Table 1.
Distribution of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and roll-out in rural Bangladesh according to sociodemographic, lifestyle and clinical factors (n=1603)
| Variables | Vaccine acceptance | Received COVID-19 vaccine | ||||
| Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | P value | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | P value | |
| All participants | 1521 (95.0) | 82 (5.0) | 801 (50.0) | 802 (50.0) | ||
| Sociodemographic factors | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 761 (93.1) | 57 (6.9) | 0.001 | 411 (50.2) | 407 (49.8) | 0.822 |
| Female | 760 (96.8) | 25 (3.2) | 390 (49.7) | 395 (50.3) | ||
| Age group (years) | ||||||
| <30 | 333 (88.3) | 44 (11.7) | <0.001 | 99 (26.3) | 278 (73.7) | <0.001 |
| 30–50 | 777 (97.3) | 22 (2.8) | 430 (53.8) | 369 (46.2) | ||
| >50 | 411 (96.3) | 16 (3.8) | 272 (63.7) | 155 (36.3) | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 1347 (95.6) | 61 (4.3) | <0.001 | 725 (51.5) | 683 (48.5) | <0.001 |
| Not married | 76 (81.7) | 17 (18.3) | 17 (18.3) | 76 (81.7) | ||
| Others | 98 (96.1) | 4 (3.9) | 59 (57.8) | 43 (42.2) | ||
| Education level | ||||||
| Illiterate/never went to school | 422 (96.1) | 17 (3.9) | 0.181 | 234 (53.3) | 205 (46.7) | 0.026 |
| Primary school | 392 (95.8) | 17 (4.2) | 217 (53.1) | 192 (46.9) | ||
| Secondary | 632 (93.5) | 44 (6.5) | 319 (47.2) | 357 (52.8) | ||
| Undergraduate and above | 75 (94.9) | 4 (5.1) | 31 (39.2) | 48 (60.8) | ||
| Employment status | ||||||
| Unemployed | 100 (93.5) | 7 (7.5) | <0.001 | 72 (67.3) | 35 (32.7) | <0.001 |
| Employed/self-employed | 673 (94.3) | 41 (5.7) | 367 (51.4) | 347 (48.6) | ||
| Housewife | 692 (97.1) | 21 (2.9) | 352 (49.4) | 361 (50.6) | ||
| Students or retirees | 56 (81.2) | 13 (18.8) | 10 (14.5) | 59 (85.5) | ||
| Lifestyle-related factors | ||||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | ||||||
| Normal (18.5–22.9) | 511 (91.9) | 45 (8.1) | 0.001 | 247 (44.4) | 309 (55.6) | 0.002 |
| Underweight (<18.5) | 129 (96.2) | 5 (3.7) | 60 (44.8) | 74 (55.2) | ||
| Overweight (23.0–27.5) | 569 (96.2) | 22 (3.7) | 317 (53.6) | 274 (46.4) | ||
| Obese (>27.5) | 312 (96.8) | 10 (3.1) | 177 (54.9) | 145 (45.1) | ||
| Smoking history | ||||||
| Current smoker | 288 (91.1) | 28 (8.9) | 0.001 | 150 (47.5) | 166 (52.5) | 0.076 |
| Ex-smoker | 85 (92.4) | 7 (7.6) | 56 (60.9) | 36 (39.2) | ||
| Non-smoker | 1140 (96.0) | 47 (3.9) | 593 (49.9) | 594 (50.1) | ||
| Chewing tobacco or betel leaf users | ||||||
| Current user | 362 (94.0) | 23 (6.0) | 0.318 | 212 (55.1) | 173 (44.9) | 0.053 |
| Former user | 28 (90.3) | 3 (9.7) | 17 (54.8) | 14 (45.2) | ||
| Non-user | 1130 (95.3) | 56 (4.7) | 571 (48.2) | 615 (51.8) | ||
| Use of social media | ||||||
| Yes | 267 (89.6) | 31 (10.4) | <0.001 | 108 (36.2) | 190 (63.8) | <0.001 |
| No | 1254 (96.1) | 51 (3.91) | 693 (53.1) | 612 (46.9) | ||
| Clinical factors | ||||||
| Chronic disease | ||||||
| No conditions | 965 (93.8) | 64 (6.2) | 0.124 | 483 (46.9) | 546 (53.1) | 0.022 |
| Hypertension | 134 (95.1) | 7 (4.9) | 77 (54.6) | 64 (45.4) | ||
| Diabetes | 204 (97.1) | 6 (2.9) | 123 (58.6) | 87 (41.4) | ||
| Heart disease | 51 (98.1) | 1 (1.9) | 25 (48.1) | 27 (51.9) | ||
| Asthma | 72 (97.3) | 2 (2.7) | 38 (51.4) | 36 (48.6) | ||
| Others* | 95 (97.9) | 2 (2.1) | 55 (56.7) | 42 (43.3) | ||
| Anxiety | ||||||
| Have anxiety | 239 (92.3) | 20 (7.7) | 0.038 | 677 (50.4) | 667 (49.6) | 0.462 |
| Do not have anxiety | 1282 (95.4) | 62 (4.6) | 124 (47.8) | 135 (52.1) | ||
| Depressive symptom | ||||||
| Have depressive symptom | 285 (95.6) | 13 (4.4) | 0.513 | 650 (49.8) | 655 (50.2) | 0.788 |
| Do not have depressive symptom | 1236 (94.7) | 69 (5.3) | 151 (50.6) | 147 (49.3) | ||
*Stroke, arthritis, cancer, kidney disease and others.