Table 1.
Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance (n = 2919).
| Willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (refuse) (n = 590) |
Yes (accept) (n = 1940) |
Not sure (hesitant) (n = 389) | |||||
| No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
| Gender | 0.001* | ||||||
| Male | 227 | 38.5% | 874 | 45.1% | 143 | 36.8% | |
| Female | 363 | 61.5% | 1066 | 54.9% | 246 | 63.2% | |
| Residence | 0.000* | ||||||
| Urban | 482 | 81.7% | 1249 | 64.4% | 298 | 76.6% | |
| Rural | 108 | 18.3% | 691 | 35.6% | 91 | 23.4% | |
| Comorbidities | 0.633 | ||||||
| No | 424 | 71.9% | 1385 | 71.4% | 287 | 73.8% | |
| Yes | 166 | 28.1% | 555 | 28.6% | 102 | 26.2% | |
| BMI | 0.210 | ||||||
| Normal weight | 154 | 26.1% | 504 | 26.0% | 96 | 24.7% | |
| Underweight | 11 | 1.9% | 24 | 1.2% | 11 | 2.8% | |
| Overweight/ obese | 425 | 72.0% | 1412 | 72.8% | 282 | 72.5% | |
| Smoking status | 0.003* | ||||||
| No | 512 | 86.8% | 1385 | 71.4% | 287 | 73.8% | |
| Yes | 78 | 13.2% | 555 | 28.6% | 102 | 26.2% | |
| Exercise | 0.096 | ||||||
| No | 104 | 17.6% | 297 | 15.3% | 75 | 19.3% | |
| Yes | 486 | 82.4% | 1643 | 84.7% | 314 | 80.7% | |
| History of travel abroad within the last six months | 0.676 | ||||||
| No | 587 | 99.5% | 1923 | 99.1% | 386 | 99.2% | |
| Yes | 3 | 0.5% | 17 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.8% | |