Table 4.
Knowledge of the COVID-19 pandemic and attitudes toward accepting booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
| Variables | Numbers | Positive Willingness to Accept COVID-19 Vaccine 1 | Negative Willingness to Accept COVID-19 Vaccine | p-Value (COC) 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 957 | N = 717 | N = 240 | ||
| 74.9% | 25.1% | |||
| n | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Having information that SARS-CoV-2 could spread as influenza does yearly 3 | <0.001 *** (0.330) | |||
| Low | 350 | 193 (55.1) | 157 (44.9) | |
| Middle | 147 | 134 (91.2) | 13 (8.8) | |
| High | 460 | 390 (84.8) | 70 (15.2) | |
| Willingness to accept a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines in the future | <0.001 *** (0.451) | |||
| Low | 329 | 147 (44.7) | 182 (55.3) | |
| Middle | 222 | 198 (89.2) | 24 (10.8) | |
| High | 406 | 372 (91.6) | 34 (8.4) |
1 We evaluated the willingness of accepting COVID-19 vaccines through participants responded with five options (very unlikely, somewhat unlikely, somewhat likely, very likely, and unsure). When a participant responded, “very likely” or “somewhat likely”, it was defined that the participant had a positive willingness of accepting COVID-19 vaccines. 2 p-value was calculated using the chi-square test with effect size presented as coefficient of contingency. 3 Participants responded using a 7-point scale, and higher values indicate greater levels. When they responded with 1–3, 4, or 5–7 on the scale, the level of that construct was defined as low, middle, or high, respectively. *** p-value < 0.001. Abbreviation: COC, coefficient of contingency.