Skip to main content
. 2021 Jul 8;105(3):713–717. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0231

Table 2.

Association between selected sociodemographic variables, vaccine reservation, and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance

Variable
N = 806
Do you have any reservations toward vaccination?
(Reservations toward vaccination)
Will you take COVID-19 vaccine?
(COVID-19 vaccine acceptance)
Yes
N (%)
No
N (%)
Yes
N (%)
No
N (%)
Gender
 Female (220) 84 (38.2) 136 (61.8) 170 (77.3) 50 (22.7)
 Male (586) 258 (44.0) 328 (56.0) 338 (57.7) 248 (42.3)
χ2 = 1.119, P value = 0.290 χ2 = 13.176, P value = 0.000
Age group (years)
 > 40 (82) 36 (43.9) 46 (56.1) 48 (58.5) 34 (41.5)
 ≤ 40 (724) 306 (42.3) 418 (57.7) 460 (63.5) 264 (36.5)
χ2 = 0 0.040, P value = 0.841 χ2 = 0 0.395, P value = 0.530
Occupation
 Used (407) 172 (42.4) 235 (57.6) 255 (62.6) 152 (37.4)
 Unemployed (399) 169 (42.5) 230 (57.5) 253 (63.5) 146 (36.5)
χ2 = 0 0.001, P value = 0.987 χ2 = 0.038, P value = 0.845
Location
 Kabul (534) 202 (37.8) 332 (62.2) 350 (65.5) 184 (34.5)
 Other provinces (272) 140 (51.5) 132 (48.5) 158 (58.1) 114 (41.9)
χ2 = 6.866, P value = 0.009 χ2 = 2.149, P value = 0.143
Education
 Pre-university (151) 44 (29.3) 107 (70.7) 95 (62.7) 56 (37.3)
 University (655) 297 (45.4) 358 (54.6) 413 (63.1) 242 (36.9)
χ2 = 6.472, P value = 0.011 χ2 = 0.005, P value = 0.943
Total 341 (42.4%) 465 (57.6%) 509 (63%) 297 (37%)