llewellyn, G and Kavanagh, A (2021) Vaccine hesitancy among working-age adults with/without disability in the UK. Public Health, 200. pp. 106-108. ISSN 0033-3506

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    Abstract

    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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