Logistic regression analysis of relationships between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), sociodemographics and other individual characteristics and compliance with, trust in and support for COVID-19 control measures
Low trust in NHS COVID-19 information | Unfairly restricted a lot by government | Social distancing should end | Mandatory face coverings should go | Break restrictions at least occasionally | Vaccine hesitancy | ||||||||||||||
AOR | 95% CIs | P value | AOR | 95% CIs | P value | AOR | 95% CIs | P value | AOR | 95% CIs | P value | AOR | 95% CIs | P value | AOR | 95% CIs | P value | ||
ACE count | 0 | Ref | <0.001 | Ref | 0.002 | Ref | <0.001 | Ref | <0.001 | Ref | <0.001 | Ref | <0.001 | ||||||
1 | 1.46 | 0.90 to 2.37 | 0.123 | 1.13 | 0.76 to 1.67 | 0.549 | 1.22 | 0.76 to 1.98 | 0.410 | 1.80 | 1.10 to 2.94 | 0.019 | 1.34 | 1.05 to 1.73 | 0.020 | 1.29 | 0.83 to 2.02 | 0.254 | |
2–3 | 1.82 | 1.11 to 2.99 | 0.017 | 1.50 | 1.02 to 2.21 | 0.042 | 1.01 | 0.60 to 1.72 | 0.963 | 1.76 | 1.06 to 2.93 | 0.029 | 1.48 | 1.13 to 1.94 | 0.004 | 1.56 | 1.01 to 2.43 | 0.047 | |
4+ | 3.22 | 1.94 to 5.36 | <0.001 | 2.19 | 1.44 to 3.33 | <0.001 | 2.89 | 1.79 to 4.68 | <0.001 | 3.57 | 2.14 to 5.94 | <0.001 | 2.01 | 1.47 to 2.76 | <0.001 | 3.11 | 2.00 to 4.82 | <0.001 | |
Age (years) | 18–29 | Ref | 0.819 | Ref | 0.112 | Ref | <0.001 | Ref | <0.001 | Ref | <0.001 | Ref | <0.001 | ||||||
30–39 | 1.05 | 0.48 to 2.30 | 0.897 | 0.78 | 0.44 to 1.37 | 0.378 | 0.88 | 0.45 to 1.71 | 0.706 | 1.51 | 0.79 to 2.88 | 0.214 | 0.66 | 0.44 to 0.98 | 0.041 | 0.82 | 0.48 to 1.40 | 0.465 | |
40–49 | 1.08 | 0.52 to 2.24 | 0.847 | 0.71 | 0.41 to 1.20 | 0.198 | 0.96 | 0.52 to 1.77 | 0.900 | 1.13 | 0.60 to 2.14 | 0.702 | 0.49 | 0.34 to 0.72 | <0.001 | 0.51 | 0.30 to 0.88 | 0.015 | |
50–59 | 0.92 | 0.45 to 1.88 | 0.819 | 0.63 | 0.38 to 1.05 | 0.074 | 0.67 | 0.37 to 1.23 | 0.197 | 0.67 | 0.35 to 1.27 | 0.219 | 0.44 | 0.31 to 0.63 | <0.001 | 0.41 | 0.24 to 0.69 | 0.001 | |
60–69 | 0.89 | 0.42 to 1.89 | 0.753 | 0.55 | 0.32 to 0.96 | 0.034 | 0.32 | 0.15 to 0.66 | 0.002 | 0.46 | 0.22 to 0.96 | 0.038 | 0.38 | 0.26 to 0.56 | <0.001 | 0.29 | 0.16 to 0.53 | <0.001 | |
70+ | 1.29 | 0.62 to 2.69 | 0.495 | 0.45 | 0.25 to 0.79 | 0.006 | 0.23 | 0.10 to 0.50 | <0.001 | 0.27 | 0.11 to 0.64 | 0.003 | 0.22 | 0.15 to 0.34 | <0.001 | 0.18 | 0.09 to 0.36 | <0.001 | |
Deprivation quintile | Least 1 | Ref | 0.024 | Ref | 0.012 | Ref | 0.275 | Ref | 0.157 | Ref | 0.031 | Ref | 0.010 | ||||||
2 | 0.82 | 0.43 to 1.53 | 0.527 | 0.59 | 0.36 to 0.96 | 0.034 | 0.87 | 0.47 to 1.61 | 0.664 | 1.04 | 0.56 to 1.94 | 0.903 | 1.01 | 0.75 to 1.34 | 0.970 | 1.30 | 0.73 to 2.34 | 0.375 | |
3 | 1.14 | 0.63 to 2.06 | 0.666 | 0.84 | 0.54 to 1.32 | 0.451 | 1.36 | 0.77 to 2.39 | 0.285 | 1.28 | 0.71 to 2.34 | 0.413 | 1.07 | 0.80 to 1.43 | 0.631 | 1.76 | 1.01 to 3.05 | 0.046 | |
4 | 1.87 | 1.08 to 3.24 | 0.026 | 1.19 | 0.77 to 1.82 | 0.433 | 1.54 | 0.88 to 2.71 | 0.131 | 1.56 | 0.86 to 2.81 | 0.143 | 0.89 | 0.66 to 1.21 | 0.468 | 2.09 | 1.21 to 3.61 | 0.008 | |
Most 5 | 1.64 | 0.91 to 2.95 | 0.100 | 1.33 | 0.85 to 2.07 | 0.209 | 1.36 | 0.75 to 2.46 | 0.318 | 1.91 | 1.06 to 3.45 | 0.033 | 0.64 | 0.45 to 0.89 | 0.009 | 2.44 | 1.41 to 4.23 | 0.001 | |
Sex* | Male | 1.42 | 0.99 to 2.04 | 0.059 | 1.35 | 1.01 to 1.82 | 0.044 | 1.89 | 1.32 to 2.72 | 0.001 | 2.29 | 1.59 to 3.31 | <0.001 | 1.28 | 1.05 to 1.57 | 0.016 | 1.37 | 0.99 to 1.91 | 0.060 |
Ethnicity* | Other | 1.44 | 0.42 to 4.93 | 0.559 | 1.00 | 0.34 to 2.94 | 1.000 | 0.70 | 0.16 to 3.00 | 0.626 | 0.63 | 0.14 to 2.73 | 0.534 | 0.70 | 0.30 to 1.61 | 0.395 | 1.78 | 0.69 to 4.56 | 0.230 |
Had COVID-19*† | Yes | 1.18 | 0.77 to 1.81 | 0.443 | 1.37 | 0.99 to 1.91 | 0.058 | 1.07 | 0.71 to 1.63 | 0.745 | 1.04 | 0.66 to 1.55 | 0.949 | 1.22 | 0.96 to 1.54 | 0.104 | 1.33 | 0.93 to 1.90 | 0.121 |
Chronic disease*‡ | Yes | 1.07 | 0.73 to 1.58 | 0.722 | 0.99 | 0.72 to 1.36 | 0.958 | 0.92 | 0.61 to 1.38 | 0.691 | 0.55 | 0.35 to 0.87 | 0.010 | 0.68 | 0.54 to 0.85 | 0.001 | 0.94 | 0.65 to 1.35 | 0.731 |
*Reference categories for sex, ethnicity, had COVID-19 and chronic disease were female, white, not had COVID-19 and not had a chronic disease respectively. Full wording of all questions is provided in online supplemental appendix table A1.
†Having had COVID-19 was self-reported, see the Methods section.
‡Chronic diseases included cancer, type II diabetes, heart disease and respiratory diseases, see the Methods section for details.
AOR, adjusted odds ratio; NHS, National Health Service.