Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants.

		Intention to receive mpox vaccine
Item	All participants (N = 7311)	Mpox vaccine acceptance NO. (%)	Mpox vaccine hesitancy NO. (%)	P Value
Gender				.861
Male	3712	1632 (44%)	2080 (56%)
Female	3599	1575 (43.8%)	2024 (56.2%)
Age (year)				.537
16–22	3266	1435 (43.9%)	1831 (56.1%)
23–26	3421	1486 (43.4%)	1935 (56.6%)
>26	624	286 (45.8%)	338 (55.2%)
Residence				.353
Rural	2365	1019 (43.1%)	1346 (56.9%)
Urban	4946	2188 (44.2%)	2758 (55.8%)
Education level				.275
College degree	2931	1253 (42.7%)	1678 (57.3%)
Bachelor’s degree	2912	1294 (44.4%)	1618 (55.6%)
≥ Master’s degree	1468	660 (45%)	808 (55%)
Medicine specialty				.003
Yes	511	256 (50%)	255 (50%)
No	6800	2951 (43.4%)	3849 (56.6%)
Sexual orientation				<.001
Heterosexual	7216	3153 (43.7%)	4063 (56.3%)
Double sexuality	3	3 (100%)	0 (0%)
Homosexual	80	39 (48.8%)	41 (51.2%)
unclear	12	12 (100%)	0 (0%)
History of STDs				<.001
Yes	837	423 (50.5%)	414 (49.5%)
No	4905	1991 (40.6%)	2914 (59.4%)
Undetected and unclear	1569	793 (50.5%)	776 (49.5%)

Abbreviations: STD, sexually transmitted disease.