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. 2021 Aug 23;9(8):936. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9080936

Table 3.

Bivariate associations between socio-demographic factors and intent of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among respondents in study counties.

Socio-Demographic Factors Overall Kilifi County Kisumu County Nairobi County Wajir County
Vaccine p-Value Vaccine p-Value Vaccine p-Value Vaccine p-Value Vaccine p-Value
Hesitant n (%) Hesitant n (%) Hesitant n (%) Hesitant n (%) Hesitant n (%)
All respondents 1509 (36.5%) - 327 (29.8%) - 120 (17.1%) 319 (28.5%) 743 (61.0%)
County:
Urban county (Nairobi/Kisumu) 439 (24.1%) 0.000 *
Rural county (Kilifi/Wajir) 1070 (46.2%)
Sex:
Female 1023 (36.8%) 0.559 214 (32.6%) 0.015 * 104 (17.5%) 0.422 203 (29.1%) 0.589 502 (60.3%) 0.438
Male 486 (35.9%) 113 (25.7%) 16 (14.4%) 116 (27.6%) 241 (62.6%)
Age group (years):
18–35 453 (33.6%) 0.003 * 87 (33.7%) 0.344 65 (18.6%) 0.083 140 (29.7%) 0.748 161 (59.9%) 0.189
36–57 878 (37.2%) 201 (29.2%) 52 (16.7%) 167 (28.0%) 458 (60.1%)
58+ 146 (43.2%) 31 (27.9%) 1 (3.1%) 11(25.6%) 103 (67.8%)
Marital status:
Single 358 (31.7%) 0.000 * 84 (34.3%) 0.084 54 (18.2%) 0.493 114 (31.7%) 0.056 76 (58.0%) 0.458
Married 1151 (38.3%) 243 (28.6%) 66 (16.2%) 175 (26.4%) 667 (61.4%)
Highest level of education:
No schooling/Pre-primary 795 (53.9%) 0.000 * 75 (29.6%) 0.51 2 (11.1%) 0.000 * 6 (15.0%) 0.097 712 (61.1%) 0.09
Primary school 363 (25.0%) 178 (28.5%) 37 (11.5%) 125 (26.6%) 23 (71.9%)
Secondary school 254 (28.1%) 56 (33.9%) 53 (19.8%) 141 (30.5%) 4 (44.4%)
Tertiary school 97 (31.7%) 18 (34.0%) 28 (29.5%) 47 (32.2%) 4 (33.3%)
Socio-economic status:
Tertile 1 (Poorest) 594 (39.2%) 0.000 * 115 (31.6%) 0.611 47 (15.6%) 0.525 97 (32.4%) 0.206 335 (60.7%) 0.693
Tertile 2 297 (26.5%) 108 (28.3%) 30 (16.8%) 143 (26.7%) 16 (69.6%)
Tertile 3 (Wealthiest) 618 (41.3%) 104 (29.7%) 43 (19.4%) 79 (28.1%) 392 (60.96%)

* Significant difference at p < 0.05.