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. 2022 Jun 1;17(6):e0268230. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268230

Table 7. Determinants of willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines (n = 365).

Variables Willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines Freq (%) Total Chi-square, P-value
Yes N = 215 No N = 79
Age (years) p = 0.614μ
18–29 100 (70.92) 41 (29.08) 141 (100.0)
30–49 88 (72.73) 33 (27.27) 121 (100.0)
50–64 19 (82.61) 4 (17.39) 23 (100.0)
65 & Above 8 (88.89) 1 (11.11) 9 (100.0)
Gender χ2 = 0.25, p = 0.615
Male 119 (71.69) 47 (28.31) 166 (100.0)
Female 96 (75.0) 32 (25.0) 128 (100.0)
Marital Status χ2 = 0.84, p = 0.359
Single 127 (70.95) 52 (29.05) 179 (100.0)
Married 88 (76.52) 27 (23.48) 115 (100.0)
Highest Educational Level P = 0.117μ
Primary/Secondary/High school 9 (90.0) 1 (10.0) 10 (100.0)
Diploma 6 (46.15) 7 (53.85) 13 (100.0)
Bachelor’s Degree 110 (72.85) 41 (27.15) 151 (100.0)
Master’s and Above 90 (75.0) 30 (25.0) 120 (100.0)
Occupation P = 0.042 * μ
Business man/woman 19 (90.48) 2 (9.52) 21 (100.0)
Civil servant/Administrator 36 (80.0) 9 (20.0) 45 (100.0)
Company worker 2 (66.67) 1 (33.33) 3 (100.0)
Health care worker 46 (79.31) 12 (20.69) 58 (100.0)
Professional 11 (68.75) 5 (31.25) 16 (100.0)
Retired 5 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (100.0)
Student/unemployed 52 (60.47) 34 (39.53) 86 (100.0)
Teacher/University Lecturer/researcher 44 (73.33) 16 (26.67) 60 (100.0)

*Statistically significant (p < 0.05), μ = Fishers exact p