Perception, Attitude and Intention towards COVID-19 Vaccination †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Research Framework
4. Research Methods
5. Results and Discussion
5.1. Demographic Data
5.2. Reliability of Latent Variables
5.3. Structural Model
5.4. Moderation
6. Conclusions and Implications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Test of Homogeneity of Variances | ANOVA | |||||
Vaccination Experience | Mean | Std. Deviation | Levene Statistic | Sig. | F | Sig. |
Yes (First dose) | 3.9628 | 0.33714 | 2.140 | 0.119 | 7.998 | 0.000 |
Yes (Two doses) | 4.0764 | 0.41329 | ||||
No | 3.8415 | 0.43097 | ||||
Post Hoc Results (Group Differences) | ||||||
Vaccination Experience | Mean Difference | Sig. | 95% confidence level | |||
Lower Bound | Upper Bound | |||||
Yes (First dose)–Yes (Two doses) | −0.11355 | 0.311 | −0.2965 | 0.0694 | ||
Yes (Two doses)–No | 0.23481 * | 0.001 | 0.0851 | 0.3845 | ||
Yes (First dose)–No | −0.12126 | 0.083 | −0.2546 | 0.0121 |
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Chahal, A.; Dhall, R.; Kundu, J.; Kataria, N. Perception, Attitude and Intention towards COVID-19 Vaccination. Med. Sci. Forum 2024, 26, 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECV2023-16527
Chahal A, Dhall R, Kundu J, Kataria N. Perception, Attitude and Intention towards COVID-19 Vaccination. Medical Sciences Forum. 2024; 26(1):2. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECV2023-16527
Chicago/Turabian StyleChahal, Aarti, Rosy Dhall, Jyotika Kundu, and Nidhi Kataria. 2024. "Perception, Attitude and Intention towards COVID-19 Vaccination" Medical Sciences Forum 26, no. 1: 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECV2023-16527