Table 3. Association of demographic characteristics with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among medical students at IUA, Khartoum, Sudan, 2021 (n = 217).
| Variables | Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 121) | No (n = 96) | |||||
| frequency | % | frequency | % | Chi-Square | p-value | |
| Age | ||||||
| ≤ 24 | 92 | 57. 1 | 69 | 42. 9 | 0. 483 | 0. 487 |
| > 24 | 29 | 51. 9 | 27 | 48. 1 | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 57 | 57 | 43 | 43 | 0. 115 | 0. 734 |
| Female | 64 | 54. 7 | 53 | 45. 3 | ||
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Single | 115 | 55. 0 | 94 | 45. 0 | 1. 990* | 0. 437 |
| Married | 5 | 83. 3 | 1 | 16. 7 | ||
| Prefer not to say | 1 | 50. 0 | 1 | 50. 0 | ||
| Year of study | ||||||
| Year 4 | 54 | 54. 5 | 45 | 45. 5 | 0. 109 | 0. 741 |
| Year 5 | 67 | 56. 8 | 51 | 43. 2 | ||
| Nationality | ||||||
| Sudanese | 37 | 59. 7 | 25 | 40. 3 | 0. 534 | 0. 462 |
| Non-Sudanese | 84 | 54. 2 | 71 | 45. 8 | ||
* Fisher’s exact test was done instead of Chi-square test.