Table 6.
Participants' perceptions about COVID-19 vaccines after vaccination by demographic and health characteristics.
| Variable |
Believing that COVID-19 vaccines are safe in the long-term
n (%) |
Monitoring signs became more frequent after vaccination n (%) |
Advise others to get vaccinated for COVID-19
n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Female | 254 (47.0) | 257 (47.6) | 431 (79.8) |
| Male | 346 (66.8)*** | 272 (52.5) | 459 (88.6)*** |
| Age (years) | |||
| 18–29 | 76 (53.1) | 70 (49.0) | 117 (81.8) |
| 30–39 | 200 (55.1) | 169 (46.6) | 298 (82.1) |
| 40–49 | 165 (56.1) | 153 (52.0) | 248 (84.4) |
| 50–59 | 89 (57.8) | 78 (50.6) | 134 (87.0) |
| ≥60 | 70 (67.3) | 59 (56.7) | 93 (89.4) |
| Marital status | |||
| Unmarried | 143 (54.6) | 119 (45.4)* | 213 (81.3) |
| Married | 457 (57.4) | 410 (51.5) | 677 (85.1) |
| Educational level | |||
| High school or below | 142 (62.0)* | 121 (52.8) | 197 (86.0) |
| University degree | 244 (53.0) | 236 (51.3) | 379 (82.4) |
| Postgraduate degree | 214 (58.0) | 172 (46.6) | 314 (85.1) |
| Employment status | |||
| Government sector employee | 313 (57.9)*** | 264 (48.8) | 458 (84.7)*** |
| Private sector employee | 88 (54.7) | 78 (48.4) | 136 (84.5) |
| Student | 46 (65.7) | 36 (51.4) | 60 (85.7) |
| Retired | 74 (67.3) | 65 (59.1) | 103 (93.6) |
| Unemployed | 79 (44.9) | 86 (48.9) | 133 (75.6) |
| Nationality | |||
| Non-Saudi | 37 (51.4) | 36 (50.0) | 64 (88.9) |
| Saudi | 563 (57.1) | 493 (50.0) | 826 (83.8) |
| Smoker | |||
| No | 437 (54.8) | 401 (50.3) | 658 (82.5) |
| Yes | 163 (62.7)** | 128 (49.2) | 232 (89.2) |
| Chronic illness | |||
| No | 398 (56.5) | 343 (48.7) | 591 (83.8) |
| Yes | 202 (57.2) | 186 (52.7) | 299 (84.7) |
| Number of doses received | |||
| One | 266 (49.4)*** | 261 (48.5) | 412 (76.6)*** |
| Two | 334 (64.2) | 268 (51.5) | 478 (91.9) |
| Infected with COVID-19 before vaccination | |||
| No | 510 (56.3) | 461 (50.9) | 770 (85.0) |
| Yes | 90 (59.2) | 68 (44.7) | 120 (78.9)* |
| Anxiety | |||
| No | 380 (75.5) | 257 (51.1) | 476 (94.6) |
| Yes | 220 (39.6)*** | 272 (49.0) | 414 (74.6)*** |
***
p <0.01,
**
p <0.05,
*
p <0.1.