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. 2022 Sep 13;17(9):e0274541. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274541

Table 2. COVID-19 awareness, perceptions and vaccine acceptability by pregnancy status.

Pregnant Non-pregnant Total p-value
n (%) n (%) n (%)
n = 387 n = 448 n = 835
Has heard of COVID-19 360 (93.0) 432 (96.4) 792 (94.9) 0.04
Has heard of COVID-19 vaccine 336 (86.8) 397 (88.6) 733 (87.9) 0.44
Agrees that COVID-19 is in Cameroon 309 (79.8) 352 (78.6) 661 (79.2) 0.64
Worried about COVID-19 in self 239 (61.8) 289 (64.5) 528 (63.2) 0.38
Worried about COVID-19 in friends/family 275 (71.1) 334 (74.6) 609 (72.9) 0.42
Knows someone who had COVID-19 80 (20.7) 139 (31.0) 219 (26.2) <0.01
Thinks the COVID-19 Vaccine Works 0.04
Yes 132 (38.3) 135 (33.1) 267 (35.5)
Not sure 62 (18.0) 104 (25.5) 166 (22.0)
No 151 (43.8) 169 (41.4) 320 (42.5)
COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability for Self 0.11
Definitely Yes 36 (9.3) 45 (10.0) 81 (9.7)
Maybe 72 (18.6) 104 (23.2) 176 (21.1)
Not Sure 99 (25.6) 95 (21.2) 194 (23.2)
Definitely No 180 (46.5) 204 (45.5) 384 (46.0)
COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability for Children** 0.42
Definitely Yes 37 (9.6) 44 (9.8) 81 (9.7)
Maybe 63 (16.3) 86 (19.2) 149 (17.8)
Not Sure 93 (24.0) 115 (25.7) 208 (24.9)
Definitely No 189 (48.8) 202 (45.1) 391 (46.8)
Vaccine Acceptability if Produced in Africa 0.98
Definitely Yes 102 (26.4) 109 (24.3) 211 (25.3)
Maybe 111 (28.7) 119 (26.6) 230 (27.5)
Not Sure 84 (21.7) 112 (25.0) 196 (23.5)
Definitely Not 90 (23.3) 108 (24.1) 198 (23.7)
Top Source for Health Information 0.11
Hospital or Medical Clinic 274 (70.8) 310 (69.2) 584 (69.9)
Radio 42 (10.9) 50 (11.2) 92 (11.0)
Social Media 18 (4.7) 27 (6.0) 45 (5.4)
Ministry of Health 16 (4.1) 17 (3.8) 33 (4.0)
School 16 (4.1) 11 (2.5) 27 (3.2)
Newspapers or Books 13 (3.4) 10 (2.2) 23 (2.8)
Friends or Family 6 (1.6) 8 (1.8) 14 (1.7)
Church or Ministry 0 (0.0) 9 (2.0) 9 (1.1)
Unspecified 2 (0.5) 6 (1.3) 8 (1.0)

*Among n = 589 with children