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. 2021 May 27;21:998. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10902-w

Table 2.

Bivariate analysis of variables associated with the willingness to do the COVID-19 vaccine

Variable Willingness to do the COVID-19 vaccination p
Strongly disagree/ disagree Neutral Agree/ Strongly agree
Gender 0.006
 Male 48 (34.8%) 47 (34.1%) 43 (31.2%)
 Female 189 (42.9%) 171 (38.8%) 81 (18.4%)
Marital status 0.04
 Single/ widowed/ divorced 178 (39.9%) 162 (36.3%) 106 (23.8%)
 Married 59 (44.4%) 56 (42.1%) 18 (13.5%)
Education 0.391
 Complementary or less 15 (42.9%) 12 (34.3%) 8 (22.9%)
 Secondary 42 (50.0%) 29 (34.5%) 13 (15.5%)
 University 180 (39.1%) 177 (38.5%) 103 (22.4%)
Living with a person at risk (pregnant, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, patients with cancer, immunocompromised) 0.180
 No 89 (43.6%) 80 (39.2%) 35 (17.2%)
 Yes 148 (39.5%) 138 (36.8%) 89 (23.7%)
Being a person at risk (pregnant, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, patients with cancer, immunocompromised) 0.286
 No 156 (38.9%) 154 (38.4%) 91 (22.7%)
 Yes 81 (45.5%) 64 (36.0%) 33 (18.5%)
Flu vaccine this year 0.909
 No 197 (41.0%) 179 (37.3%) 104 (21.7%)
 Yes 40 (40.4%) 39 (39.4%) 20 (20.2%)
Participant diagnosed with coronavirus infection 0.319
 No 187 (41.5%) 163 (36.1%) 101 (22.4%)
 Yes 50 (39.1%) 55 (43.0%) 23 (18.0%)
Family member/friend diagnosed with coronavirus infection 0.260
 No 116 (44.3%) 90 (34.4%) 56 (21.4%)
 Yes 121 (38.2%) 128 (40.4%) 68 (21.5%)
Anxiety that someone close catches coronavirus 0.625
 No 69 (39.4%) 71 (40.6%) 35 (20.0%)
 Yes 168 (41.6%) 147 (36.4%) 89 (22.0%)
Thought that coronavirus is a hoax 0.298
 No 203 (40.7%) 184 (36.9%) 112 (22.4%)
 Yes 34 (42.5%) 34 (42.5%) 12 (15.0%)
Age 24.44 ± 8.13 25.82 ± 10.78 24.35 ± 9.27 0.223
Household crowding index 1.12 ± 0.46 1.07 ± 0.40 1.12 ± 0.51 0.392
Vaccine hesitancy 41.25 ± 6.42 43.47 ± 6.13 45.46 ± 6.27 < 0.001
Knowledge 19.03 ± 5.95 19.18 ± 5.81 19.47 ± 5.01 0.787
Attitude 12.89 ± 3.73 13.21 ± 3.36 13.48 ± 3.68 0.306
Fear of COVID-19 17.20 ± 6.02 17.19 ± 5.48 16.38 ± 5.05 0.359

Numbers in bold indicate significant p-values; post hoc analysis: vaccine hesitancy and willingness to do the COVID vaccine: strongly disagree/disagree vs neutral p = 0.001; neutral vs agree/strongly disagree p < 0.001