Table 4. Association between the level of Mpox (monkeypox) vaccination intention and sociodemographic profiles of the respondents.
| Parameters | Mpox (monkeypox) vaccination intention | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High, N = 148 | Medium, N = 245 | Low, N = 15 | Chi-square tests | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | χ2 | df | p-value | |
| Age range (years) | |||||||||
| 18–25 | 76 | 51.3 | 123 | 50.2 | 10 | 66.7 | 576.653 | 9 | <0.001 |
| 26–35 | 62 | 41.9 | 90 | 36.7 | 3 | 20.0 | |||
| 36–45 | 10 | 6.8 | 32 | 13.1 | 2 | 13.3 | |||
| BMI (kg/m 2 ) | |||||||||
| Below 18.5 | 17 | 11.5 | 16 | 6.5 | 2 | 13.3 | 574.303 | 9 | <0.001 |
| 18.5–25 | 98 | 66.2 | 159 | 64.9 | 9 | 60.0 | |||
| Above 25 | 33 | 22.3 | 70 | 28.6 | 4 | 26.7 | |||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Unmarried | 101 | 68.2 | 141 | 57.6 | 10 | 66.7 | 576.411 | 9 | <0.001 |
| Married | 47 | 31.8 | 104 | 42.4 | 5 | 33.3 | |||
| Education level | |||||||||
| Illiterate | 3 | 2.0 | 22 | 9.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 614.163 | 15 | <0.001 |
| Primary | 12 | 8.1 | 25 | 10.2 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Secondary | 8 | 5.4 | 46 | 18.8 | 4 | 26.7 | |||
| Higher Secondary | 46 | 31.1 | 65 | 26.5 | 6 | 40.0 | |||
| Graduate/above | 79 | 53.4 | 87 | 35.5 | 3 | 20.0 | |||
| Occupation | |||||||||
| Service | 51 | 34.5 | 73 | 29.8 | 5 | 33.3 | 593.913 | 18 | <0.001 |
| Business | 16 | 10.8 | 39 | 15.9 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Self-employed | 12 | 8.1 | 28 | 11.4 | 1 | 6.7 | |||
| Student | 55 | 37.1 | 84 | 34.3 | 6 | 40.0 | |||
| Unemployed | 10 | 6.8 | 13 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Others | 4 | 2.7 | 8 | 3.3 | 3 | 20.0 | |||
| Economic status | |||||||||
| Low | 138 | 93.2 | 226 | 92.2 | 15 | 100.0 | 578.174 | 9 | <0.001 |
| Medium | 4 | 2.7 | 16 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| High | 6 | 4.1 | 3 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Residence | |||||||||
| Urban | 108 | 73.0 | 155 | 63.3 | 12 | 80.0 | 578.038 | 9 | <0.001 |
| Rural | 40 | 27.0 | 90 | 36.7 | 3 | 20.0 | |||
| Living status | |||||||||
| With family | 102 | 68.9 | 195 | 79.6 | 14 | 93.3 | 580.909 | 9 | <0.001 |
| Without family | 46 | 31.1 | 50 | 20.4 | 1 | 6.7 | |||
| Smoking habit | |||||||||
| Smoker | 38 | 25.7 | 88 | 35.9 | 5 | 33.3 | 574.733 | 9 | <0.001 |
| Non-smoker | 110 | 74.3 | 157 | 64.1 | 10 | 66.7 | |||
| Sexual orientation | |||||||||
| Heterosexual | 145 | 98.0 | 245 | 100.0 | 15 | 100.0 | 575.391 | 9 | <0.001 |
| Bisexual | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Homosexual | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Sexual partner | |||||||||
| None | 99 | 66.9 | 139 | 56.8 | 8 | 53.3 | 578.441 | 9 | <0.001 |
| One | 47 | 31.8 | 91 | 37.1 | 6 | 40.0 | |||
| More than one | 2 | 1.3 | 15 | 6.1 | 1 | 6.7 | |||
| Covid-19 impact on life | |||||||||
| Yes | 49 | 33.1 | 57 | 23.3 | 4 | 26.7 | 574.320 | 6 | <0.001 |
| No | 99 | 66.9 | 188 | 76.7 | 11 | 73.3 | |||
p-values are significant at 95% confidence interval (p<0.05). Significant p-values are shown in bold. BMI, body mass index; df, degrees of freedom; N, number.