Table 1. Descriptive statistics by vaccine uptake/hesitancy.
| Total | Already vaccinated | Definitely would | Probably would | Probably would not | Definitely would not | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 10,011 | 2,562 | 3,267 | 2,442 | 872 | 868 | |
| Female | 67.1% | 77.2% | 65.5% | 62.5% | 62.7% | 61.4% | <0.001 |
| Age group | <0.001 | ||||||
| 18–34 | 37.4% | 14.3% | 45.8% | 45.0% | 42.4% | 47.0% | |
| 35–49 | 24.5% | 24.0% | 24.1% | 25.8% | 25.2% | 23.2% | |
| 50–59 | 14.7% | 19.4% | 13.1% | 13.6% | 12.2% | 12.1% | |
| 60+ | 23.4% | 42.3% | 17.0% | 15.5% | 20.2% | 17.7% | |
| COVID-19 information sources | |||||||
| Traditional | 98.3% | 98.1% | 98.8% | 97.7% | 98.5% | 98.0% | 0.020 |
| Personal network | 4.7% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 5.2% | 4.9% | 5.8% | 0.22 |
| Healthcare | 15.7% | 17.6% | 12.4% | 18.1% | 15.4% | 16.5% | <0.001 |
| Community | 3.6% | 2.6% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 4.4% | 5.0% | 0.006 |
| Mistrust in government (raw score) | 6 (3–7) | 6 (3–6) | 6 (3–7) | 6 (5–8) | 6 (6–9) | 7 (6–9) | <0.001 |
| Highest educational attainment | <0.001 | ||||||
| None | 11.2% | 16.7% | 9.2% | 9.0% | 10.8% | 9.8% | |
| Primary | 16.2% | 21.2% | 14.7% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 15.3% | |
| Some secondary | 42.5% | 32.7% | 46.0% | 45.5% | 47.4% | 44.9% | |
| Completed secondary | 23.3% | 20.5% | 24.2% | 24.9% | 22.2% | 24.4% | |
| Any tertiary | 6.8% | 8.9% | 5.8% | 6.7% | 5.3% | 5.5% | |
| Urbanicity of household | <0.001 | ||||||
| Peri-Urban | 24.6% | 26.0% | 25.9% | 23.1% | 21.3% | 22.8% | |
| Rural | 67.4% | 64.0% | 65.6% | 69.5% | 72.5% | 72.9% | |
| Urban | 8.0% | 10.0% | 8.5% | 7.4% | 6.2% | 4.3% | |
| Change in economic stability | <0.001 | ||||||
| Much better off | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 0.5% | |
| A little better off | 3.6% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 5.0% | 2.3% | 4.1% | |
| About the same | 79.6% | 81.7% | 78.1% | 77.4% | 82.9% | 81.6% | |
| A little worse off | 7.9% | 6.0% | 8.8% | 8.1% | 7.8% | 9.0% | |
| Much worse off | 8.4% | 9.0% | 9.2% | 9.0% | 5.5% | 4.8% | |
| Change in community wellbeing | 0.006 | ||||||
| Got better | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 2.0% | |
| Stayed the same | 80.0% | 81.6% | 78.7% | 79.0% | 80.3% | 83.1% | |
| Got worse | 18.2% | 16.4% | 19.7% | 19.2% | 18.6% | 15.0% | |
| Has household member aged 60+ | 55.4% | 62.9% | 52.9% | 51.4% | 56.8% | 52.4% | <0.001 |
| COVID stereotype stigma score | 6 (6–6) | 6 (6–6) | 6 (6–6) | 6 (6–6) | 6 (6–6) | 6 (6–6) | <0.001 |
| COVID anticipated stigma score | 5 (3–5) | 5 (3–5) | 5 (3–5) | 5 (2–5) | 5 (3–5) | 5 (3–5) | <0.001 |
| Future COVID infection concern level | <0.001 | ||||||
| Not at all | 21.8% | 21.2% | 26.2% | 16.2% | 17.1% | 27.5% | |
| Slightly concerned | 38.8% | 41.0% | 27.1% | 55.3% | 32.6% | 35.7% | |
| Moderately concerned | 16.8% | 15.7% | 13.7% | 19.2% | 22.9% | 18.3% | |
| Very concerned | 22.7% | 22.2% | 32.9% | 9.3% | 27.4% | 18.4% | |
| Knows someone who has had COVID | 6.3% | 7.6% | 6.2% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 0.030 |
| Any other household members vaccinated | 27.6% | 39.5% | 23.0% | 27.1% | 21.2% | 17.3% | <0.001 |
| PHQ-4 categories | <0.001 | ||||||
| Normal | 66.2% | 65.5% | 70.0% | 61.1% | 69.4% | 65.4% | |
| Mild | 19.7% | 16.5% | 18.1% | 25.6% | 16.6% | 21.2% | |
| Moderate | 11.4% | 15.5% | 8.9% | 11.7% | 11.8% | 7.8% | |
| Severe | 2.7% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 5.5% | |
| Past 7-day KZN cases per1000 population | 0.15 (0.06–0.22) | 0.17 (0.08–0.23) | 0.14 (0.06–0.24) | 0.16 (0.07–0.21) | 0.14 (0.06–0.20) | 0.09 (0.05–0.19) | <0.001 |
Note: Figures for categorical variables are row percentages with tests of difference; figures for continuous variables are median and (interquartile range) with Kruskall-Wallis tests of difference.