Table 2.
Different sociodemographic criteria and participants’ attitudes across their intention to receive a vaccination, (n = 605).
| Demographic Characteristics Total (N = 605) |
Reject Vaccination N (%) |
Accept Vaccination N (%) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Mean ± SD | 29.4 ± 6.5 | 30.8 ± 7.1 | 0.013 |
| Sex | Female | 143 (60.3) | 94 (39.7) | 0.013 |
| Male | 183 (49.7) | 185 (60.3) | ||
| Residence | Rural | 72 (47.4) | 80 (52.6) | 0.078 |
| Urban | 254 (56.4) | 199 (43.8) | ||
| Marital status | Have a partner | 23 (57.5) | 17 (42.5) | 0.278 |
| Married | 74 (48.4) | 79 (51.6) | ||
| Single | 229 (55.6) | 183 (44.4 | ||
| Educational level | Pre-college/high school | 42(51.2) | 40(48.8) | 0.264 |
| Professional/technical | 11(55.0) | 9(45.0) | ||
| Undergraduate (Bachelor) | 165(56.9) | 125(43.1) | ||
| Diploma | 77(47.8) | 84(52.2) | ||
| Post-graduate | 31(50.6) | 21(40.4) | ||
| Income | Low income | 168 (51.4) | 159 (48.6) | 0.369 |
| Middle income | 153 (57.1) | 115 (42.9) | ||
| Upper income | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | ||
| Region | Ashanti | 62 (54.9) | 51 (45.1) | 0.196 |
| Greater Accra | 178 (56.7) | 136 (43.3) | ||
| Others | 86 (48.3) | 92 (51.7) | ||
| Occupation | HCWs | 88 (44.7) | 109 (55.3) | <0.001 |
| Not healthcare worker | 238 (58.3) | 170 (41.7) | ||
| Chronic diseases | No | 314 (54.3) | 264 (45.7) | 0.418 |
| Yes | 12 (44.4) | 15 (55.6) | ||
| COVID-19 vaccination | Fully vaccinated | 182 (45.6) | 217 (54.4) | <0.001 |
| Not going to take the vaccine | 85 (81.0) | 20 (19.0) | ||
| Took first dose, going to take the second | 47 (56.0) | 37 (44.0) | ||
| Took first dose, will not take the second | 12 (70.6) | 5 (29.4) | ||
| Know someone who passed due to MPOX | I do not know | 41 (57.7) | 30 (42.3) | 0.155 |
| No | 280 (54.1) | 238 (45.9) | ||
| Yes | 5 (31.3) | 11 (68.8) | ||
| MPOX infection | No | 305 (55.4) | 246 (44.6) | 0.030 |
| Yes | 21 (38.9) | 33 (61.1) | ||
| Psychological antecedents | Confidence score | 5.3 ± 1.3 | 6.2 ± 0.7 | <0.001 |
| Constraints score | 4.4 ± 1.5 | 4.2 ± 1.7 | 0.059 | |
| Complacency score | 4.0 ± 1.7 | 3.8 ± 1.9 | 0.091 | |
| Calculation score | 5.7 ± 1.1 | 5.9 ± 1.1 | 0.015 | |
| Collective responsibility score | 5.1 ± 1.0 | 5.6 ± 0.9 | <0.001 |