Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the study participants.
| Variables | f | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 435 | 54.17 |
| 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 |
| Yes | 359 | 44.71 | |
| Did you already taken COVID-19 Vaccine? | No | 763 | 95.02 |
| 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 |