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. 2021 Jun 10;21:1106. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11197-7

Table 2.

Factor associated with vaccine acceptance

Parameters Variables Accept vaccine Percent % Don’t accept vaccine Percent % OR 95% CI P-VALUE
Age/years 18–20 17 18.9 73 81.1 1
21–30 182 62.8 108 37.2 0.14 0.08–0.24 0.000
31–40 163 46.8 185 53.2 0.27 0.15–0.47 0.000
41–50 72 43.1 95 56.9 0.31 0.17–0.57 0.000
51–60 32 26.2 90 73.8 0.65 0.34–1.27 0.249
61–70 29 58.0 21 42.0 0.17 0.08–0.36 0.000
Sex Female 170 59.4 116 40.6 1
Male 325 41.6 456 58.4 2.1 1.56–2.71 0.000
Education Primary 21 70.0 9 30.0 1
Secondary 50 45.5 60 54.5 2.8 1.18–6.66 0.022
Tertiary 424 45.7 503 54.3 2.8 1.25–6.11 0.009
Occupation Business 66 54.1 56 45.9 1
Civil servant 187 44.8 230 55.2 1.45 0.97–2.17 0.079
Private sector 163 54.0 139 46.0 1.00 0.66–1.53 1.000
Retired 10 76.9 3 23.1 0.35 0.09–1.34 0.146
Student 52 26.9 141 73.1 3.19 1.98–5.15 0.000
Unemployed 17 85.0 3 15.0 0.21 0.06–0.75 0.012
Religion Christian 433 45.9 511 54.1 1
Muslim 45 44.6 56 55.4 1.05 0.69–1.59 0.834
Pagans 17 77.3 5 22.7 0.24 0.09–0.68 0.004
Marital status Married 274 43.2 360 56.8 1
Not married 221 51.0 212 49.0 0.73 0.57–0.93 0.012
Monthly Income/SHS $274–$548 132 53.0 117 47.0 1
<$274 111 41.9 154 58.1 1.56 1.10–2.22 0.013
>$548 195 51.3 185 48.7 1.07 0.77–1.47 0.684
No salary 57 32.9 116 67.1 2.29 1.53–3.44 0.000
Residence Rural 158 42.5 214 57.5 1
Urban 337 48.5 358 51.5 0.78 0.61–1.01 0.062