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Table 1 Association between participants characteristics and their acceptance of COVID19 vaccine

From: Factors associated with the intention of Syrian adult population to accept COVID19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Category

Total N(%)

Do Not Agree N(%)

Agree N(%)

Chi-Square

Sex

Male

1219 (35.83)

656 (53.81)

563 (46.19)

< 0.0001

Female

2183 (64.17)

1524 (69.81)

659 (30.19)

 

Age

> 30

1732 (50.91)

1196 (69.05)

536 (30.95)

< 0.0001

18–30

1670 (49.09)

984 (58.92)

686 (41.08)

 

Residency province

West

1376 (40.45)

880 (63.95)

496 (36.05)

0.299

Northern-East

265 (7.79)

162 (61.13)

103 (38.87)

 

Middle

594 (17.46)

369 (62.12)

225 (37.88)

 

South

1167 (34.3)

769 (65.9)

398 (34.1)

 

Region of residence

Rural

973 (28.6)

596 (61.25)

377 (38.75)

0.03

Urban

2429 (71.4)

1584 (65.21)

845 (34.79)

 

Marital status

Married

1690 (49.68)

1168 (69.11)

522 (30.89)

< 0.0001

Not married

1712 (50.32)

1012 (59.11)

700 (40.89)

 

Having kids

Yes

1535 (45.1)

1068 (69.58)

467 (30.42)

< 0.0001

None

1867 (54.9)

1112 (59.56)

755 (40.44)

 

Highest level of education

Post-graduate

545 (16.02)

346 (63.49)

199 (36.51)

0.184

School

492 (14.46)

334 (67.89)

158 (32.11)

 

High Education

2272 (66.78)

1436 (63.2)

836 (36.8)

 

None

93 (2.73)

64 (68.82)

29 (31.18)

 

Pre-coronavirus employment status

Employed

1996 (58.67)

1278 (64.03)

718 (35.97)

0.94

Not employed

1406 (41.33)

902 (64.15)

504 (35.85)

 

Employment change due to coronavirus

Newly employed

114 (3.35)

71 (62.28)

43 (37.72)

0.453

Furlough

148 (4.35)

86 (58.11)

62 (41.89)

 

Newly Unemployed

187 (5.5)

121 (64.71)

66 (35.29)

 

None

2953 (86.8)

1902 (64.41)

1051 (35.59)

 

Financial income

Salary + Other

682 (20.05)

439 (64.37)

243 (35.63)

0.108

Freelancing

398 (11.7)

241 (60.55)

157 (39.45)

 

Family

1354 (39.8)

853 (63)

501 (37)

 

Salary only

968 (28.45)

647 (66.84)

321 (33.16)

 

Healthcare worker

Student

526 (15.46)

282 (53.61)

244 (46.39)

< 0.0001

Yes

449 (13.2)

268 (59.69)

181 (40.31)

 

No

2427 (71.34)

1630 (67.16)

797 (32.84)

 

Smoking status

Yes

1509 (44.36)

930 (61.63)

579 (38.37)

0.008

No

1893 (55.64)

1250 (66.03)

643 (33.97)

 

Chronic medical conditions

Yes

464 (13.64)

283 (60.99)

181 (39.01)

0.136

No

2938 (86.36)

1897 (64.57)

1041 (35.43)

 

Fears about COVID-19

Yes

2229 (65.52)

1341 (60.16)

888 (39.84)

< 0.0001

No

1173 (34.48)

839 (71.53)

334 (28.47)

 

Perceived risk of contracting COVID-19

Likely

3243 (95.33)

2068 (63.77)

1175 (36.23)

0.087

Unlikely

159 (4.67)

112 (70.44)

47 (29.56)

 

Perceived severity of effect of COVID-19 to one’s life

Serious

1049 (30.83)

626 (59.68)

423 (40.32)

< 0.0001

Not serious

2353 (69.17)

1554 (66.04)

799 (33.96)

 

Had COVID-19?

Yes, a positive test

170 (5)

112 (65.88)

58 (34.12)

0.079

No, a negative test

1646 (48.38)

1066 (64.76)

580 (35.24)

 

May have had it but not been tested

161 (4.73)

88 (54.66)

73 (45.34)

 

Not had it but not been tested

1425 (41.89)

914 (64.14)

511 (35.86)

 

Beliefs on the origin of the virus

Artificial/ Do not know

2711 (79.69)

1902 (70.16)

809 (29.84)

< 0.0001

Natural

691 (20.31)

278 (40.23)

413 (59.77)

 

General Vaccine Hesitancy

Not hesitant

2545 (74.81)

1622 (63.7)

923 (36.3)

0.467

Hesitant

857 (25.19)

558 (65.1)

299 (34.9)

 

Vaccination Knowledge

0

126 (3.7)

107 (84.92)

19 (15.08)

< 0.0001

1

168 (4.94)

136 (80.95)

32 (19.05)

 

2

371 (10.91)

290 (78.17)

81 (21.83)

 

3

507 (14.9)

364 (71.79)

143 (28.21)

 

4

489 (14.37)

330 (67.48)

159 (32.52)

 

5

429 (12.61)

272 (63.4)

157 (36.6)

 

6

436 (12.82)

252 (57.8)

184 (42.2)

 

7

361 (10.61)

187 (51.8)

174 (48.2)

 

8

280 (8.23)

143 (51.07)

137 (48.93)

 

9

235 (6.91)

99 (42.13)

136 (57.87)

 

Healthcare provider

Never

467 (13.73)

319 (68.31)

148 (31.69)

< 0.0001

Occasionally

197 (5.79)

145 (73.6)

52 (26.4)

 

Sometimes

276 (8.11)

187 (67.75)

89 (32.25)

 

Often

437 (12.85)

283 (64.76)

154 (35.24)

 

Usually

554 (16.28)

363 (65.52)

191 (34.48)

 

Always

1471 (43.24)

883 (60.03)

588 (39.97)

 

Media

Never

991 (29.13)

652 (65.79)

339 (34.21)

0.594

Occasionally

612 (17.99)

396 (64.71)

216 (35.29)

 

Sometimes

490 (14.4)

317 (64.69)

173 (35.31)

 

Often

555 (16.31)

343 (61.8)

212 (38.2)

 

Usually

341 (10.02)

210 (61.58)

131 (38.42)

 

Always

413 (12.14)

262 (63.44)

151 (36.56)

 

Reliable resources

Never

774 (22.75)

548 (70.8)

226 (29.2)

< 0.0001

Occasionally

275 (8.08)

183 (66.55)

92 (33.45)

 

Sometimes

364 (10.7)

245 (67.31)

119 (32.69)

 

Often

469 (13.79)

311 (66.31)

158 (33.69)

 

Usually

521 (15.31)

327 (62.76)

194 (37.24)

 

Always

999 (29.37)

566 (56.66)

433 (43.34)

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