Table 2.
Willingness to take COVID-19 vaccine among first phase COVID-19 vaccination target population in Ghana, 2021
| Willingness to take COVID-19 vaccine | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | Not sure | Total | Total | |
| Level of trust in COVID-19 vaccine (χ2 = 175.93; p < 0.000) | |||||
| No trust | 73.3 | 10 | 16.7 | 100 | 60 |
| Moderate trust | 17.4 | 68.5 | 14.1 | 100 | 213 |
| Very much | 1.4 | 97.9 | 0.7 | 100 | 142 |
| Total | 20 | 70.1 | 9.9 | 100 | 415 |
| Vaccine deployment group of respondents (χ2 = 44.62; p < 0.000) | |||||
| 60 years & above | 35 | 45 | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| Essential worker | 26 | 60.5 | 13.6 | 100 | 177 |
| Frontline executive/security personnel | 18.8 | 75 | 6.2 | 100 | 32 |
| Health workers | 5.9 | 88.2 | 5.9 | 100 | 119 |
| People with underlying conditons | 12.5 | 62.5 | 25 | 100 | 8 |
| Religious leader | 57.1 | 42.9 | 0 | 100 | 7 |
| Teacher | 23.1 | 73.1 | 3.8 | 100 | 52 |
| Age of respondent (χ2 = 27.77; p < 0.001) | |||||
| < 20–29 | 31.8 | 57.4 | 10.9 | 100 | 129 |
| 2. 30–39 | 21 | 68.1 | 10.9 | 100 | 138 |
| 3. 30–34 | 12.7 | 78.2 | 9.1 | 100 | 55 |
| 4. 50–59 | 2.5 | 87.5 | 10 | 100 | 40 |
| 5. 60+ | 9.4 | 84.9 | 5.7 | 100 | 53 |
| Sex (χ2 = 4.1; p < 0.128) | |||||
| Female | 15.8 | 73.5 | 10.7 | 100 | 196 |
| Male | 23.7 | 67.1 | 9.1 | 100 | 219 |
| Level of education (χ2 = 9.37; p < 0.154) | |||||
| No formal edu | 14.3 | 71.4 | 14.3 | 100 | 7 |
| Basic Education | 33.3 | 56.7 | 10 | 100 | 30 |
| Sec/Voc | 28.8 | 61.6 | 9.6 | 100 | 73 |
| 3. Higher/Tertiary | 16.7 | 73.4 | 9.8 | 100 | 305 |
| Sector of employment (χ2 = 16.25; p < 0.003) | |||||
| Informal Worker | 33.8 | 52.7 | 13.5 | 100 | 74 |
| Formal Worker | 16.1 | 75 | 8.9 | 100 | 316 |
| Unemployed/Student | 28 | 60 | 12 | 100 | 25 |
| Total | 20 | 70.1 | 9.9 | 100 | 415 |