Table 2.
Participants’ knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 and willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine (Yes, No, Not sure) (n = 587).
| Variables | Willing to receive COVID 19 vaccine |
Total population |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes |
No |
Unsure |
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| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| COVID-19 spreads via respiratory droplets of infected population. | |||||||||
| TRUE | 256 | 42 % | 124 | 20 % | 207 | 34 % | 587 | 97 % | |
| FALSE | 7 | 1 % | 8 | 1 % | 4 | 1 % | 19 | 1 % | |
| Person with COVID-19 cannot transmit the virus to others when fever is absent. | |||||||||
| TRUE | 8 | 1 % | 9 | 1 % | 17 | 3 % | 34 | 6 % | |
| FALSE | 256 | 42 % | 122 | 20 % | 194 | 32 % | 572 | 94 % | |
| Corona virus (SARS-C0V-2) is similar to SARS-COV and MERS-CoV | |||||||||
| TRUE | 143 | 24 % | 76 | 13 % | 113 | 19 % | 332 | 55 % | |
| FALSE | 117 | 19 % | 55 | 9 % | 98 | 16 % | 270 | 45 % | |
| There is no effective therapeutic cure for COVID-19 yet. | |||||||||
| TRUE | 232 | 38 % | 109 | 18 % | 182 | 30 % | 523 | 86 % | |
| FALSE | 31 | 5 % | 22 | 4 % | 29 | 5 % | 82 | 14 % | |
| All my activities will be disrupted if I get ill with COVID-19. | |||||||||
| Strongly agree | 122 | 20 % | 26 | 4 % | 75 | 12 % | 233 | 39 % | |
| Agree | 84 | 14 % | 36 | 6 % | 61 | 10 % | 181 | 30 % | |
| Neutral | 25 | 4 % | 25 | 4 % | 33 | 5 % | 83 | 14 % | |
| Disagree | 27 | 4 % | 28 | 5 % | 37 | 6 % | 92 | 15 % | |
| Strongly disagree | 6 | 1 % | 5 | 1 % | 4 | 1 % | 15 | 2 % | |
| I am worried that I might experience stigma if i get ill with COVID-19. | |||||||||
| Strongly agree | 23 | 4 % | 11 | 2 % | 17 | 3 % | 51 | 8 % | |
| Agree | 63 | 10 % | 26 | 4 % | 66 | 11 % | 155 | 26 % | |
| Neutral | 51 | 8 % | 20 | 3 % | 39 | 6 % | 110 | 18 % | |
| Disagree | 56 | 9 % | 28 | 5 % | 47 | 8 % | 131 | 22 % | |
| Strongly disagree | 45 | 7 % | 70 | 12 % | 41 | 7 % | 156 | 26 % | |
| COVID-19 is a serious disease for me. | |||||||||
| Strongly agree | 91 | 15 % | 28 | 5 % | 60 | 10 % | 179 | 30 % | |
| Agree | 101 | 17 % | 32 | 5 % | 92 | 15 % | 225 | 37 % | |
| Neutral | 49 | 8 % | 33 | 5 % | 37 | 6 % | 119 | 20 % | |
| Disagree | 18 | 3 % | 31 | 5 % | 19 | 3 % | 68 | 11 % | |
| Strongly disagree | 4 | 1 % | 7 | 1 % | 3 | 0 % | 14 | 2 % | |
| COVID-19 is a serious disease for my family. | |||||||||
| Strongly agree | 46 | 8 % | 136 | 22 % | 110 | 18 % | 292 | 48 % | |
| Agree | 97 | 16 % | 45 | 7 % | 69 | 11 % | 211 | 35 % | |
| Neutral | 22 | 4 % | 23 | 4 % | 19 | 3 % | 64 | 11 % | |
| Disagree | 7 | 1 % | 12 | 2 % | 11 | 2 % | 30 | 5 % | |
| Strongly disagree | 2 | 0 % | 5 | 1 % | 2 | 0 % | 9 | 1 % | |
| COVID-19 is not a disease that needs serious attention. | |||||||||
| Strongly agree | 11 | 2 % | 2 | 0 % | 4 | 1 % | 17 | 3 % | |
| Agree | 7 | 1 % | 23 | 4 % | 12 | 2 % | 42 | 7 % | |
| Neutral | 14 | 2 % | 19 | 3 % | 15 | 2 % | 48 | 8 % | |
| Disagree | 92 | 15 % | 45 | 7 % | 73 | 12 % | 210 | 35 % | |
| Strongly disagree | 140 | 23 % | 41 | 7 % | 107 | 18 % | 288 | 48 % | |