Table 2.

Attitudes towards Ebola vaccine and Ebola risk perception among respondents^# in a national household survey, Sierra Leone, December 2014.

#	Item&	N	%	95% CI
1	Please say if you agree, disagree, or have no opinion about the following statement. “A vaccine to protect against Ebola is needed to help fight Ebola in Sierra Leone.”
	Agree	3217	92.5	90.6–94.0
	Somewhat agree	143	4.1	3.0–5.6
	Disagree	119	3.4	2.6–4.5
2	If a vaccine that has been tested to be safe in humans and could protect against Ebola becomes available in Sierra Leone, how likely would you be to take it?
	Very likely to take it	2701	77.9	74.1–81.3
	Somewhat likely to take it	590	17.0	14.3–20.1
	Not very likely to take it	114	3.3	2.5–4.3
	Not at all likely to take it	62	1.8	1.2–2.6
3	If a vaccine that has been tested to be safe in humans and could protect against Ebola becomes available in Sierra Leone, how likely would your family be to take it?
	Very likely to take it	2653	77.2	73.3–80.7
	Somewhat likely to take it	595	17.3	14.6–20.4
	Not very likely to take it	129	3.8	2.9–4.9
	Not at all likely to take it	58	1.7	1.2–2.5
4	If a vaccine that has been tested to be safe in humans and could protect against Ebola becomes available in Sierra Leone, who do you think should take it first?
	Me or my family	869	25.5	22.2–29.0
	Healthcare workers or burial teams	1262	36.9	40.0–40.9
	Political leaders	471	13.8	11.8–16.0
	Pregnant women	41	1.2	0.7–2.1
	Children	98	2.9	2.0–4.1
	Team that is offering the Ebola vaccine to others	336	9.8	8.0–12.0
	People who live in worst affected areas	281	8.2	6.6–10.2
	Other	57	1.7	1.0–2.7

CI = confidence interval.

^#N = 3540 respondents.

^&Don’t know and declined responses excluded: 61 missing for item-1; 73 missing for item-2; 105 missing for item-3; 125 missing for item-4.