Table 1.
Respondent background characteristics (A) and their perceptions of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines stratified by country (n=2242) (B)
| Burkina Faso | Guinea | Mali | Senegal | Sierra Leone | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| A: background characteristics | |||||
| Total | 506 (22) | 561 (25) | 598 (27) | 149 (7) | 428 (19) |
| Female gender | 254 (50) | 202 (36) | 226 (38) | 75 (50) | 194 (45) |
| Age (years)* | 34 (27–45) | 34 (27–47) | 43 (18–54) | 35 (26–47) | 35 (27–45) |
| Urban area | 276 (55) | 331 (59) | 366 (61) | 76 (51) | 191 (45) |
| Vaccination offered | 9 (2) | 312 (56) | 120 (20) | 0 (0) | 39 (9) |
| Vaccinated | 1 (0) | 181 (32) | 37 (6) | 0 (0) | 23 (5) |
| Living with children | 414 (88) | 410 (77) | 556 (93) | 135 (92) | 317 (78) |
| Living with elderly (≥65 years) | 79 (17) | 188 (35) | 342 (57) | 94 (64) | 137 (34) |
| Education | |||||
| No formal education | 113 (22) | 121 (22) | 162 (27) | 31 (21) | 69 (16) |
| Primary/middle school | 101 (20) | 96 (17) | 123 (21) | 57 (38) | 40 (9) |
| Secondary school or higher | 292 (58) | 344 (61) | 313 (52) | 61 (41) | 319 (74) |
| Ever refused a vaccination | 26 (5) | 102 (18) | 69 (11) | 4 (3) | 20 (5) |
| … for child | 3 (12) | 1 (1) | 3 (5) | 2 (50) | 1 (7) |
| … for child/oneself | 2 (8) | 10 (11) | 21 (34) | 0 (0) | 2 (13) |
| … for oneself | 21 (81) | 84 (88) | 38 (61) | 2 (50) | 12 (80) |
| B: perceptions of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines | |||||
| Worried about COVID-19 | |||||
| No | 325 (65) | 191 (35) | 171 (29) | 96 (64) | 136 (32) |
| Yes | 177 (35) | 362 (65) | 421 (71) | 53 (36) | 290 (68) |
| Feel at risk of infection | |||||
| No | 253 (50) | 187 (34) | 174 (29) | 80 (54) | 121 (28) |
| Yes | 179 (35) | 244 (44) | 332 (56) | 36 (24) | 260 (61) |
| Don’t know | 73 (14) | 126 (23) | 91 (15) | 33 (22) | 45 (11) |
| Vaccine protects against COVID-19 | |||||
| No | 81 (16) | 17 (3) | 74 (13) | 40 (27) | 23 (5) |
| Yes | 329 (66) | 434 (78) | 382 (66) | 87 (58) | 293 (69) |
| Don’t know | 91 (18) | 107 (19) | 123 (21) | 22 (15) | 106 (25) |
| COVID-19 vaccines are safe | |||||
| No | 166 (33) | 44 (8) | 152 (26) | 61 (41) | 19 (4) |
| Yes | 104 (21) | 201 (37) | 129 (22) | 33 (22) | 175 (41) |
| Don’t know | 234 (46) | 294 (55) | 304 (52) | 55 (37) | 230 (54) |
| Concerned about side effects | |||||
| No | 63 (13) | 130 (24) | 129 (22) | 22 (15) | 24 (6) |
| Yes | 395 (79) | 327 (60) | 321 (55) | 120 (81) | 266 (63) |
| Don’t know | 42 (8) | 90 (16) | 134 (23) | 7 (5) | 134 (32) |
| COVID-19 vaccines carry more risks | |||||
| No | 57 (12) | 144 (26) | 77 (13) | 20 (13) | 26 (6) |
| Yes | 307 (62) | 156 (28) | 283 (49) | 104 (70) | 167 (39) |
| Don’t know | 130 (26) | 249 (45) | 221 (38) | 25 (17) | 231 (54) |
*Median age and IQR (in brackets).