Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants
| Variables | Total (N=2,881) | Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination | χ2 | df | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (N=2,123) | No (N=758) | ||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| Female gender | 1,920 | 66.6 | 1418 | 66.8 | 502 | 66.2 | 0.080 | 1 | 0.777 |
| Urban residents | 1,322 | 45.9 | 1012 | 47.7 | 310 | 40.9 | 10.314 | 1 | 0.001 |
| Health related course | 1,711 | 59.4 | 1,378 | 63.5 | 363 | 47.9 | 56.403 | 1 | <0.001 |
| School grade | 3.519 | 4 | 0.475 | ||||||
| First year | 1,651 | 57.3 | 1,229 | 57.9 | 422 | 55.7 | |||
| Second year | 601 | 20.9 | 431 | 20.3 | 170 | 22.4 | |||
| Third year | 305 | 10.6 | 224 | 10.6 | 81 | 10.7 | |||
| Fourth year | 221 | 7.6 | 168 | 7.9 | 53 | 7.0 | |||
| Fifth year | 103 | 3.6 | 71 | 3.3 | 32 | 4.2 | |||
| Perceived health status as good | 2,174 | 75.5 | 1,594 | 75.1 | 580 | 76.5 | 0.621 | 1 | 0.431 |
| Worried about being infected with COVID-19 | 13.025 | 2 | 0.001 | ||||||
| No | 518 | 18.0 | 349 | 16.4 | 169 | 22.3 | |||
| Fair | 1,851 | 64.2 | 1,388 | 65.4 | 463 | 61.1 | |||
| Very much | 512 | 17.8 | 386 | 18.2 | 126 | 16.6 | |||
| Heard about COVID-19 vaccines previously | 2,464 | 85.5 | 1909 | 89.9 | 555 | 73.2 | 125.854 | 1 | <0.001 |
| Thought COVID-19 vaccines could provide protection | 185.177 | 2 | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 199 | 6.9 | 86 | 4.1 | 113 | 14.9 | |||
| Yes | 1,371 | 47.6 | 1,145 | 53.9 | 226 | 29.8 | |||
| Not sure | 1,311 | 45.5 | 892 | 42.0 | 419 | 55.3 | |||
| Encouraged family to get vaccine | 756.589 | 2 | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 223 | 7.8 | 48 | 2.3 | 175 | 23.1 | |||
| Yes | 1,989 | 69.0 | 1,754 | 82.6 | 235 | 31.0 | |||
| Not sure | 669 | 23.2 | 321 | 15.1 | 348 | 45.9 | |||
| Thought vaccines are safe | 124.592 | 2 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Not safe with obvious side effects | 70 | 2.4 | 27 | 1.3 | 43 | 5.7 | |||
| Not sure | 2,219 | 77.0 | 1,570 | 74.0 | 649 | 85.6 | |||
| Safe with no obvious side effects | 592 | 20.6 | 528 | 24.8 | 66 | 8.7 | |||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t/Z | df | P | |
| Age (Years) | 19.83 | 2.02 | 19.80 | 2.06 | 19.93 | 1.90 | 1.664 | 1435.988 | 0.096 |
| PHQ-9 total | 5.43 | 5.45 | 5.45 | 5.35 | 5.38 | 5.74 | -1.522 | ---* | 0.128 |
| GAD-7 total | 10.88 | 4.72 | 10.84 | 4.61 | 10.99 | 5.06 | -0.527 | ---* | 0.598 |
Bolded values: <0.05; M: mean; SD: standard deviation; COVID-19: Corona Virus Disease 2019; PHQ-9: 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire; GAD-7: 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale; * Mann-Whitney U test.