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. 2021 Sep 3;9(9):985. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9090985

Table 1.

School principals’ characteristics, their works, health, COVID-19 related information and health literacy, sense of coherence, and vaccine hesitancy.

Variables Total (n = 387) COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
n (%) Mean ± SD p-Value *
Age, mean ± SD, 37–70 years 52.9 ± 4.8
Gender 0.011
Women 136 (35.1) 11.7 ± 2.8
Men 251 (64.9) 11.0 ± 2.6
School type 0.020
Primary school 243 (62.8) 11.1 ± 2.7
Junior high school 77 (19.9) 12.0 ± 2.7
Senior high school and vocational school 58 (15.0) 10.7 ± 2.5
School for special children 9 (2.3) 12.1 ± 2.5
School location 0.359
North 117 (30.2) 11.3 ± 2.7
Center 127 (32.8) 11.0 ± 2.6
South 80 (20.7) 11.5 ± 2.8
East 38 (9.8) 11.6 ± 2.5
Outlying islands 25 (6.5) 10.6 ± 2.4
School Size 0.221
≤12 classes 142 (36.7) 11.5 ± 2.8
13–24 classes 71 (18.3) 11.3 ± 2.7
25–48 classes 98 (25.3) 10.8 ± 2.7
≥49 classes 76 (19.7) 11.2 ± 2.4
Involving teaching 0.341
No 281 (72.6) 11.3 ± 2.7
Yes 106 (27.4) 11.0 ± 2.7
Weekly working hours, mean ± SD 48.9 ± 14.9 0.857
<40 h 32 (8.3) 11.0 ± 3.1
40 h 56 (14.5) 11.3 ± 2.6
>40 h 299 (77.2) 11.2 ± 2.6
Weekly working hours changes 0.745
Less than before the pandemic 113 (29.2) 11.4 ± 2.7
About the same 205 (53.0) 11.1 ± 2.6
More than before the pandemic 69 (17.8) 11.2 ± 2.8
General health status 0.024
Very bad or bad or moderate 155 (40.1) 11.6 ± 2.6
Good or very good 232 (69.9) 11.0 ± 2.7
Chronic health conditions 0.583
No 237 (61.2) 11.2 ± 2.8
Yes 150 (38.8) 11.3 ± 2.7
Physical limitation due to chronic conditions 0.725
Not limited 279 (72.1) 11.2 ± 2.6
Limited 108 (27.9) 12.3 ± 2.7
S-COVID-19-S 0.552
No 246 (63.6) 11.2 ± 2.7
Yes 141 (36.4) 11.3 ± 2.5
FCoV-19S 17.5 ± 5.3
Perceived stress, mean ± SD 12.7 ± 4.5
WHO-5 Wellbeing Index, mean ± SD 69.5 ± 15.4
Level of informing on COVID-19 related information 0.246
Insufficient/poor/fine informed 44 (11.4) 11.7 ± 3.3
Well or very well informed 343 (88.6) 11.2 ± 2.6
Level of confusion due to COVID-19 related information 0.187
Not at all or little confused 351 (90.7) 11.2 ± 2.6
Quite or very confused 36 (9.3) 11.8 ± 3.3
Level of concern about getting infected 0.893
Slightly concerned/not concerned at all 129 (33.3) 11.2 ± 2.6
Very concerned/concerned 258 (66.7) 11.2 ± 2.7
Perceived likelihood of getting infected 0.849
Not likely/definitely not 159 (41.1) 11.2 ± 2.7
Very likely/somewhat likely 228 (58.9) 11.2 ± 2.7
Sense of coherence, mean ± SD 4.2 ± 1.1
Coronavirus-related HL, mean ± SD 3.2 ± 0.4
Vaccine Hesitancy, mean ± SD 11.2 ± 2.7

Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; SD, standard deviation; S-COVID-19-S, suspected COVID-19 symptoms; FCoV-19S, fear of COVID-19; WHO, world health organization; HL, health literacy. * Results of one-way ANOVA test.