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. 2021 May 7;9(5):471. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9050471

Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

Variables Frequency (n) Unweighted Percentages (%) Weighted Percentages (%)
Migrant Status/Type
Qataris (Non-migrants) 171 16.5 19.6
White-collar migrants 689 66.4 57.1
Blue-collar migrants 178 17.1 23.3
Education Level
Undergraduate or less 895 86.5 87.5
Graduate/Professional 140 13.5 12.5
Gender
Male 709 68.3 66.7
Female 329 31.7 33.3
Age Group (Years)
18–29 201 19.9 23.1
30–34 180 17.8 18.3
35–39 201 19.9 19.1
40+ 428 42.4 39.5
Marital Status
Married 759 73.3 68.8
Separated/Divorced/Widowed 48 4.6 5.2
Never married 228 22.0 26.0
Employment Status
Unemployed 240 23.2 24.1
Employed 796 76.8 75.9
Ethnicity
Arab 579 55.8 54.1
Non-Arab 459 44.2 45.9
Living Arrangement
Live with Others 863 83.1 83.0
Live Alone 175 16.9 17.0
Depression or Anxiety 1
Yes 81 8.02 8.5
No 928 92.0 91.5
Chronic Disease 2
Yes 268 25.8 24.5
No 770 74.2 75.5
COVID-19 Status 3
Yes 85 8.2 7.9
No 953 91.8 92.1
COVID-19 Related Death 4
Yes 134 12.9 12.1
No 904 87.1 87.9
Quarantine Status 5
Yes 229 22.1 22.2
No 809 77.9 77.8
COVID-19 Infection Concerns 6
Not at all concerned 184 19.5 20.4
Not too concerned 159 16.8 16.1
Somewhat concerned 307 32.5 30.6
Very concerned 295 31.2 32.9
Willing to Get the Vaccine 7
Accepting Group 430 42.0 42.7
Hesitant Group 475 46.4 45.2
Resistant Group 118 11.5 12.1

Note. Total sample size N = 1038. Weighted percentages are calculated using survey weights and therefore differ from the unweighted or raw percentages. The number of respondents (n) reported for each variable corresponds to the unweighted sample. 1 Defined as a cut-off of 10 or more on Physician Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) or the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7); 2 Chronic disease defined by respondents’ endorsement of one of the following conditions: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, heart disease, cancer or cancerous tumors, and disability (physical, visual, hearing); 3 Defined as positive if the respondent reported positive status confirmed by a test; 4 Defined as the death of someone close due to COVID-19; 5 Defined as any experience of quarantine since the pandemic started; 6 Measuring the extent of concern about themselves or their family members contracting COVID-19 (not at all concerned, not too concerned, somewhat concerned, very concerned); 7 Willingness to get the vaccine was categorized into: vaccine accepting (strongly agree), vaccine hesitant (somewhat agree, neutral, somewhat disagree), and vaccine resistant (strongly disagree).