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Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the study participants.

Variables		f	%
Sex	Male	435	54.17
Sex	Female	368	45.83
Age	< 25	532	66.25
	25 to 39	205	25.53
	≥ 40	66	8.22
Education	Below Bachelor degree	230	28.64
	Bachelor degree	335	41.72
	Master's degree or above	238	29.64
Occupation	Student	530	66.00
	Employee	146	18.18
	Home Maker	48	5.98
	Business	29	3.61
	Other	50	6.23
Blood pressure	Don't Know	125	15.57
	Normal Blood Pressure	592	73.72
	Low Blood Pressure	58	7.22
	High Blood Pressure	28	3.49
Chronic diseases	Diabetes	4	0.50
	heart diseases	3	0.37
	Hypertension	20	2.49
	kidney disease	4	0.50
	Other diseases	67	8.34
Did you infected by SARS-CoV-2 (Corona Virus) in recent time?	No	670	83.44
	Yes	19	2.37
	Don't Know	114	14.20
Do you think Corona Virus lost his effectiveness?	No	430	53.55
	Yes	77	9.59
	Don't Know	296	36.86
At present time, do you regularly use protective tools (like mask, gloves, sanitizer etc.)?	No	42	5.23
	Not regular basis	370	46.08
	Regularly	391	48.69
At present time, do you take any protective medicines for COVID-19?	No	775	96.51
	Yes	28	3.49
Do you know Government of India started the Vaccination program for COVID-19?	No	59	7.35
	Yes	744	92.65
Do you have any idea about COVID-19 Vaccine?	No	444	55.29
Do you have any idea about COVID-19 Vaccine?	Yes	359	44.71
Did you already taken COVID-19 Vaccine?	No	763	95.02
Did you already taken COVID-19 Vaccine?	Yes	40	4.98
Did you taken any type of medicine before (1–2 h) the vaccination process?	No	120	14.94
	Yes	5	0.62
Did you experience any type of illness or side effects after taking the vaccine?	No	62	7.72
	Yes	15	1.87
Do you think this vaccine able to deliver fruitful results?	Don't know	246	30.64
	May be	367	45.70
	No	23	2.86
	Yes	167	20.80
Did you recommended or suggested your family members for vaccination?	No	145	18.06
	Yes	658	81.94
When do you want to take Vaccine for COVID-19, if it is available to you?	Already taken	32	3.99
	Immediately	356	44.33
	In later stage	318	39.60
	Not Necessary	97	12.08
If you want to take Vaccine for COVID-19, which vaccine of the following do you prefer?	CoronaVac (China)	3	0.37
	Covaxin (Bharat Biotech, India)	482	60.02
	Covishield (Oxford University; United kingdom)	216	26.90
	Pfizer (USA & Germany)	17	2.12
	Sputnik V (Russia)	16	1.99
	None of them	69	8.59
Do you believe COVID-19 vaccine contains unsafe toxin?	Don't know	444	55.29
	May be	83	10.34
	No	254	31.63
	Yes	22	2.74
Do you think Vaccination causes any type of illness or disease?	Don't know	362	45.08
	May be	285	35.49
	No	115	14.32
	Yes	41	5.11
Do you know someone who was vaccinated but got the disease or any type of illness?	No	707	88.04
	Yes	96	11.96
Do you think, If anyone had Covid-19 already, he /she don't need to get vaccinated?	Should be taken	613	76.34
	Since he /she infected once, it's no longer needed	190	23.66
Do you think Corona vaccines contains a live version of the Corona virus?	Don't know	551	68.62
	No	208	25.90
	Yes	44	5.48
Do you think, you can ditch your mask, forget social distancing after you get vaccinated with Corona vaccines?	After get the Vaccine, no longer needed this	67	8.34
	I don't want to take Corona Virus Vaccine	53	6.60
	Needed to maintain protective measures	683	85.06
Do you think, Natural immunity is better than vaccine-acquired immunity?	Don't know	219	27.27
	May be	159	19.80
	No	85	10.59
	Yes	340	42.34
Do you think once you receive the corona virus vaccine, you're immune for life?	Don't know	329	40.97
	May be	137	17.06
	No	303	37.73
	Yes	34	4.23
Do you think Vaccine only useful for older people?	Don't know	383	47.70
	No	374	46.58
	Yes	46	5.73
Do you think Vaccination may produce side effect in children?	Don't know	607	75.59
	No	119	14.82
	Yes	77	9.59