Table 4b.

Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake among respondents

Risk Perception of COVID-19	Never taken vaccine (%) (n=122)	Taken at least 1 vaccine dose (n(%)), (n=278)	χ2	p-value
Believes he/she is at risk of being infected while attending UITH clinic			10.762	0.029
Strongly agree	20 (16.4%)	64 (23.0%)
Agree	46 (37.7%)	131 (47.1%)
Neutral	25 (20.5%)	36 (12.9%)
Disagree	30 (24.6%)	43 (15.5%)
Strongly disagree	1 (0.8%)	4 (1.5%)
Believes he/she is more likely to become sick with the new variant			5.630	0.229
Strongly agree	12 (9.8%)	36 (12.9%)
Agree	32 (26.2%)	98 (35.3%)
Neutral	31 (25.4%)	56 (20.1%)
Disagree	39 (32.0%)	77 (27.7%)
Strongly disagree	8 (6.6%)	11 (4.0%)
Believes use of facemask can prevent infection				0.000
Strongly agree	15 (12.3%)	91 (32.7%)
Agree	69 (56.6%)	159 (57.2%)
Neutral	26 (21.3%)	18 (6.5%)
Disagree	11 (9.0%)	7 (2.5%)
Strongly disagree	1 (0.8%)	3 (1.1%)
Believes regular hand washing with water and soap can prevent infection			30.653	0.000
Strongly agree	19 (15.6%)	109 (39.2%)
Agree	81 (66.4%)	150 (54.0%)
Neutral	18 (14.8%)	15 (5.4%)
Disagree	4 (3.2%)	2 (0.7%)
Strongly disagree	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)
Believes not sitting close to people can prevent infection			17.981	0.001
Strongly agree	18 (14.8%)	87 (31.3%)
Agree	64 (52.5%)	142 (51.1%)
Neutral	26 (21.3%)	34 (12.2%)
Disagree	11 (9.0%)	11 (4.0%)
Strongly disagree	3 (2.5%)	4 (1.4%)
Believes he/she can contract the virus if no prevent measure is taken			31.188	0.000
Strongly agree	13 (10.6%)	80 (28.8%)
Agree	60 (49.2%)	140 (50.4%)
Neutral	28 (23.0%)	44 (15.8%)
Disagree	19 (15.6%)	10 (3.6%)
Strongly disagree	2 (1.6%)	4 (1.4%)