Table 2.
Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions (KAP) regarding vaccination among participants
| Sex (n = 1179) |
P-value | Willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19 (n = 1179) |
P-value | Education level (n = 1179) |
P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males (n = 574) | Females (n = 605) | Yes (n = 912) | No (n = 267) | Secondary level (n = 156) | Higher qualification (n = 1023) | ||||
| COVID-19 vaccine can cause SARS-CoV-2 infection, n (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 156 (27.2) | 147 (24.3) | 0.286 | 230 (25.2) | 73 (27.3) | 0.524 | 21 (13.5) | 282 (27.6) | <.001 |
| No | 418 (72.8) | 458 (75.7) | 682 (74.8) | 194 (72.7) | 135 (86.5) | 741 (72.4) | |||
| COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective in preventing COVID-19, n (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 437 (76.1) | 462 (76.4) | 0.945 | 693 (76.0) | 206 (77.2) | 0.774 | 115 (73.7) | 784 (76.6) | .420 |
| No | 137 (23.9) | 143 (23.6) | 219 (24.0) | 61 (22.8) | 41 (26.3) | 239 (23.4) | |||
| All adults should receive COVID-19 vaccine, n (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 279 (48.6) | 311 (51.4) | 0.351 | 479 (52.5) | 111 (41.6) | 0.002 | 74 (47.4) | 516 (50.4) | .493 |
| No | 295 (51.4) | 294 (48.6) | 433 (47.5) | 156 (58.4) | 82 (52.6) | 507 (49.6) | |||
| I feel that I am at risk to get COVID-19, n (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 400 (69.7) | 417 (68.9) | 0.801 | 649 (71.2) | 168 (62.9) | 0.013 | 104 (66.7) | 713 (69.7) | .457 |
| No | 174 (30.3) | 188 (31.1) | 263 (28.8) | 99 (37.1) | 52 (33.3) | 310 (30.3) | |||
| Everyone can potentially spread SARS-CoV-2 to other people, n (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 449 (78.2) | 468 (77.4) | 0.727 | 707 (77.5) | 201 (22.9) | 0.738 | 122 (78.2) | 795 (77.7) | .890 |
| No | 125 (21.8) | 137 (22.6) | 205 (22.5) | 57 (21.3) | 34 (21.8) | 228 (22.3) | |||
| SARS-CoV-2 is contagious, n (%) | |||||||||
| Minimally | 41 (7.1) | 35 (5.8) | 0.324 | 58 (6.4) | 18 (6.7) | 0.560 | 11 (7.1) | 65 (6.4) | .667 |
| Somewhat | 64 (11.1) | 82 (13.6) | 118 (12.9) | 28 (10.5) | 16 (10.3) | 130 (12.7) | |||
| Very | 469 (81.7) | 488 (80.7) | 736 (80.7) | 221 (82.8) | 129 (82.7) | 828 (80.9) | |||
| More likely to trust immunizations that have been around for a while, n (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 353 (61.5) | 358 (59.2) | 0.439 | 547 (60.0) | 164 (61.4) | 0.722 | 103 (66.0) | 608 (59.4) | .135 |
| No | 221 (38.5) | 247 (40.8) | 356 (40.0) | 103 (38.6) | 53 (34.0) | 415 (40.6) | |||
| Immunizations are getting better and safer all of the time, as a result of medical research, n (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 388 (67.6) | 408 (67.4) | 0.954 | 608 (66.7) | 188 (70.4) | 0.266 | 121 (77.6) | 675 (66.0) | .004 |
| No | 186 (32.4) | 197 (32.6) | 304 (33.3) | 79 (29.6) | 35 (22.4) | 348 (34.0) | |||
| Immunizations do more good than harm, n (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 401 (69.9) | 426 (70.4) | 0.849 | 637 (69.8) | 190 (71.2) | 0.704 | 130 (83.3) | 697 (68.1) | <.001 |
| No | 173 (30.1) | 179 (29.6) | 275 (30.2) | 77 (28.8) | 26 (16.7) | 326 (31.9) | |||
| Opposed to immunization requirements because they go against freedom of choice, n (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 192 (33.4) | 190 (31.4) | 0.456 | 294 (32.2) | 88 (33.0) | 0.824 | 44 (28.2) | 338 (33.0) | 0.270 |
| No | 382 (66.6) | 415 (68.6) | 618 (67.8) | 179 (67.0) | 112 (71.8) | 685 (67.0) | |||
| Immunization requirements protect immunized adults from getting diseases from unimmunized adults, n (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 430 (74.9) | 445 (73.6) | 0.641 | 660 (72.4) | 215 (80.5) | 0.007 | 121 (77.6) | 754 (73.7) | 0.327 |
| No | 144 (25.1) | 160 (26.4) | 252 (27.6) | 52 (19.5) | 35 (22.4) | 269 (26.3) | |||